Shaah means “depart” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H8159 שָׁעָה (sha`ah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. sha`ah (shaw-aw') v. 1. to gaze at or about 2. (properly) to look for help It has 15 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include look, looked, and help. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
sha`ah (shaw-aw') v. 1. to gaze at or about 2. (properly) to look for help 3. (by implication) to inspect, consider, compassionate, be nonplussed (as looking around in amazement) or bewildered [a primitive root] KJV: depart, be dim, be dismayed, look (away), regard, have respect, spare, turn.
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8159. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to gaze
Usage: 1) to look at or to, regard, gaze at or about 1a) (Qal) to gaze at, regard, behold, look about 1b) (Hiphil) to look away, cause gaze to turn away 1c) (Hithpael) to look in dismay, gaze about (in anxiety)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render sha`ah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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15 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
First 15 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8159.
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.
Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8159, grouped by book.
Shaah (Strong's H8159) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "depart". sha`ah (shaw-aw') v. 1. to gaze at or about 2. (properly) to look for help
This page currently indexes 15 linked usages for Strong's H8159 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8159 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as look, looked, and help. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.