שָׁעָה

Strong’s Definition

to gaze at or about (properly, for help); by implication, to inspect, consider, compassionate, be nonplussed (as looking around in amazement) or bewildered

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

depart, be dim, be dismayed, look (away), regard, have respect, spare, turn.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to look at or to, regard, gaze at or about
• 2.(qal) to gaze at, regard, behold, look about
• 3.(hiphil) to look away, cause gaze to turn away
• 4.(hithpael) to look in dismay, gaze about (in anxiety)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: shâʻâh; Pronunciation: shaw-aw'