רָאָה
to see
also: look at, inspect, perceive, consider fuller range ↓
H7200
Strong's Hebrew
râʼâh
Transliteration
/raw-aw'/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
1,314
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider
- (Qal)
- to see
- to see, perceive
- to see, have vision
- to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out
- to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish
- to look at, gaze at
- (Niphal)
- to appear, present oneself
- to be seen
- to be visible
- (Pual) to be seen
- (Hiphil)
- to cause to see, show
- to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at
- (Hophal)
- to be caused to see, be shown
- to be exhibited to
- (Hithpael) to look at each other, face
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘see’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘appear’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘cause one to see something’
- Hithpael
- The reflexive or reciprocal stem (the subject acts on itself). Here: ‘recipr. look at each other’
- Hophal
- The passive counterpart of the Hiphil (“he was caused to…”). Here: ‘be caused to see’
- Qal Passive
- An archaic passive of the Qal, preserved in a few forms.
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms 92 distinct
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 140 times (11%)
- Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct 112 times (9%)
- Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 99 times (8%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 83 times (6%)
- Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural 56 times (4%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 53 times (4%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural 48 times (4%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 41 times (3%)
+84 more forms (682 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 1,314 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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2 Kings 56 verses
- 2 Kings 10:16 וּ/רְאֵ֖ה conj + Qal impv 2ms He said, Come with me, and see my zeal for Yahweh. So they made him ride in his chariot.
- 2 Kings 10:23 וּ/רְאוּ֙ conj + Qal impv 2mp Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal; and he said to the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of Yahweh, but the worshippers of Baal only.
- 2 Kings 11:1 ו/ראתה רָאֲתָ֖ה conj + Qal pf 3fs Qal pf 3fs Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
- 2 Kings 11:4 וַ/יַּ֥רְא conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of Yahweh; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Yahweh, and shown them the king's son.
- 2 Kings 11:14 וַ/תֵּ֡רֶא conj + Qal wimpf 3fs and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, Treason! treason!
- 2 Kings 12:10 כִּ/רְאוֹתָ֔/ם prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp It was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags and counted the money that was found in the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 13:4 רָאָה֙ Qal pf 3ms Jehoahaz begged Yahweh, and Yahweh listened to him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how that the king of Syria oppressed them.
- 2 Kings 13:21 רָא֣וּ Qal pf 3cp It happened, as they were burying a man, that behold, they spied a band; and they cast the man into the tomb of Elisha: and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
- 2 Kings 14:8 נִתְרָאֶ֥ה Hithpael impf 1cp Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
- 2 Kings 14:11 וַ/יִּתְרָא֣וּ conj + Hithpael wimpf 3mp But Amaziah would not hear. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
- 2 Kings 14:26 רָאָ֧ה Qal pf 3ms For Yahweh saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel.
- 2 Kings 16:10 וַ/יַּ֥רְא conj + Qal wimpf 3ms King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship of it.
- 2 Kings 16:12 וַ/יַּ֥רְא conj + Qal wimpf 3ms When the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near to the altar, and offered thereon.
- 2 Kings 19:16 וּ/רְאֵ֑ה conj + Qal impv 2ms Incline your ear, Yahweh, and hear; open your eyes, Yahweh, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, with which he has sent him to defy the living God.
- 2 Kings 20:5 רָאִ֖יתִי Qal pf 1cs Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will heal you; on the third day you shall go up to the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 20:13 וַ/יַּרְאֵ֣/ם הֶרְאָ֧/ם conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp Hiphil pf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp Hezekiah listened to them, and shown them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn't show them.
- 2 Kings 20:15 רָא֖וּ רָא֔וּ הִרְאִיתִ֖/ם Qal pf 3cp Qal pf 3cp Hiphil pf 1cs + sfx pers 3mp He said, What have they seen in your house? Hezekiah answered, All that is in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.
- 2 Kings 22:20 תִרְאֶ֣ינָה Qal impf 3fp Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil which I will bring on this place. They brought the king word again.
- 2 Kings 23:16 וַ/יַּ֨רְא conj + Qal wimpf 3ms As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of Yahweh which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
- 2 Kings 23:17 רֹאֶ֑ה Qal ptcp.act ms Then he said, What monument is that which I see? The men of the city told him, It is the tomb of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel.
- 2 Kings 23:24 נִרְאוּ֙ Niphal pf 3cp Moreover those who had familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 23:29 כִּ/רְאֹת֖/וֹ prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and [Pharaoh Necoh] killed him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
- 2 Kings 25:19 מֵ/רֹאֵ֤י prep + Qal ptcp.act mp cs and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city.
1 Chronicles 22 verses
- 1 Chronicles 9:22 הָ/רֹאֶ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c ms All these who were chosen to be porters in the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their office of trust.
- 1 Chronicles 10:5 וַ/יַּ֥רְא conj + Qal wimpf 3ms When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died.
- 1 Chronicles 10:7 וַ֠/יִּרְאוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp When all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
- 1 Chronicles 12:17 יֵ֛רֶא Qal impf 3ms David went out to meet them, and answered them, If you be come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit to you; but if [you be come] to betray me to my adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
- 1 Chronicles 15:29 וַ/תֵּ֨רֶא conj + Qal wimpf 3fs It happened, as the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.
- 1 Chronicles 17:17 וּ/רְאִיתַ֗/נִי conj + Qal pf 2ms + sfx pers 1cs This was a small thing in your eyes, God; but you have spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, Yahweh God.
- 1 Chronicles 19:6 וַ/יִּרְאוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp When the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Arammaacah, and out of Zobah.
- 1 Chronicles 19:10 וַ/יַּ֣רְא conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
- 1 Chronicles 19:15 רָאוּ֙ Qal pf 3cp When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 19:16 וַ/יַּ֣רְא conj + Qal wimpf 3ms When the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians who were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer at their head.
- 1 Chronicles 19:19 וַ/יִּרְא֞וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp When the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and served him: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
- 1 Chronicles 21:12 רְאֵ֔ה Qal impv 2ms either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days the sword of Yahweh, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.
