Shaa שָׁעַע
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| שָׁעַע | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shaa |
| Strong's number | H8173 (H8173B, H8173A) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to delight |
| Occurrences | 9 in 8 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (4) |
Shaa (Hebrew שָׁעַע, Strong's H8173) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to delight”. It occurs 9 times in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H8173B: to delight
1) to sport, take delight in
1a) (Pilpel) to sport, delight in, take delight in, delight oneself
1b) (Palpal) to be fondled
1c) (Hithpalpel) to delight oneself
1a) (Pilpel) to sport, delight in, take delight in, delight oneself
1b) (Palpal) to be fondled
1c) (Hithpalpel) to delight oneself
H8173A: to smear
1) to be smeared over, be blinded
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be smeared over, be blinded
1a2) to smear eyes shut
1b) (Hiphil) to besmear (of eyes), smear over eyes
1c) (Hithpalpel) to blind oneself, be blinded
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be smeared over, be blinded
1a2) to smear eyes shut
1b) (Hiphil) to besmear (of eyes), smear over eyes
1c) (Hithpalpel) to blind oneself, be blinded
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | delight (4), shut (1), play (1), out (1), cry (1), dandled (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | delights (1), i will delight (1), i delight (1), delight (1), close (1), will play (1), blind yourselves (1), be sightless (1), bounced (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Shaa, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Psalms
- Psalm 94:19In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
- Psalm 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
- Psalm 119:47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
- Psalm 119:70Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 6:10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
- Isaiah 11:8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.
- Isaiah 29:9Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
- Isaiah 66:12For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
Notes
- 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).