שָׁעַע
shâʻaʻ(shaw-ah')
“(in a good acceptation) to look upon (with complacency), i.e. fondle, please or amuse (self); (in a bad one) to look about (in dismay), i.e. stare”
9 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
From Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906)
Strong’s Definition
(in a good acceptation) to look upon (with complacency), i.e. fondle, please or amuse (self); (in a bad one) to look about (in dismay), i.e. stare
Translated in KJV as
cry (out) (by confusion with H7768 (שָׁוַע))dandledelight (self)playshut.
Etymology
a primitive root;
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