Shâʻâh — H8160

Definition

feminine noun

properly, a look, i.e. a moment

1. brief time, moment

Usually translated as

hour

Origin

(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H8159

• Shâʻâh (H8159)

Greek equivalents

• hṓra (G5610)

Occurrences

Shâʻâh occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Daniel (5)

• Daniel 3:6 — And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour (שַׁעֲתָ֣א) be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
• Daniel 3:15 — Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour (שַׁעֲתָ֣ה) into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
• Daniel 4:19 — Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour (כְּשָׁעָ֣ה), and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
• Daniel 4:33 — The same hour (שַׁעֲתָ֗א) was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.
• Daniel 5:5 — In the same hour (שַׁעֲתָ֗ה) came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.