The meaning of “שָׂבַר”
Understanding sâbar reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
erroneously שָׁבַר shâbar (shaw-bar'); (Nehemiah 2:13,15), a primitive root hope, tarry, view, wait. - to scrutinize - b...
שָׂבַר
erroneously שָׁבַר shâbar (shaw-bar'); (Nehemiah 2:13,15), a primitive root hope, tarry, view, wait. - to scrutinize - by implication (of watching) to expect (with hope and patience) 1) to inspect, examine, wait, hope, wait upon 1a) (Qal) examined (participle) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to wait (for), wait upon 1b2) to hope (for)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Ruth 1:13 | “Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.” Word: שָׂבַר (sâbar) | |
| Nehemiah 2:15 | “Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.” Word: שָׂבַר (sâbar) | |
| Esther 9:1 | “Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)” Word: שָׂבַר (sâbar) | |
| Psalms 119:166 | “Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.” Word: שָׂבַר (sâbar) | |
| Isaiah 38:18 | “For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.” Word: שָׂבַר (sâbar) |