- 1 Chronicles 21:15 רָאָ֤ה Qal pf 3ms God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was about to destroy, Yahweh saw, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay your hand. The angel of Yahweh was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- 1 Chronicles 21:16 וַ/יַּ֞רְא conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Yahweh standing between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
- 1 Chronicles 21:20 וַ/יַּרְא֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
- 1 Chronicles 21:21 וַ/יַּ֣רְא conj + Qal wimpf 3ms As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
- 1 Chronicles 21:23 רְאֵה֩ Qal impv 2ms Ornan said to David, Take it to you, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: behold, I give [you] the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal-offering; I give it all.
- 1 Chronicles 21:28 בִּ/רְא֤וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs At that time, when David saw that Yahweh had answered him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
- 1 Chronicles 26:28 הָ/רֹאֶה֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms All that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated, whoever had dedicated anything, it was under the hand of Shelomoth, and of his brothers.
- 1 Chronicles 28:10 רְאֵ֣ה Qal impv 2ms Take heed now; for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
- 1 Chronicles 29:17 רָאִ֥יתִי Qal pf 1cs I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy your people, that are present here, offer willingly to you.
- 1 Chronicles 29:29 הָ/רֹאֶ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c ms Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,
2 Chronicles 33 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:7 נִרְאָ֥ה Niphal pf 3ms In that night did God appear to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give you.
- 2 Chronicles 3:1 נִרְאָ֖ה Niphal pf 3ms Then Solomon began to build the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where [Yahweh] appeared to David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- 2 Chronicles 5:9 וַ/יֵּרָאוּ֩ יֵרָא֖וּ conj + Niphal wimpf 3mp Niphal impf 3mp The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen outside: and there it is to this day.
- 2 Chronicles 7:3 רֹאִים֙ Qal ptcp.act mp All the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of Yahweh was on the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped, and gave thanks to Yahweh, [saying], For he is good; for his loving kindness endures for ever.
- 2 Chronicles 7:12 וַ/יֵּרָ֧א conj + Niphal wimpf 3ms Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.
- 2 Chronicles 9:3 וַ/תֵּ֨רֶא֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3fs When the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
- 2 Chronicles 9:6 וַ/תִּרְאֶ֣ינָה conj + Qal wimpf 3fp However I didn't believe their words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it; and, behold, the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me: you exceed the fame that I heard.
- 2 Chronicles 9:11 נִרְא֥וּ Niphal pf 3cp The king made of the algum trees terraces for the house of Yahweh, and for the king's house, and harps and psalteries for the singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 10:16 רְאֵ֥ה Qal impv 2ms When all Israel saw that the king didn't listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, Israel: now see to your own house, David. So all Israel departed to their tents.
- 2 Chronicles 12:7 וּ/בִ/רְא֤וֹת conj + prep + Qal inf.cs When Yahweh saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves: I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
- 2 Chronicles 15:9 בִּ/רְאֹתָ֕/ם prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Yahweh his God was with him.
- 2 Chronicles 16:7 הָ/רֹאֶ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c ms At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on Yahweh your God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of your hand.
- 2 Chronicles 16:10 הָ/רֹאֶ֗ה ptcl def.art + n c ms Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
- 2 Chronicles 18:16 רָאִ֤יתִי Qal pf 1cs He said, I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and Yahweh said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.
- 2 Chronicles 18:18 רָאִ֤יתִי Qal pf 1cs [Micaiah] said, Therefore hear you the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
- 2 Chronicles 18:24 רֹאֶ֖ה Qal ptcp.act ms Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that day, when you shall go into an inner chamber to hide yourself.
- 2 Chronicles 18:31 כִּ/רְאוֹת֩ prep + Qal inf.cs It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they turned about to fight against him: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and Yahweh helped him; and God moved them [to depart] from him.
- 2 Chronicles 18:32 כִּ/רְאוֹת֙ prep + Qal inf.cs It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
- 2 Chronicles 19:6 רְאוּ֙ Qal impv 2mp and said to the judges, Consider what you do: for you don't judge for man, but for Yahweh; and [he is] with you in the judgment.
- 2 Chronicles 20:17 וּ/רְא֣וּ conj + Qal impv 2mp You shall not need to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves, stand you still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem; don't be afraid, nor be dismayed: tomorrow go out against them: for Yahweh is with you.
- 2 Chronicles 22:6 לִ/רְא֞וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs He returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
- 2 Chronicles 22:10 רָאֲתָ֖ה Qal pf 3fs Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 23:13 וַ/תֵּ֡רֶא conj + Qal wimpf 3fs and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also [played] on instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and said, Treason! treason!
- 2 Chronicles 24:11 וְ/כִ/רְאוֹתָ֞/ם conj + prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp It was so, that whenever the chest was brought to the king's officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
- 2 Chronicles 24:22 יֵ֥רֶא Qal juss 3ms Thus Joash the king didn't remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, Yahweh look on it, and require it.
- 2 Chronicles 25:17 נִתְרָאֶ֥ה Hithpael coh 1cp Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
- 2 Chronicles 25:21 וַ/יִּתְרָא֣וּ conj + Hithpael wimpf 3mp So Joash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 26:5 בִּ/רְאֹ֣ת prep + Qal inf.cs He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God: and as long as he sought Yahweh, God made him to prosper.
- 2 Chronicles 29:8 רֹאִ֖ים Qal ptcp.act mp Therefore the wrath of Yahweh was on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to be tossed back and forth, to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as you see with your eyes.
- 2 Chronicles 30:7 רֹאִֽים Qal ptcp.act mp Don't be you like your fathers, and like your brothers, who trespassed against Yahweh, the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as you see.
- 2 Chronicles 31:8 וַ/יִּרְא֖וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed Yahweh, and his people Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 32:2 וַ/יַּרְא֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
- 2 Chronicles 34:28 תִרְאֶ֣ינָה Qal impf 3fp Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil that I will bring on this place, and on the inhabitants of it. They brought back word to the king.
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 7 verses
- Nehemiah 2:17 רֹאִים֙ Qal ptcp.act mp Then said I to them, You see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and the gates of it are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
- Nehemiah 4:11 יִרְא֔וּ Qal impf 3mp Our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, until we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.
