Limitless Word
שָׁעָהshâʻâh/shaw-aw'/
HebrewH815915 occurrences (KJV)

to gaze at or about (properly, for help); by implication, to inspect, consider, compassionate, be nonplussed (as looking around in amazement) or bewildered

KJV renders it: depart, be dim, be dismayed, look (away), regard, have respect, spare, turn.

Where it appears

  • Gen 4:4Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of its fat. Yahweh respected Abel and his offering,
  • Gen 4:5but he didn’t respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.
  • Exod 5:9Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein; and don’t let them pay any attention to lying words.”
  • 2 Sam 22:42They looked, but there was no one to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them.
  • Job 7:19How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?
  • Job 14:6Look away from him, that he may rest, until he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
  • Ps 39:13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more.”
  • Ps 119:117Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.
  • Isa 17:7In that day, people will look to their Maker, and their eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 17:8They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they respect that which their fingers have made, either the Asherah poles, or the incense altars.
  • Isa 22:4Therefore I said, “Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don’t labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
  • Isa 31:1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek Yahweh!
  • Isa 32:3The eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
  • Isa 41:10Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
  • Isa 41:23Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.