To gaze
שָׁעָהStrong’s H8159shaah (sha-ah)
Appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shaah is the Hebrew word usually translated “look away”, “look” and “looked”. It appears in 15 verses of the 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:”
Meaning
- To look at or to, regard, gaze at or about(Qal) to gaze at, regard, behold, look about · (Hiphil) to look away, cause gaze to turn away · (Hithpael) to look in dismay, gaze about (in anxiety)
How it's translated
- look away 2
- he will look 2
- and he looked 1
- he looked 1
- them pay attention 1
- they looked 1
- will you look away 1
- smear 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 7
- Genesis 2
- Job 2
- Psalms 2
- Exodus 1
- 2 Samuel 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 4:5But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
- Exodus 5:9Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
- 2 Samuel 22:42They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
- Job 7:19How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
- Job 14:6Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
- Psalms 39:13O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁעָה shaah · to gaze
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)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “gaze” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GAZE, verb intransitive
[Gr. to be astonished, and Heb. to see or look, that is, to fix the eye or to reach with the eye.]
All definitions and other forms of “gaze”
GAZE, verb transitive
To view with fixed attention.
GAZE, noun
A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder or admiration; a continued look of attention.
- The object gazed on; that which causes one to gaze
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.