To inspect
שָׂבַרStrong’s H7663savar (sa-var)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Savar is the Hebrew word usually translated “examining”, “wait” and “had hoped”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to inspect, examine
- (P'al) to think, intend
How it's translated
- examining 2
- they wait 2
- will you wait 1
- they had hoped 1
- i wait 1
- they hope 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 3
- Nehemiah 2
- Ruth 1
- Esther 1
- Isaiah 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Nehemiah 2:13And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
- Nehemiah 2:15Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
- Esther 9:1Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
- Psalms 104:27These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
- Psalms 119:166LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
- Psalms 145:15The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
Hebrew dictionary
שָׂבַר savar · to inspect
(Qal) to inspect, examine
סְבַר sevar · to intend
(P'al) to think, intend Aramaic of sa.var (שָׂבַר "to await" H7663B)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “inspect” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INSPECT', noun
Close examination. [Not used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.