Shaa means “dandle” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H8173 שָׁעַע (sha`a`) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. sha`a` (shaw-ah') v. 1. (in a good acceptation) to look upon (with complacency), i.e. fondle, please or amuse (self) 2. (in a bad one) to look about (in dismay), i.e. stare It has 8 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include upon. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
sha`a` (shaw-ah') v. 1. (in a good acceptation) to look upon (with complacency), i.e. fondle, please or amuse (self) 2. (in a bad one) to look about (in dismay), i.e. stare [a primitive root] KJV: cry (out) (by confusion with H7768), dandle, delight (self), play, shut. See also: H7768
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to smear
Usage: 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
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render sha`a`, 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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8 indexed usages in Old Testament.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8173.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
Make 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.
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
For 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.
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Shaa (Strong's H8173) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "dandle". sha`a` (shaw-ah') v. 1. (in a good acceptation) to look upon (with complacency), i.e. fondle, please or amuse (self) 2. (in a bad one) to look about (in dismay), i.e. stare
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's H8173 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8173 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as upon. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.