- Nehemiah 4:14 וָ/אֵ֣רֶא conj + Qal wimpf 1cs I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Don't be you afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
- Nehemiah 6:16 וַ/יִּֽרְא֗וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp It happened, when all our enemies heard [of it], that all the nations that were about us feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was worked of our God.
- Nehemiah 9:9 וַ/תֵּ֛רֶא conj + Qal wimpf 2ms You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea,
- Nehemiah 13:15 רָאִ֣יתִי Qal pf 1cs In those days saw I in Judah some men treading wine-presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading donkeys [therewith]; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I testified [against them] in the day in which they sold food.
- Nehemiah 13:23 רָאִ֤יתִי Qal pf 1cs In those days also saw I the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab:
Esther 14 verses
- Esther 1:4 בְּ/הַרְאֹת֗/וֹ prep + Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms when he shown the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even one hundred eighty days.
- Esther 1:11 לְ/הַרְא֨וֹת prep + Hiphil inf.cs 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 1:14 רֹאֵי֙ Qal ptcp.act mp cs and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom),
- Esther 2:9 הָ/רְאֻי֥וֹת ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.pass fp The maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her things for her purification, with her portions, and the seven maidens who were meet to be given her out of the king's house: and he removed her and her maidens to the best place of the house of the women.
- Esther 2:15 רֹאֶֽי/הָ Qal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 3fs Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. Esther obtained favor in the sight of all those who looked at her.
- Esther 3:4 לִ/רְאוֹת֙ prep + Qal inf.cs Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he didn't listen to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told those who he was a Jew.
- Esther 3:5 וַ/יַּ֣רְא conj + Qal wimpf 3ms When Haman saw that Mordecai didn't bow down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
- Esther 4:8 לְ/הַרְא֥וֹת prep + Hiphil inf.cs Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Shushan to destroy them, to show it to Esther, and to declare it to her, and to charge her that she should go in to the king, to make supplication to him, and to make request before him, for her people.
- Esther 5:2 כִ/רְא֨וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs It was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the scepter.
- Esther 5:9 וְ/כִ/רְאוֹת֩ conj + prep + Qal inf.cs Then went Haman forth that day joyful and glad of heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he didn't stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
- Esther 5:13 רֹאֶה֙ Qal ptcp.act ms Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
- Esther 7:7 רָאָ֔ה Qal pf 3ms The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine [and went] into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
- Esther 8:6 וְֽ/רָאִ֔יתִי וְֽ/רָאִ֔יתִי conj + Qal wpf 1cs conj + Qal wpf 1cs for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come to my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?
- Esther 9:26 רָא֣וּ Qal pf 3cp Therefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come to them,
Job 48 verses
- Job 2:13 רָא֔וּ Qal pf 3cp So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
- Job 3:9 יִ֝רְאֶ֗ה Qal juss 3ms Let the stars of the twilight of it be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, Neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,
- Job 3:16 רָ֥אוּ Qal pf 3cp Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants who never saw light.
- Job 4:8 רָ֭אִיתִי Qal pf 1cs According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, And sow trouble, Reap the same.
- Job 5:3 רָ֭אִיתִי Qal pf 1cs I have seen the foolish taking root, But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
- Job 6:21 תִּֽרְא֥וּ Qal impf 2mp For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid.
- Job 7:7 לִ/רְא֥וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.
- Job 8:18 רְאִיתִֽי/ךָ Qal pf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms If he is destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, saying, 'I have not seen you.'
- Job 9:11 אֶרְאֶ֑ה Qal impf 1cs Behold, he goes by me, and I don't see him. He passes on also, but I don't perceive him.
- Job 9:25 רָא֥וּ Qal pf 3cp "Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away, they see no good,
- Job 10:4 כִּ/רְא֖וֹת תִּרְאֶֽה prep + Qal inf.cs Qal impf 2ms Do you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see as man sees?
- Job 10:18 תִרְאֵֽ/נִי Qal impf 3fs + sfx pers 1cs "'Why, then, have you brought me forth out of the womb? I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.
- Job 11:11 וַ/יַּרְא conj + Qal wimpf 3ms For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn't consider it.
- Job 13:1 רָאֲתָ֣ה Qal pf 3fs "Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it.
- Job 19:27 רָא֣וּ Qal pf 3cp Whom I, even I, shall see on my side. My eyes shall see, and not as a stranger. "My heart is consumed within me.
- Job 20:7 רֹ֝אָ֗י/ו Qal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung, Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'
- Job 20:17 יֵ֥רֶא Qal juss 3ms He shall not look at the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.
- Job 21:20 יִרְא֣וּ Qal impf 3mp Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
- Job 22:11 תִרְאֶ֑ה Qal impf 2ms Or darkness, so that you can not see, And floods of waters cover you.
- Job 22:12 וּ/רְאֵ֤ה conj + Qal impv 2ms "Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
- Job 22:14 יִרְאֶ֑ה Qal impf 3ms Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'
- Job 22:19 יִרְא֣וּ Qal impf 3mp The righteous see it, and are glad; The innocent ridicule them,
- Job 23:9 אֶרְאֶֽה Qal impf 1cs He works to the north, but I can't see him; He turns south, but I can't catch a glimpse of him.
- Job 28:10 רָאֲתָ֥ה Qal pf 3fs He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
- Job 28:24 יִרְאֶֽה Qal impf 3ms For he looks to the ends of the earth, And sees under the whole sky.
- Job 28:27 רָ֭אָ/הּ Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs Then did he see it, and declare it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
- Job 29:8 רָא֣וּ/נִי Qal pf 3cp + sfx pers 1cs The young men saw me and hid themselves, The aged rose up and stood;
- Job 29:11 רָ֝אֲתָ֗ה Qal pf 3fs For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it commended me:
- Job 31:4 יִרְאֶ֣ה Qal impf 3ms Doesn't he see my ways, And number all my steps?
- Job 31:19 אֶרְאֶ֣ה Qal impf 1cs If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;
- Job 31:21 אֶרְאֶ֥ה Qal impf 1cs If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
- Job 31:26 אֶרְאֶ֣ה Qal impf 1cs If I have seen the sun when it shined, Or the moon moving in splendor,
- Job 32:5 וַ/יַּ֤רְא conj + Qal wimpf 3ms When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.
