Savar שָׂבַר

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Savar (Hebrew שָׂבַר, Strong's H7663) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to await”. It occurs 8 times in 8 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) (Piel)
1a) to wait (for), wait upon
1b) to hope (for)
Aramaic equivalent: se.var (סְבַר "to intend" H5452)

(Qal) to inspect, examine

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	viewed (2), hoped (2), wait (2), tarry (1), hope (1)
BSB	look (2), would you wait (1), i inspected (1), inspected (1), had hoped (1), i wait (1), hope (1)

Every verse with Savar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Ruth 1:13
Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”

Nehemiah 2:13
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.
Nehemiah 2:15
Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.

Esther 9:1
Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.

Psalm 104:27
These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.
Psalm 119:166
LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
Psalm 145:15
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.

Isaiah 38:18
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).