BDB8934
II. [שַׁ֫עַר] noun [masculine] measure (properly reckoning); — plural מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים Gen 26:12 ( J ) 100 measures, i.e. 100 for one = 100-fold.
Strong's Lexicon
H8160
H8160 — שָׁעָה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H8160 |
|---|---|
| Word: | שָׁעָה |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H8159 |
| Language: | Aramaic |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | sha`ah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | shaw-aw' |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) a look, i.e. a moment |
| KJV Renderings: | hour. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB9977
שָׁעָה noun feminine brief time, moment ( ᵑ7 id., שָֽׁעֲתָא, Late Hebrew שָׁעָה time, hour; Syriac [untranscribed source text 6180] moment, then hour Brock369, but Christian-Palestinian Aramaic [untranscribed source text 6181] moment, hour SchwIdioticon 97 SchulthLex.211; perhaps = Assyrian šattu, duration; Tel Amarna91, 77 še-ti , time, hour (as Canaanism) WklKAT 3. 335; Arabic [untranscribed source text 6182], [untranscribed source text 6183] portion of time, Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 6184] time, [untranscribed source text 6185] 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 ᵑ7 Syriac, M86 * f. Buhl14 compare variant reading in Str) in the same moment, forthwith Dan 3:6; Dan 3:15; Dan 4:30; Dan 5:5 absolute שָׁעָה חֲדָה Dan 4:16 for a moment.
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke