שָׁעַע shâʻaʻ

Hebrew · Strong's H8173 · pronounced shaw-ah' · used 9 times in 8 verses

Meaning

(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

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

Derivation: a primitive root;

Psalms 94:19 When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
Psalms 119:16 I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
Psalms 119:47 I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
Psalms 119:70 Their hearts are callous and insensitive, but I delight in Your law.
Isaiah 6:10 Make 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 11:8 The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.
Isaiah 29:9 Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
Isaiah 66:12 For 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.