Definition
a primitive root; (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
Traditional renderings: cry (out) (by confusion with H7768), dandle, delight (self), play, shut.
Traditional renderings: cry (out) (by confusion with H7768), dandle, delight (self), play, shut.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁעַע:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
9 total
- Psalm 94:19יְֽשַׁעַשְׁע֥וּ · delightsWhen anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
- Psalm 119:16אֶֽשְׁתַּעֲשָׁ֑ע · I will delightI will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
- Psalm 119:47וְאֶשְׁתַּֽעֲשַׁ֥ע · I delightI delight in Your commandments because I love them.
- Psalm 119:70שִֽׁעֲשָֽׁעְתִּי׃ · delightTheir hearts are callous and insensitive, but I delight in Your law.
- Isaiah 6:10הָשַׁ֑ע · and closeMake the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
- Isaiah 11:8וְשִֽׁעֲשַׁ֥ע · will playThe infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.
- Isaiah 29:9הִשְׁתַּֽעַשְׁע֖וּ · blind yourselves; וָשֹׁ֑עוּ · and be sightlessStop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
- Isaiah 66:12תְּשָׁעֳשָֽׁעוּ׃ · and bouncedFor this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.