- Job 33:21 רֻאּֽוּ Qal Passive pf 3cp His flesh is so consumed away, that it can't be seen; His bones that were not seen stick out.
- Job 33:26 וַ/יַּ֣רְא conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, So that he sees his face with joy: He restores to man his righteousness.
- Job 33:28 תִּרְאֶֽה Qal impf 3fs He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, My life shall see the light.'
- Job 34:21 יִרְאֶֽה Qal impf 3ms "For his eyes are on the ways of a man, He sees all his goings.
- Job 34:26 רֹאִֽים Qal ptcp.act mp He strikes them as wicked men In the open sight of others;
- Job 35:5 וּ/רְאֵ֑ה conj + Qal impv 2ms Look to the heavens, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.
- Job 37:21 רָ֤אוּ Qal pf 3cp Now men don't see the light which is bright in the skies, But the wind passes, and clears them.
- Job 37:24 יִ֝רְאֶ֗ה Qal impf 3ms Therefore men revere him. He doesn't regard any who are wise of heart."
- Job 38:17 תִּרְאֶֽה Qal impf 2ms Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
- Job 38:22 תִּרְאֶֽה Qal impf 2ms Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, Or have you seen the treasures of the hail,
- Job 40:11 וּ/רְאֵ֥ה conj + Qal impv 2ms Pour forth the fury of your anger. Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
- Job 40:12 רְאֵ֣ה Qal impv 2ms Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
- Job 41:34 יִרְאֶ֑ה Qal impf 3ms He sees everything that is high: He is king over all the sons of pride."
- Job 42:5 רָאָֽתְ/ךָ Qal pf 3fs + sfx pers 2ms I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees you.
- Job 42:16 ו/ירא וַ/יִּרְאֶ֗ה conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, to four generations.
Psalms 99 verses
- Psalms 4:6 יַרְאֵ֪/נ֫וּ Hiphil impf 3ms + sfx pers 1cp Many say, "Who will show us any good?" Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.
- Psalms 8:3 אֶרְאֶ֣ה Qal impf 1cs When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, The moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
- Psalms 9:13 רְאֵ֣ה Qal impv 2ms Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, And lift me up from the gates of death;
- Psalms 10:11 רָאָ֥ה Qal pf 3ms He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it."
- Psalms 10:14 רָאִ֡תָה Qal pf 2ms But you do see trouble and grief; You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
- Psalms 14:2 לִ֭/רְאוֹת prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, To see if there were any who did understand, Who did seek after God.
- Psalms 16:10 לִ/רְא֥וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, Neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
- Psalms 18:15 וַ/יֵּ֤רָא֨וּ conj + Niphal wimpf 3mp Then the channels of waters appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, At the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
- Psalms 22:7 רֹ֭אַ/י Qal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 1cs All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
- Psalms 22:17 יִרְאוּ Qal impf 3mp I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me.
- Psalms 25:18 רְאֵ֣ה Qal impv 2ms Consider my affliction and my travail. Forgive all my sins.
- Psalms 25:19 רְאֵֽה Qal impv 2ms Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.
- Psalms 27:13 לִ/רְא֥וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.
- Psalms 31:7 רָ֭אִיתָ Qal pf 2ms I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, For you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.
- Psalms 31:11 רֹאַ֥/י Qal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, A fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.
- Psalms 33:13 רָ֝אָ֗ה Qal pf 3ms Yahweh looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men.
- Psalms 34:8 וּ֭/רְאוּ conj + Qal impv 2mp Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
- Psalms 34:12 לִ/רְא֥וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs Who is someone who desires life, And loves many days, that he may see good?
- Psalms 35:17 תִּ֫רְאֶ֥ה Qal impf 2ms Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, My precious life from the lions.
- Psalms 35:21 רָאֲתָ֥ה Qal pf 3fs Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, "Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!"
- Psalms 35:22 רָאִ֣יתָה Qal pf 2ms You have seen it, Yahweh. Don't keep silent. Lord, don't be far from me.
- Psalms 36:9 נִרְאֶה Qal impf 1cp For with you is the spring of life. In your light shall we see light.
- Psalms 37:13 רָ֝אָ֗ה Qal pf 3ms The Lord will laugh at him, For he sees that his day is coming.
- Psalms 37:25 רָ֭אִיתִי Qal pf 1cs I have been young, and now am old, Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his children begging for bread.
- Psalms 37:34 תִּרְאֶֽה Qal impf 2ms Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, And he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
- Psalms 37:35 רָ֭אִיתִי Qal pf 1cs I have seen the wicked in great power, Spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
- Psalms 37:37 וּ/רְאֵ֣ה conj + Qal impv 2ms Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, For there is a future for the man of peace.
- Psalms 40:3 יִרְא֣וּ Qal impf 3mp He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.
- Psalms 40:12 לִ/רְא֑וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.
- Psalms 41:6 לִ/רְא֨וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
- Psalms 42:2 וְ֝/אֵרָאֶ֗ה conj + Niphal impf 1cs My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
- Psalms 45:10 וּ֭/רְאִי conj + Qal impv 2fs Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father's house.
- Psalms 48:5 רָ֭אוּ Qal pf 3cp They saw it, then they were amazed. They were dismayed, They hurried away.
- Psalms 48:8 רָאִ֗ינוּ Qal pf 1cp As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of Yahweh of Hosts, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah.
- Psalms 49:9 יִרְאֶ֣ה Qal impf 3ms That he should live on forever, That he should not see corruption.
- Psalms 49:10 יִרְאֶ֨ה Qal impf 3ms For he sees that wise men die; Likewise the fool and the senseless perish, And leave their wealth to others.
- Psalms 49:19 יִרְאוּ Qal impf 3mp He shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.
- Psalms 50:18 רָאִ֣יתָ Qal pf 2ms When you saw a thief, you consented with him, And have participated with adulterers.
- Psalms 50:23 אַ֝רְאֶ֗/נּוּ Hiphil impf 1cs + sfx pers 3ms Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, And prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him."
- Psalms 52:6 וְ/יִרְא֖וּ conj + Qal impf 3mp The righteous also will see it, and fear, And laugh at him, saying,
- Psalms 53:2 לִ֭/רְאוֹת prep + Qal inf.cs God looks down from heaven on the children of men, To see if there are any who understood, Who seek after God.
