שָׂבַר (śābar) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning wait. It appears
8 times
in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7663).
Also rendered
inspect
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2232)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2232)wait, hope; inspect, examine; scrutinize, expect; tarry, view
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
שָׂבַרverb: wait, hope
Piel wait, hope
שָׂבַרverb: inspect, examine
Strong's H7663שָׂבַר: to scrutinize; by implication (of watching) to expect (with hope and patience) KJV:hope, tarry, view, wait.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.