שַׁעְשֻׁעַ
shaʻshuaʻ · shah-shoo'-ah
enjoyment
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8173 (שָׁעַע);
enjoyment
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: delight, pleasure.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to see and know › to consume, to destroy › to see and know
To consume, to destroy that works to see and know that works to consume, to destroy that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שַׁעְשֻׁעַ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- is my delight2 · 22%
- also are my delight1 · 11%
- had been my delights1 · 11%
- are my delights1 · 11%
- his delight1 · 11%
- and my delights1 · 11%
- his pleasant1 · 11%
- is he a pleasant1 · 11%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.