- Psalms 54:7 רָאֲתָ֥ה Qal pf 3fs For he has delivered me out of all trouble. My eye has seen triumph over my enemies.
- Psalms 55:9 רָאִ֨יתִי Qal pf 1cs Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
- Psalms 59:4 וּ/רְאֵה conj + Qal impv 2ms I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Rise up, behold, and help me!
- Psalms 59:10 יַרְאֵ֥/נִי Hiphil impf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.
- Psalms 60:3 הִרְאִ֣יתָה Hiphil pf 2ms You have shown your people hard things. You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.
- Psalms 63:2 לִ/רְא֥וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs So I have seen you in the sanctuary, Watching your power and your glory.
- Psalms 64:5 יִרְאֶה Qal impf 3ms They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, "Who will see them?"
- Psalms 64:8 רֹ֥אֵה Qal ptcp.act ms Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
- Psalms 66:5 וּ֭/רְאוּ conj + Qal impv 2mp Come, and see God's deeds-- Awesome work on behalf of the children of men.
- Psalms 66:18 רָאִ֣יתִי Qal pf 1cs If I cherished sin in my heart, The Lord wouldn't have listened.
- Psalms 68:24 רָא֣וּ Qal pf 3cp They have seen your processions, God, Even the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
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ראה (râʼâh) is a Hebrew verb most often rendered “to see.” Read the stem: it spans 6 stems, including Qal and Niphal. Spanning 1,206 verses in 38 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Hebrew Bible. It first appears in Genesis 1:4. Related forms include מראה, מראה and ראה. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
Strong's · 1890
advise self
Modern gloss
to see
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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Strong's H7200 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 →
- 1,206
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1,206 distinct verses.
- 38 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 38 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #27
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 27 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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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 1,206 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 517 verses · 43%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 366 verses · 30%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 323 verses · 27%
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 4 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†: Saw 183×, See 141×, I saw 43×
- American Standard Version†: Saw 184×, See 122×, I saw 41×
- Berean Standard Bible†: See 188×, Saw 166×, I saw 34×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: See 265×, Saw 165×, And 152×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H7200 across 1,312† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 283 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 2 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H7200 across 1,316† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 358 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 H7200 across 1,266† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 294 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 31 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H7200 across 1,632† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 194 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
49 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Pual (the passive of Piel), Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal), and Hophal (the passive of Hiphil).
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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 49 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.
ראה I
