Lexicon :: Strong's H8160 - šāʿâ

שָׁעָה
Transliteration
šāʿâ
Pronunciation
shaw-aw'
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a root corresponding to שָׁעָה (H8159)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 3044

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁעָה shâʻâh, shaw-aw'; (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H8159; properly, a look, i.e. a moment:—hour.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H8160 in the following manner: hour (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H8160 in the following manner: hour (5x).
  1. brief time, moment

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁעָה shâʻâh, shaw-aw'; (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H8159; properly, a look, i.e. a moment:—hour.
STRONGS H8160: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

שָׁעָה noun feminine brief time, moment ( id., שָֽׁעֲתָא, Late Hebrew שָׁעָה time, hour; Syriac moment, then hour Brock369, but Christian-Palestinian Aramaic moment, hour SchwIdioticon 97 SchulthLex. 211; perhaps = Assyrian šattu, duration; Tel Amarna91, 77 še-ti, time, hour (as Canaanism) WklKAT 3. 335; Arabic , portion of time, Ethiopic time, hour, time (Buhl calls Arabic Ethiopic loan-words, but see Wkll.c.); √ unknown: possibly Assyrian loan-word (see Wkll.c.); DlPr 39 f. conjecture *שׁיע = שָׁעָה look, hence moment = 'Augenblick,' but verb שׁ׳ rather of steadygaze); — moment: usually emphatic בַּהּשַֿׁעֲתָא (read possibly שָֽׁ׳ as Syriac, M86* f. Buhl14 compare variant reading in Str) in the same moment, forthwith Daniel 3:6, 15; Daniel 4:30; Daniel 5:5; absolute שָׁעָה חֲדָה Daniel 4:16 for a moment.
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Daniel

3:6; 3:15; 4:16; 4:30; 5:5