שָׁעָה
sha.ah
“moment”
Definition
properly, a look, i.e. a moment
(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H8159 (שָׁעָה);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
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Occurrences
שָׁעָה appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.”
Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I have made. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”
At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,
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