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. ר׳ Gn 29:10 +, sf. וְרָֽאֲךָ consec. Ex 4:14, רָאָהוּ 2 K 2:12 +; 3 fs. רָֽאֲתָה Gn 38:14, sf. רָאָֽתְךָ Jb 42:5; 2 ms. רָאִיתָ Gn 20:10 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִרְאֶה 22:8 +, juss. יֵרֵא Gn 41:33 (Baer Gi, Ges§ 75 p, hh Köi.561; van d. H. יֵרֶא), יֵ֫רֶא Ex 5:21 +, וַיַּרְא Gn 18:2 + (1 S 19:20 read pl. 𝔊 Comm., i.e. וַיִּרְאֻ DrSm lxiii), sf. יִרְאַנִי Ex 33:20, וַיִּרְאֵ֑נִי 2 S 1:7; 3 fs. תִּרְאֶה Lv 20:17; Jb 33:28, juss. תֵּרֵא Mi 7:10; Zc 9:5 (Baer Gi, cf. Ges Kö supr.; van d. H. תֵּרֶא), וַתֵּ֫רֶא Gn 3:6 +; i s. אֶרְאֶה 21:16 +, וָאֵרֶא 31:10 +, etc.; Imv. רְאֵה 27:27 +, etc.; Inf. abs. רָאֹה Ex 3:7 +, רָאוֹ Gn 26:28; Is 6:9; cstr. רְאֹה Gn 48:11, רְאוֹת Ex 10:28 +, רַאֲוָה Ez 28:17, etc.; Pt. act. רֹאֶה Gn 13:15 +, etc.; pass. רְאֻיוֹת (Baer Gi; van d. H. רְאֻיּוֹת):— e.g. Genesis 29:10
- 1.
- a. see, subj. עַיִן, עֵינַיִם, c. acc. pers. Is 6:5; 30:20; Je 42:2 + 5 times Jb Pr; subj. pers., c. acc. pers. Gn 12:12, 15 + (מִי רָאָהוּ 1 S 23:22, read הַמְּהֵרָה 𝔊 Th We al. [not HPS]); רֹאִי 16:13 (pt. sf., cf.בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי v 14, p. 91 supr.); acc. of God 32:31 (פָּנִים אֶל־פָּנִים); acc. pers. om. 18:2; 19:1 +; c. acc. פְּנֵי 31:2; 46:30; 48:11; Ex 33:20, opp. אֶת־אֲחֹרָ֑י v 23; c. acc. פְּנֵי specif. of having access to man of rank Gn 43:3, 5 + (v. [פָּנֶה] 2 b). e.g. Isaiah 6:5
- b. see, c. acc. rei: subj. עַיִן, עֵינַיִם Jos 24:7 (E) 1 S 24:11 (van d. H. Baer; v 10 Gi), Dt 3:21 + 5 times Dt, +; וְעֵינָיו אֶת־עֵינָיו תִּרְאֶינָה Je 32:4, cf. 34:3; acc. om. 2 S 24:3 Dt 21:7 + 9 times (לִרְאוֹת 1 S 6:13 read לִקְרָאתוֹ 𝔊 We Dr Kit Bu HPS Now); subj. pers. Gn 13:15; 31:12 + very often; c. acc. cogn. מַרְאֶה Ex 3:3 + 7 times, מַרְאָה Dn 10:7(×2), 8, חָזוֹן 8:15, חֶזְיֹנוֹת Jo 3:1; hence see abs. = receive revelation, Is 30:10 (‖ חזה), cf.Ez 13:3 and v. 1. רֹאֶה; c.acc. עֶרְוָה, v. ע׳, p. 788 f.; see war, i.e. see it impending Ex 13:17 (E); ר׳ אֶת־הַקּוֹלֹת וְאֶת־הַלַּפִּידִים 20:18 (Gi v 15); רֹאֵי הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ Ec 7:11 those who see the sun = living men; acc. rei om. Ex 22:9;2 S 13:5 +, וָאֶרְאֶה בֶּחָזוֹן Dn 8:2(×2) (abs.); לֹא יֵדעוּ רְלֹא יִרְאוּ Ne 4:5; עֵינֵי רֹאִים Is 32:3, מְקוֹם רֹאִים Jb 34:26; c. adv. or adv. phr. instead of acc. rei: כָּהֵנָּה Gn 41:19 cf. Is 66:8; Ez 1:27(×2), כַּאֲשֶׁר 2 K 2:19; 2 Ch 29:8; 30:7; Jb 4:8; Ez 16:50; Dn 1:13, כֵּן ψ 48:9. e.g. Joshua 24:7
- 2. see, sq. acc. + cl. or phr. of closer design.: (1) + epex. cl. c. כִּי, acc. pers. Gn 6:2 saw them that they were fair, 12:14 (both J), Ex 2:2; 32:25 (both E), 1 K 11:28, acc. of face + id. Gn 31:5 (E), Ex 34:25 (P); acc. rei Gn 49:15 (poem), Is 22:9; Gn 1:4 (P), Ec 2:24; 4:4 and prob. 2 K 14:26 (reading כִּי מַר הוּא); (2) ר׳ כָּל־הַבָּא עָלָיו וְעָמָ֑ד 2 S 20:12; (3) + adj. (incl. pt.), acc. pers. Gn 7:1 (J), Am 9:1; 2 S 18:10 + 39 times (Je 46:5 del. ר׳ 𝔊 Gie), + acc. אֲשֶׁר Ex 14:13(×2) (J); acc. rei, †Ex 23:5; 33:10 (both E), Dt 22:4; Ez 33:3, 6; Dn 1:10; 8:4, 6, 7; †(4) + מָה, acc. rei Nu 13:18 (JE), Hg 2:3; †(5) + prep. phr., acc. pers. Ex 5:19 (J), Zc 4:10; Ec 10:7; Est 5:9; acc. rei + בִּכְבוֹדוֹ Hg 2:3, + ב pers. Je 23:13, 14, + כ pers. Ju 9:36, כ rei 2 S 18:27; (6) acc. pers. + adv. acc. + כ pers. Je 30:6. e.g. Genesis 6:2
- 3. see, so as to learn to know: c. acc. pers. Dt 33:9 (‖ הִכִּיר, יַדַע);c. acc. rei Dt 1:19, 31; 11:2; Jb 11:11 (‖ יַדַע), ψ 16:10; 49:10; = have experience of, Je 5:12; 14:13; 20:18; 42:14; Zp 3:15; ψ 89:49; Ec 5:17, שֵׁנָה בְּעֵינָיו אֵינֶנּוּ רֹאֶה Ec 8:16; מָה ראית Gn 20:10 i.e. what hast thou encountered, that …? BacherZAW xix (1899), 345 ff.; Terminol. 177 f. e.g. Deuteronomy 33:9
- 4. abs. see, have (power of) vision, Gn 27:1 (J), 48:10 (E), 1 S 3:2; 4:15; 1 K 14:4, miraculous 2 K 6:17(×2), 20(×2); denied of idols Dt 4:28 ψ 115:5; 135:16; fig. of spiritual vision Is 6:10; 29:18; 42:18; 44:18; Je 5:21; Dt 29:3; Ez 12:2(×2) ψ 40:13; 69:24; עַיִן רֹאָה Pr 20:12.—1 S 14:27 read Qr v. אור. e.g. Genesis 27:1
- 5. see = perceive:
- a. sq. cl. c. כִּי, Ex 3:4; 8:11; Gn 1:10, 12 + often (1 S 23:15 read וַיִּרָא and he feared We Dr Kit Bu HPS Now); om. כִּי (late) †La 1:10 ψ 49:11 Ec 3:16; sq. מָה of indirect question Gn 2:19 (J), 37:20 (E), Ju 9:48; Dt 32:20; Je 7:17; 33:24; Ez 8:6; Jon 4:5 +; בַּמָּה Ju 16:5 cf. 1 S 14:38, כַּמָּה Zc 2:6 ψ 35:17; sq. מִי of indirect question 1 S 14:17; Is 40:26; La 2:20 (+ הַבִּיטָה); sq. אֵי 1 S 26:16, אֵיכֹה 2 K 6:13, אֵיפֹה Je 3:2; sq. cl. c. הֲ whether, Gn 8:8; 18:21; Nu 11:23 (all J), Ex 4:18 (E), ψ 14:2; 53:3 Ct 6:11 b Est 3:4, אִם whether Je 30:6; La 1:12 ψ 139:24 Ct 7:13, אֲשֶׁר that or how 1 S 18:15, אֵי Ec 2:3, שֶׁ that v 13, שְׁ 3:18. e.g. Exodus 3:4
- b. c. acc. צָרַת נַפִשׁוֹ Gn 42:21 (i.e. saw it by out-ward signs), cf. Ho 5:13. [Note, under 5 (rarely in other cases, and only S K Je), †Imv. + ידע Imv.: דַּע וּרְאֵה 1 S 24:12; 2 S 24:13; 1 K 20:22; דְּעִי וּרְאִי 1 S 25:17; Je 2:19; דְּעוּ וּרְאוּ 1 S 12:17; 14:38; 23:22; 1 K 20:7; 2 K 5:7; in reverse order, רְאוּ וּדְעוּ 1 S 23:23; Je 5:1.]. e.g. Genesis 42:21
- 6. look at, see, by direct volition:
- a. subj. men, c. acc. rei, Gn 9:22, 23 (J), 42:9, 12 (E), Lv 13:3, 15 +; c. acc. of land = reconnoitre Jos 2:1; look at sun, etc., for worship †Dt 4:19; Jb 31:26; = inspect 1 K 9:12; Lv 14:36(×2); c. acc. pers. Nu 24:20, 21 (JE), Ex 2:25; Lv 13:3, 5 (all P), 1 S 9:16 +, (1 S 19:15 HPS proposes אֶל־בֵּית for לִרְאוֹת); c. prep. ר׳ אַחֲרִי רֹאִי Gn 16:13 (J) I have looked after one seeing me (interpr. v. Di). e.g. Genesis 9:22
- b. subj. God, c. acc. rei Gn 9:16 (P); = inspect 11:5 (J); look at with favour, acc. pers. Jb 37:24 ψ 138:6; so perhaps fig., subj. man, regard, c. acc. אָוֶן ψ 66:18 (Hup-Now; Che Bae Dr al. intend); look with pleasure (acc. om., + מִן by reason of, as a fruit of) Is 53:11 (si vera l.; ins. acc. אוֹר 𝔊 Houb Klo Du CheHpt Kit [perhaps], with Hiph. יַרְאֵה 𝔊 Du CheHpt, rescues from travail his soul, makes it see light). e.g. Genesis 9:16
- c. without acc., look, take a look, etc. (of man and God; often + וְהִנֵּה), Gn 8:13; 18:2;Ex 3:2; Lv 13:8; La 3:50 (מִן loc.), Gn 13:14 (מִן loc. + ה loc.), Dt 3:27; Ez 40:4; 44:5 (all בְּעֵינֶיךָ), + often; peculiarly, מִמֶּנִּי תִרְאוּ וְכֵן תַּעֲשׂוּ Ju 7:17 (cf. GFM). e.g. Genesis 8:13
- d. look after, see after, learn about, c. acc. rei Gn 37:14 (J), c. acc. pers. = visit (go to see) 1 S 15:35; 20:29; 2 S 13:5, 6; 2 K 8:29 = 2 Ch 22:6; 2 K 9:16, cf. Ez 20:28, עֵין רֹאִי Jb 7:8 (Di Bu al.). e.g. Genesis 37:14
- e. observe, watch, abs. 1 S 6:9, 16; 17:28; Ec 8:16 (‖ ידע). e.g. 1 Samuel 6:9
- f. look upon = endure to see, c. acc. rei Hb 1:13 (‖ הִבִּיט). e.g. Habakkuk 1:13
- g. look out, find out, acc. pers. 2 K 9:2; Gn 41:33 (E), + ל pers. 1 S 16:17; select, acc. pers. + מִן from among 2 K 10:3, + ב among + ל pers. 1 S 16:1; provide, furnish, c. acc. rei Dt 33:21 (poem), + ל pers. Gn 22:8 (E), cf. abs. י׳ יִרְאֶה as n.pr.loc. = י׳ seeth v 14 a (E;? read יֵרָאֶה, cf. v b, Niph. and Di); רְאֻיוֹת Est 2:9 looked out = suitable (as often NH). e.g. 2 Kings 9:2
- h. look at = concern oneself about, acc. rei (+ בְּיָדוֹ) Gn 39:23 (J). e.g. Genesis 39:23
- 7. of mental observation:
- a. Imv. see! observe! consider! exclam. (nearly = הִנֵּה), sq. cl.: Gn 27:27; 31:50 see! God is witness 39:14; 41:41; Ex 4:21; Dt 1:8 +; sq. nom. independ. 2 S 24:22 (‖ 1 Ch 21:23 sq. cl.). e.g. Genesis 27:27
- b. look at, i.e. inquire into, a matter, acc. rei om., of י׳, 1 S 24:16 (Gi v 15). e.g. 1 Samuel 24:16
- c. give attention to, acc. rei, Je 2:31, abs. give attention! 2 S 13:28; 2 K 6:32; Ex 25:40 ψ 45:11; take heed to, acc. rei, 1 K 12:16 = 2 Ch 10:16; abs. take heed! Ex 10:10, + פֶּן 2 K 10:23. e.g. Jeremiah 2:31
- d. discern, לִבִּי ר׳ חָכְמָה Ec 1:16, ר׳ טוֹב 3:13. e.g. Ecclesiastes 1:16
- e. distinguish, c. בֵּין … לְ of pers. Mal 3:18; e.g. Malachi 3:18
- f. consider, reflect, Ec 7:14 (sq. cl orat. rect.). e.g. Ecclesiastes 7:14
- 8.
