διακύπτω
peer out, look down
Where this word appears
Every passage where διακύπτω appears in the Greek Septuagint — 10 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- 2 Samuel 6:16 διακύπτω And it came to pass as the ark arrived at the city of David, that Melchol the daughter of Saul looked through the window, and saw king David dancing and playing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.
- 2 Samuel 24:20 διακύπτω And Orna looked out, and saw the king and his servants coming on before him: and Orna went forth, and did obeisance to the king with his face to the earth.
- 2 Kings 9:30 διακύπτω And Ju came to Jezrael; and Jezabel heard of it, and coloured her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked through the window.
- Psalms 13:2 διακύπτω The Lord looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any that understood, or sought after god.
- Psalms 52:3 διακύπτω They have all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that does good, there is not even one.
- Psalms 84:12 διακύπτω For the Lord will give goodness; and our land shall yield her fruit.
- Psalms 91:8 διακύπτω But you, O Lord, are most high for ever.
- Lamentations 3:50 διακύπτω until the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.
- Ezekiel 41:16 διακύπτω And the windows were latticed, giving light round about to the three stories, so as to look through: and the house and the parts adjoining were planked round about, and so was the floor, and from the floor up to the windows, and the window shutters folded back in three parts for one to look through.
- Ezekiel 41:16 διακύπτω And the windows were latticed, giving light round about to the three stories, so as to look through: and the house and the parts adjoining were planked round about, and so was the floor, and from the floor up to the windows, and the window shutters folded back in three parts for one to look through.
About this word
About this word
διακύπτω (diakýptō), “peer out, look down,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 10 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →
