מַרְאֶה
sight
also: appearance, vision fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 62 times (60%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 36 times (35%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 5 times (5%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 1 time (1%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 104 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H4758 appears — 82 distinct verses across 18 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 10 verses
- Genesis 2:9 לְ/מַרְאֶ֖ה prep + n c ms Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- Genesis 12:11 מַרְאֶ֖ה n c ms It happened, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look on.
- Genesis 24:16 מַרְאֶה֙ n c ms The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin, neither had any man known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.
- Genesis 26:7 מַרְאֶ֖ה n c ms The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say, "My wife," lest, he thought, the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she was beautiful to look on.
- Genesis 29:17 מַרְאֶֽה n c ms Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.
- Genesis 39:6 מַרְאֶֽה n c ms He left all that he had in Joseph's hand. He didn't concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate. Joseph was well-built and handsome.
- Genesis 41:2 מַרְאֶ֖ה n c ms Behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, well-favored and fat-fleshed, and they fed in the reed-grass.
- Genesis 41:3 מַרְאֶ֖ה n c ms Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river.
- Genesis 41:4 הַ/מַּרְאֶה֙ הַ/מַּרְאֶ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms The ill-favored and lean-fleshed cattle ate up the seven well-favored and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke.
- Genesis 41:21 וּ/מַרְאֵי/הֶ֣ן conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fp and when they had eaten them up, it couldn't be known that they had eaten them, but they were still ill-favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
Exodus 2 verses
- Exodus 3:3 הַ/מַּרְאֶ֥ה ptcl def.art + n c ms Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
- Exodus 24:17 וּ/מַרְאֵה֙ conj + n c ms cs The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Leviticus 11 verses
- Leviticus 13:3 וּ/מַרְאֵ֤ה conj + n c ms cs and the priest shall examine the plague in the skin of the body: and if the hair in the plague has turned white, and the appearance of the plague is deeper than the body's skin, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall examine him, and pronounce him unclean.
- Leviticus 13:4 מַרְאֶ֣/הָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs If the bright spot is white in the skin of his body, and the appearance of it isn't deeper than the skin, and the hair of it hasn't turned white, then the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.
- Leviticus 13:12 מַרְאֵ֖ה n c ms cs "If the leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the infected person from his head even to his feet, as far as it appears to the priest;
- Leviticus 13:20 מַרְאֶ֨/הָ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs and the priest shall examine it; and, behold, if the appearance of it is lower than the skin, and the hair of it has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy. It has broken out in the boil.
- Leviticus 13:25 וּ/מַרְאֶ֨/הָ֙ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs then the priest shall examine it; and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot has turned white, and the appearance of it is deeper than the skin; it is leprosy. It has broken out in the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy.
- Leviticus 13:30 מַרְאֵ֨/הוּ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms then the priest shall examine the plague; and, behold, if the appearance of it is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is an itch, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.
- Leviticus 13:31 מַרְאֵ֨/הוּ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms If the priest examines the plague of itching, and, behold, its appearance isn't deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall isolate him the person infected with itching seven days.
- Leviticus 13:32 וּ/מַרְאֵ֣ה conj + n c ms cs On the seventh day the priest shall examine the plague; and, behold, if the itch hasn't spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the itch isn't deeper than the skin,
- Leviticus 13:34 וּ/מַרְאֵ֕/הוּ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms On the seventh day, the priest shall examine the itch; and, behold, if the itch hasn't spread in the skin, and its appearance isn't deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. He shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
- Leviticus 13:43 כְּ/מַרְאֵ֥ה prep + n c ms cs Then the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the rising of the plague is reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh,
- Leviticus 14:37 וּ/מַרְאֵי/הֶ֥ן conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fp He shall examine the plague; and, behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and it appears to be deeper than the wall;
Numbers 4 verses
- Numbers 8:4 כַּ/מַּרְאֶ֗ה prep det + n c ms This was the workmanship of the lampstand, beaten work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was beaten work: according to the pattern which Yahweh had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.
- Numbers 9:15 כְּ/מַרְאֵה prep + n c ms cs On the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the Tent of the Testimony: and at evening it was over the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning.
- Numbers 9:16 וּ/מַרְאֵה conj + n c ms cs So it was continually. The cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.
- Numbers 12:8 וּ/מַרְאֶה֙ conj + n c ms with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of Yahweh shall he see: why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?
Deuteronomy 2 verses
- Deuteronomy 28:34 מִ/מַּרְאֵ֥ה prep + n c ms cs so that you shall be mad for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.
- Deuteronomy 28:67 וּ/מִ/מַּרְאֵ֥ה conj + prep + n c ms cs In the morning you shall say, Would it were even! and at even you shall say, Would it were morning! for the fear of your heart which you shall fear, and for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.
Joshua 1 verse
Judges 1 verse
1 Samuel 2 verses
- 1 Samuel 16:7 מַרְאֵ֛/הוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [Yahweh sees] not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart."
- 1 Samuel 17:42 מַרְאֶֽה n c ms When the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair face.
2 Samuel 3 verses
- 2 Samuel 11:2 מַרְאֶ֖ה n c ms It happened at evening, that David arose from off his bed, and walked on the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look on.
- 2 Samuel 14:27 מַרְאֶֽה n c ms To Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a beautiful face.
- 2 Samuel 23:21 מַרְאֶ֗ה n c ms He killed an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.
Esther 4 verses
- Esther 1:11 מַרְאֶ֖ה n c ms to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was beautiful to look on.
- Esther 2:2 מַרְאֶֽה n c ms Then said the king's servants who ministered to him, Let there be beautiful young virgins sought for the king:
- Esther 2:3 מַרְאֶ֜ה n c ms and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful young virgins to Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, to the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them;
- Esther 2:7 מַרְאֶ֔ה n c ms He brought up Hadassah, who is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
Job 2 verses
- Job 4:16 מַרְאֵ֗/הוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms It stood still, but I couldn't discern the appearance of it; A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
- Job 41:9 מַרְאָ֣י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Ecclesiastes 2 verses
- Ecclesiastes 6:9 מַרְאֵ֥ה n c ms cs Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 וּ/בְ/מַרְאֵ֖י conj + prep + n c mp cs Rejoice, young man, in your youth, And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, And walk in the ways of your heart, And in the sight of your eyes; But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
Song of Solomon 2 verses
- Song of Solomon 2:14 מַרְאַ֔יִ/ךְ וּ/מַרְאֵ֥י/ךְ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs My dove in the clefts of the rock, In the hiding places of the mountainside, Let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
- Song of Solomon 5:15 מַרְאֵ֨/הוּ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
Isaiah 3 verses
- Isaiah 11:3 לְ/מַרְאֵ֤ה prep + n c ms cs His delight shall be in the fear of Yahweh; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears;
- Isaiah 52:14 מַרְאֵ֑/הוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Like as many were astonished at you (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men),
- Isaiah 53:2 מַרְאֶ֖ה n c ms For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he has no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Ezekiel 20 verses
- Ezekiel 1:5 מַרְאֵֽי/הֶ֔ן n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fp Out of the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. This was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.
- Ezekiel 1:13 מַרְאֵי/הֶ֣ם כְּ/מַרְאֵ֣ה n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp prep + n c ms cs As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches: [the fire] went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
- Ezekiel 1:14 כְּ/מַרְאֵ֖ה prep + n c ms cs The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
- Ezekiel 1:16 מַרְאֵ֨ה וּ/מַרְאֵי/הֶם֙ n c ms cs conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl: and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.
- Ezekiel 1:26 כְּ/מַרְאֵ֥ה כְּ/מַרְאֵ֥ה prep + n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and on the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above.
- Ezekiel 1:27 כְּ/מַרְאֵה מִ/מַּרְאֵ֥ה וּ/מִ/מַּרְאֵ֤ה כְּ/מַרְאֵה prep + n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs conj + prep + n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins and upward; and from the appearance of his loins and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about him.
- Ezekiel 1:28 כְּ/מַרְאֵ֣ה מַרְאֵ֤ה מַרְאֵ֖ה prep + n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.
- Ezekiel 8:2 כְּ/מַרְאֵה מִ/מַּרְאֵ֥ה כְּ/מַרְאֵה prep + n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs Then I saw, and, behold, a likeness as the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire; and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as it were glowing metal.
- Ezekiel 8:4 כַּ/מַּרְאֶ֕ה prep det + n c ms Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.
- Ezekiel 10:1 כְּ/מַרְאֵ֖ה prep + n c ms cs Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
- Ezekiel 10:9 וּ/מַרְאֵה֙ conj + n c ms cs I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone.
- Ezekiel 10:10 וּ/מַ֨רְאֵי/הֶ֔ם conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp As for their appearance, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel have been within a wheel.
- Ezekiel 10:22 מַרְאֵי/הֶ֖ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp As for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves; they went every one straight forward.
- Ezekiel 11:24 בַּ/מַּרְאֶ֖ה הַ/מַּרְאֶ֖ה prep det + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
- Ezekiel 23:15 מַרְאֵ֥ה n c ms cs girded with girdles on their loins, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them princes to look on, after the likeness of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.
- Ezekiel 23:16 לְ/מַרְאֵ֣ה prep + n c ms cs As soon as she saw them she doted on them, and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.
- Ezekiel 40:3 מַרְאֵ֨/הוּ֙ כְּ/מַרְאֵ֣ה n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c ms cs He brought me there; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
- Ezekiel 41:21 הַ/מַּרְאֶ֖ה כַּ/מַּרְאֶֽה ptcl def.art + n c ms prep det + n c ms As for the temple, the door-posts were squared; and as for the face of the sanctuary, the appearance [of it] was as the appearance [of the temple].
- Ezekiel 42:11 כְּ/מַרְאֵ֣ה prep + n c ms cs The way before them was like the appearance of [the way of] the chambers which were toward the north; according to their length so was their breadth: and all their exits were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.
- Ezekiel 43:3 וּ/כְ/מַרְאֵ֨ה הַ/מַּרְאֶ֜ה כַּ/מַּרְאֶ֤ה וּ/מַרְא֕וֹת כַּ/מַּרְאֶ֕ה conj + prep + n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms prep det + n c ms conj + n c mp prep det + n c ms It was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.
Daniel 11 verses
- Daniel 1:4 מַרְאֶ֜ה n c ms youths in whom was no blemish, but well-favored, and skillful in all wisdom, and endowed with knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability to stand in the king's palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the language of the Chaldeans.
- Daniel 1:13 מַרְאֵ֔י/נוּ וּ/מַרְאֵה֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cp conj + n c ms cs Then let our faces be looked on before you, and the face of the youths who eat of the king's dainties; and as you see, deal with your servants.
- Daniel 1:15 מַרְאֵי/הֶם֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp At the end of ten days their faces appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths who ate of the king's dainties.
- Daniel 8:15 כְּ/מַרְאֵה prep + n c ms cs It happened, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, that I sought to understand it; and, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
- Daniel 8:16 הַ/מַּרְאֶֽה ptcl def.art + n c ms I heard a man's voice between [the banks of] the Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
- Daniel 8:26 וּ/מַרְאֵ֨ה conj + n c ms cs The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true: but seal up the vision; for it belongs to many days [to come].
- Daniel 8:27 הַ/מַּרְאֶ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c ms I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick certain days; then I rose up, and did the king's business: and I wondered at the vision, but none understood it.
- Daniel 9:23 בַּ/מַּרְאֶֽה prep det + n c ms At the beginning of your petitions the commandment went forth, and I am come to tell you; for you are greatly beloved: therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision.
