# שָׁעַע (shaa)

Israeli respelling: sha-a. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H8173. 8 Old Testament occurrences.

(in a good acceptation) to look upon (with complacency), i.e. fondle, please or amuse (self); (in a bad one) to look about (in dismay), i.e. stare

King James renderings: cry (out) (by confusion with H7768 (שָׁוַע)), dandle, delight (self), play, shut.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/shaa-h8173

## Occurrences

- [Psalms 94:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/94/19) — In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
- [Psalms 119:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/16) — I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
- [Psalms 119:47](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/47) — And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
- [Psalms 119:70](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/70) — Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
- [Isaiah 6:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/6/10) — 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,…
- [Isaiah 11:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 29:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/29/9) — Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
- [Isaiah 66:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 y…