שָׁעָה

sha.ah · to gaze

Hebrew · Strong's H8159 · Verb · Sounds like: shaw-aw' · 15 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to gaze at or about (properly, for help); by implication, to inspect, consider, compassionate, be nonplussed (as looking around in amazement) or bewildered; depart, be dim, be dismayed, look (away), regard, have respect, spare, turn.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
שָׁעָה vb. gaze (steadily, with interest, etc.)
Qal gaze at, regard (with favour)
Hiph. cause thy gaze to turn away from me
Hithp. gaze not about

Every occurrence

  1. Genesis 4:4 וַיִּ֣שַׁע vai.Yi.sha' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Jehovah had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

  2. Genesis 4:5 שָׁעָ֑ה sha.'Ah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

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