- Daniel 10:1 בַּ/מַּרְאֶֽה prep det + n c ms In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a great warfare: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
- Daniel 10:6 כְּ/מַרְאֵ֤ה prep + n c ms cs his body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches, and his arms and his feet like burnished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
- Daniel 10:18 כְּ/מַרְאֵ֥ה prep + n c ms cs Then there touched me again one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me.
Joel 1 verse
Nahum 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“sight” is the headline sense of the Hebrew noun מראה (marʼeh). Not a single-sense word: its full sense range also takes in “appearance” and “vision”. It appears 82 verses across 18 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its moderately common vocabulary. Scripture first uses it in Genesis 2:9. It shares a root with ראה, מראה and ראה. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H4758 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 82
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 82 distinct verses.
- 18 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 18 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #410
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 410 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 82 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 82 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 32 verses · 39%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 29 verses · 35%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 21 verses · 26%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Appearance 19×, Sight 10×, Vision 8×
- American Standard Version†: Appearance 28×, Vision 8×, And 5×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Appearance 13×, Vision 7×, Appear 4×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Appearance 39×, Was 8×, Appearance of 7×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H4758 across 100† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 35 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H4758 across 103† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 34 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H4758 across 76† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 34 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 26 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H4758 across 112† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 19 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
6 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 6 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1.
- a. sight, phenomenon, spectacle Ex 3:3 (J). e.g. Exodus 3:3
- b. appearance נֶחְמָד לְמ׳ Gn 2:9 (J) desirable in appearance, גָּדוֹל לְמ׳ Jos 22:10; appearance of man (or woman), Ju 13:6(×2) (angel), Is 52:14 (servant of י׳), Ct 5:15; Dn 8:15; 10:18; = outward person (opp. inner man) 1 S 16:7; visible form Ct 2:14(×2); Dn 1:13(×2), 15; בְּמ׳ Nu 12:8 (E; so read Sam 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗 Di, for MT מַרְאֶה), i.e. in personal presence (Hpt לֹא בְמ׳); כְּמַרְאֵה סוּסִים מַרְאֵהוּ Jo 2:4; of crocod. Jb 41:2; מ׳ כְּבוֹד י׳ Ex 24:17 (P), מ׳ הַנֶּגַע Lv 13:3, מ׳־אֵשׁ Nu 9:15, 16, מ׳ בָּרָק Dn 10:6 +; especially Ez appearance pers. vel rei (27 times, sometimes redundant), 1:5, 13, 26; 8:2; 10:1 +, מִמּ׳ מָתְנָיו 1:27(×2); 8:2 (‖ מִמָתְנָיו); of beauty וִיפֵה מַרְאֶה fair of appearance Gn 39:6 (J; + יְפֵה־תֹאַר), cf. 1 S 17:42 (read עֶלֶם [q.v.] for עִם); fem. יְפַת־מ׳ (אִשָּׁה) Gn 12:11 (J), 29:17 (E; + יְפַת תֹּאַר), 2 S 14:27; of kine יְפוֹת (הַ)מ׳ Gn 41:2, 4 (E), opp. רָעוֹת (הַ)מ׳ v 3, 4, מַרְאֵיהֶן רַע v 21 (all E); of women also טֹבַת מ׳ Gn 24:16; 26:7 (both J), 2 S 11:2; Est 1:11; 2:3, 7, טוֹבוֹת מ׳ 2:2; of boys טוֹבֵי מ׳ Dn 1:4, cf. מ׳ alone in לֹא־מ׳ וְנֶחְמְדֵהוּ (of suffering servant of י׳) Is 53:2; אִישׁ מ׳ 2 S 23:21 (but read as ‖ 1 Ch 11:23 אִישׁ מִדָּה We Dr al.). e.g. Genesis 2:9
