Strong H8173H8173Bשָׁעַע

to delight

Transliteration: shâ‛a‛
Pronunciation: shaw-ah'
Morphology: Hebrew Verb

Definition

1) to sport, take delight in
1a) (Pilpel) to sport, delight in, take delight in, delight oneself
1b) (Palpal) to be fondled
1c) (Hithpalpel) to delight oneself

General definition

A primitive root; (in a good acceptation) to look upon (with {complacency}) that {is} fondle 6
please or amuse (self); (in a bad one) to look about (in {dismay}) that {is} stare . (cry out is by confusion with H7768.): - cry (out) [by confusion with {H7768]} {dandle} delight ({self}) {play} shut.

In the Bible

Strong H8173B appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

delight4
dandle1
play1

First verses

Psalms 94:19
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
Psalms 119:16
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:47
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Psalms 119:70
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
Isaiah 11:8
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.
Isaiah 66:12
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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