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שָׂבַר

savar · wait, hope

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7663 · appears 8 times in the Bible

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What it means

savar (שָׂבַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “wait, hope”.

Wait patiently, look toward something with expectation.

How to say it

sa·var

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Wait, hope.
  2. To look over carefully, as Nehemiah did the wall.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • wait ×3
  • examining ×2
  • hoped ×2
  • hope ×1

Related words

Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Ruth 1:13

    would you therefore wait until they grew up? Would you therefore shut yourselves up, not belonging to a husband? No, my daughters, for it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of YHWH has gone out against me.”

  • Nehemiah 2:13

    And I went out by the Valley Gate at night, toward the Dragon Fountain and to the Dung Gate, and I was examining the walls of Jerusalem, which were full of breaches, and its gates, consumed by fire.

  • Nehemiah 2:15

    And I was going up by the ravine at night, and I was examining the wall; and I turned back and came in by the Valley Gate, and returned.

  • Esther 9:1

    And in the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day of it, when the word of the king and his law came to be carried out, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to rule over them, it was turned around, so that the Jews themselves ruled over those who hated them.

  • Psalms 104:27

    All of them wait for you to give them their food in its season.

  • Psalms 119:166

    I have hoped for your salvation, YHWH, and your commandments I have done.

  • Psalms 145:15

    The eyes of all wait for you, and you give them their food in its season.

  • Isaiah 38:18

    For Sheol does not thank you, nor does death praise you; those who go down to the pit do not hope for your truth.