- c. appearance, sight, vision Nu 8:4 (P). e.g. Numbers 8:4
- 2. in gen. what is seen, מ׳ עֵינָיו Is 11:3 i.e. what his outward eyes see (cf. 1 S 16:7 1 b), לִמ׳ עֵינֶיהָ Ez 23:16, מ׳ עֵינֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּרְאֶה Dt 28:34, 67, לְכָל־מ׳ עֵינֵי הַכֹּהֵן Lv 13:12 (P). e.g. Isaiah 11:3
- 3. specif. a (supernat.) vision (in Ez Dn; often acc. cogn. c. ראה): Ez 8:4; 11:24; 43:3(×3), read also מַרֶאֵה הָרֶכֶב v 3 (for מַרְאוֹת v. i. מַרְאָה supr.); בַּמּ׳ 11:24; Dn 8:16, 27; 9:23; 10:1; מ׳ הָעֶרֶב וְהַבֹּקֶר 8:26. e.g. Ezekiel 8:4
- 4. sight, vision = power of seeing (and enjoying), late: מ׳ עֵינַיִם Ec 6:9, הַלֵּךְ בְּדַרְכֵי לִבְּךָ וּבְמַרְאֵי עֵינֶיךָ 11:9. e.g. Ecclesiastes 6:9
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m. Ex 3:3 sight, appearance, vision;—מ׳ abs. Gn 12:11 +; cstr. מַרְאֵה Dt 28:34 +; sf. מַרְאֵהוּ Jo 2:4 +, מַרְאֶהָ Lv 13:4 +; appar. pl. cstr. מַרְאֵי Ec 11:9 (Köii. 1, 112), sf. (prob. in fact sg. Ges93 ss) מַרְאַיִךְ Ct 2:14(×2), מַרְאֵיהֶן Na 2:5 +, etc.;—
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Derived from ראה (râʼâh) (H7200) — to see.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
מַרְאֶה
- , m.(b. h.; sight, looks, appearance; color, shade. Yoma 74ᵇ מַרְאֵה עינים באשה the pleasure of looking at one’s wife. Tosef. Neg. I, 2 מ׳ ראשון the first inspection of a leprous affection (Lev. XIII, 3), מ׳ שני the second (ib. 5) &c. Ib. 4 כל מ׳ לבן all shades of white; מ׳ סיבות grey color. Ib. 5 מ׳ גבוה the appearance of an elevation; כמ׳ צל בחמה as the appearance of a shade thrown on a sunlit object; Sifra Thazr., Neg., ch. I; a. fr.—Pl. מַרְאוֹת (with pronom. suffix) מַרְאָיו, מַרְאֶיהָ &c. Neg. I, 1. Sifra l. c., Par. 2, ch. II במראיו its retaining original color; כהה ממראיו fainter than its original color. Bekh. VII, 5; v. חָשׁוּךְ; a. fr. e.g. Leviticus 13:3
מַרְאָה
- preced.)
- 1. mirror. Kel. XIV, 6 שעשה בו מ׳ (not שעשאה) one part of which he polished to serve as a mirror. Tosef. Sabb. XIII (XIV), 16; a. fr.—Pl. מַרְאוֹת. Gen. R. s. 4 מ׳ גדולות magnifying mirrors; מ׳ קטנות diminishing mirrors; a. e.
- 2. picture.—Pl. as ab. Gen. R. s. 73 היה לך מ׳ בתוך ביתך didst thou have pictures in thy house? שחורה … או לבנה of black persons or of white?
מֻרְאָה
- , v. מוּרְאָה
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 64 distinct written forms H4758 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 4 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H4758, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- מראה murʼâh H4760 crop
- ראה râʼâh H7201 bird of prey
- ראה râʼeh H7202 seeing
- ראה rôʼeh H7203 seer
- ראוה raʼăvâh H7207 beholding
- ראי rᵉʼîy H7209 mirror
- ראי rŏʼîy H7210 appearance
- ראית rᵉʼîyth H7212 beholding
- רו rêv H7299 appearance
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 15 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 80 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 82 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:9
- Exodus 3:3
- Leviticus 13:3
- Numbers 8:4
- Deuteronomy 28:34
- Joshua 22:10
- Judges 13:6
- 1 Samuel 16:7
- 2 Samuel 11:2
- Esther 1:11
- Job 4:16
- Ecclesiastes 6:9
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
