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Lexicon :: Strong's H7663 - śāḇar

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שָׂבַר
Transliteration
śāḇar
Pronunciation
saw-bar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2232

Strong’s Definitions

שָׂבַר sâbar, saw-bar'; erroneously שָׁבַר shâbar; (Nehemiah 2:13,15), a primitive root; to scrutinize; by implication (of watching) to expect (with hope and patience):—hope, tarry, view, wait.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H7663 in the following manner: hope (3x), wait (2x), view (2x), tarry (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H7663 in the following manner: hope (3x), wait (2x), view (2x), tarry (1x).

  1. to inspect, examine, wait, hope, wait upon

    1. (Qal) examined (participle)

    2. (Piel)

      1. to wait (for), wait upon

      2. to hope (for)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׂבַר sâbar, saw-bar'; erroneously שָׁבַר shâbar; (Nehemiah 2:13,15), a primitive root; to scrutinize; by implication (of watching) to expect (with hope and patience):—hope, tarry, view, wait.
STRONGS H7663: Abbreviations
† I. [שָׂבַר] verb inspect, examine (van d. H. שֹׁבֵר [so Greek Version of the LXX συντρίβων], but Masoretic שׂ׳ see Norzi; hence connection with Arabic bdb096001 probe a wound, try, examine, improbable, and this (according to Frä261) denominative from Aramaic loan-word; improbable also is connection with Aramaic סְבַר think (compare following), KauAramaic in AT, 85); —
Qal Participle שׂבֵר, with ב object, Nehemiah 2:13, 15 I examined into the wall, inspected it closely.

† II. [שָׂבַר]
Pi. wait, hope (Aramaism; compare Aramaic H5452 סְבַר think, Pa. hope; bdb096002 believe, hope, Pa. think, Aph. hope); — Perfect 1st person singular שִׂבַּרְתִּי Psalm 119:166, 3rd person plural שִׂבְּרוּ Esther 9:1; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יְשַׂבְּרוּ Isaiah 38:18, יְשַׂבֵּ֑רוּ Psalm 145:15, יְשַׂבֵּר֑וּן Psalm 104:27; 2rd person feminine plural תְּשַׂבֵּרְנָה Ruth 1:13; —
1. wait for, ל person, Ruth 1:13.
2. hope for, ל of thing Psalm 119:166, אֶל of thing Isaiah 38:18, אֶל person Psalm 104:27; Psalm 145:15; ל infinitive Esther 9:1 hope to rule.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5452.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ruth

1:13; 1:13

Nehemiah

2:13; 2:15

Esther

9:1; 9:1

Psalms

104:27; 104:27; 119:166; 119:166; 145:15; 145:15

Isaiah

38:18; 38:18

H7663

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7663 matches the Hebrew שָׂבַר (śāḇar),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:13 - would you therefore wait H7663 until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters; for it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has come out against me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:13 - So I went out at night by the Valley Gate in the direction of the Dragon’s Spring and on to the Dung Gate, and I was inspecting H7663 the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which had been consumed by fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:15 - So I was going up at night by the ravine and inspecting H7663 the wall. Then I entered the Valley Gate again and returned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:1 -

Now in the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar), on the thirteenth [fn]day, when the king’s command and edict were to be put into effect, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped H7663 to gain the mastery over them, it turned out to the contrary so that the Jews themselves gained mastery over those who hated them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:27 -

They all wait H7663 for You

To give them their food in [fn]due season.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:166

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:166 -

I hope H7663 for Your salvation, LORD,

And do Your commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 145:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:15 -

The eyes of all [fn]look H7663 to You,

And You give them their food in due time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:18 -

“For Sheol cannot thank You,

Death cannot praise You;

Those who go down to the pit cannot hope H7663 for Your faithfulness.

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