- a. c. ב, lit., look into, hence look at with interest (Germ. ‘sich vertiefen in’): (1) gaze at 1 S 6:19 (on context v. We Dr HPS), so as to become acquainted with Gn 34:1 (P); so as to find out Ec 3:22; inspect liver (for omens) Ez 21:26; somewhat weakened = behold Jb 3:9; 2 Ch 7:3 ψ 64:9. (2) look at with kindness, helpfulness, of י׳, בָּעֳנִי Gn 29:32; 1 S 1:11 (+ inf. abs.), 2 S 16:12, בַּצַּר ψ 106:44. (3) upon a spectacle causing anger Ex 2:11 (E), grief Gn 21:16; (E), 44:34; Nu 11:15 (both J), 2 K 22:20 (subj. עֵינַיִם) = 2 Ch 34:28; Est 8:6(×2), abhorrence Is 66:24. (4) gaze at with apprehension Ec 11:4. (5) with joy, pleasure, 2 K 10:16; Mi 7:9; Je 29:32; Is 52:8 (עַיִן בְּעַיִן, cf. Niph. Nu 14:14); Jb 20:17; 33:28 ψ 54:9; 106:5; 128:5; Ct 3:11; 6:11 a Ec 2:1. (6) especially with exultation, triumph = feast eyes upon, sometimes gloat over enemies (cf. MI7) Ju 16:27; Mi 7:10; Ez 28:17 Ob 12, 13 ψ 22:18; 54:9; 112:8; 118:7. e.g. 1 Samuel 6:19
- b. c. אֶל Je 4:23. Is 17:7 (subj. עֵינַיִם; ‖ שָׁעָה עַל); עַל pers. Ex 5:21 (J); ר׳ עַל־הָאָבְנָ֑יִם Ex 1:16 v. [אֹבֶן] and Comm., also SpiegelbZA xiv (June 1900), 269 ff.. e.g. Jeremiah 4:23
- c. c. ל, הָאָדָם יִר׳ לַעֵינַיִם וְיהוה יִר׳ לַלֵּבָב 1 S 16:7, מִי יִרְאֶה־לָּ֑מוֹ ψ 64:6.—Corrupt is וּרְאִתַנִי כְתוֹר הָאָדָם 1 Ch 17:17 (and ‖ וְזֹאת תּוֹרַת הָאָדָם 2 S 7:19), read וַתַּרְאֵנִי (with other changes) We Dr Kau Bu HPS Now; Ez 12:12; read prob. Niph. 𝔊 Hi Co Krae; Mi 6:9; read prob. יִרְאָה cf. Now GASm. e.g. 1 Samuel 16:7
Niphal
- Pf. 3 ms. נִרְאָה Gn 48:3 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יֵרָאֶה Gn 22:14 +, juss. יֵרָא Ex 34:3; Lv 9:6, וַיֵּרָא Gn 12:7 +; 1 s. וָאֵרָא Ex 6:3; etc.; Imv. ms. הֵרָאֵה 1 K 18:1; Inf. cstr. לְהֵרָאוֹת 1 S 17:17 +, לֵרָאוֹת Is 1:12 + 2 times, הֵרָאֹה Ju 13:21; 1 S 3:21; etc.;— e.g. Genesis 48:3
- 1. appear, especially
- a. of י׳ (God): c. אֶל pers. Gn 12:7(×2) + 6 times J, Gn 35:1 (E), v 9 48:3; Ex 6:3; (בְּאֵל שַׁדַּי, ב essent.), Lv 9:4 (all P), 1 K 3:5; 9:2(×2) = 2 Ch 7:12; 1 K 11:9; c. ל pers. Je 31:3; 2 Ch 1:7; 3:1 (ins. י׳ 𝔊 Kau Kit); abs. Gn 22:14 in the mt. where י׳ appeareth (prob., Di Sta G i. 450 DrHast. DB ii. 563; E), Nu 14:14; (JE; עַיִן בְּעַיִן, v Is 52:8 Qal 8 a (5)), Lv 16:2 (P; ב loc. + עַל), 1 S 3:21 (ב loc.), 2 S 22:11 (עַל־כַּנְפֵי־רוּחַ; וַיֵּדֶא ‖ ψ 18:11), + 5 times; of מַלְאַךְ י׳, c. אֶל pers. Ex 3:2 (E), Ju 13:21; of כְּבוֹד י׳; c. אֶל pers. Lv 9:6, 23; Nu 14:10 (ב loc.), 16:19; 20:6 (all P), Ju 6:12; 13:3; עַל pers. Is 60:2; abs. Ex 16:10 (ב loc.), Nu 17:7 (both P). e.g. Genesis 12:7
- b. appear, of man, = present oneself: c. אֶל pers. Gn 46:29 (J), Ju 13:10; 1 K 18:1, 2, 15; Lv 13:7(×2), 19, אֶל of God ψ 84:8 (ב loc.), אֶל־פְּנֵי הָאָדֹן Ex 23:17 (E); abs. Is 16:12 (del. as dittogr. Lo Du CheHpt Marti al.); especially (Mass.) sq. אֶת־פְּנֵי) of י׳, rendered appear before י׳: so וְנִרְאָה 1 S 1:22, יֵרָאֶה Ex 34:23 (JE), Dt 16:16, וְאֵרָאֶה ψ 42:3, יֵרָאוּ Ex 23:15 (E), 34:20 (JE), Dt 16:16, לֵרָאוֹת Ex 34:24 (JE), Dt 31:11; Is 1:12; read prob. in all Qal (v. [פָּנֶה] II. 2). e.g. Genesis 46:29
- c. appear, of things: late (Hex only P), abs. Gn 1:9; 8:5, c. ב loc. 9:14; Lv 13:14, 57; elsewhere poet. ψ 18:16 = 2 S 22:16, ψ 90:16 Pr 27:25 (of דֶּשֶׁא), Ct 2:12 (ב loc.; of blossoms); subj. מַרְאֵיהֶם Dn 1:15 (+ adj. pred.), v 13 (+ לְפָנֶיךָ); subj. חָזוֹן, c. אֶל pers. Dn 8:1(×2); subj. כְּנֶגַע Lv 14:35 (c. ל pers.). e.g. Genesis 1:9
- 2. be seen:
- a. subj. rei, 1 K 10:12 = 2 Ch 9:11 (where כָּהֶם subj.) Ez 19:11, of sins 21:29 (‖ חִגָּלוֹת), subj. כָּזֹאת Ju 19:30, כְּאֶבֶן etc. Ez 10:1. e.g. 1 Kings 10:12
- b. subj. pers. 2 S 17:17 (+ לָבוֹא) be seen to come. e.g. 2 Samuel 17:17
- c. be seen = occur 2 K 23:24 (ב loc.); = exist, + ל pers. Ex 13:7(×2) (JE), Dt 16:4, cf. Ez 10:8; = be present, + ב loc. Ju 5:8 Ex 34:3 (JE). e.g. 2 Kings 23:24
- 3. be visible, Ex 33:23 (JE; subj. י׳’s face), אֵין אֶבֶן נִרְאָה 1 K 6:18, 8:8(×2) = 2 Ch 5:9(×2), Je 13:26 Is 47:3. e.g. Exodus 33:23
Pual
- Pf. 3 pl. עַצְמֹתָיו לֹא רֻאוּ Jb 33:21 (Baer Gi; d. f. Ki Köi. 41, 563, Mappik\ Ges§ 14 d; van d. H. רֻאוּ), appar. his bones are not seen, detected; De which were (formerly) not seen; Di are insignificant (‘unscheinbar’), so Bae; prob. corrupt, Bu נָאווּ, Du del. as doublet. e.g. Job 33:21
Hithpael
- recipr. look at each other: Impf. 2 mpl. לָ֫מָּה תִּתְרָאוּ Gn 42:1 (E); techn. 3 mpl. וַיִּתְרָאוּ פָנִים 2 K 14:11 = 2 Ch 25:21 and they looked each other in the face, i.e. met in combat, so i pl. נִתְרָאֶה פ׳ 2 K 14:8 = 2 Ch 25:17, cf. (perhaps) 2 K 23:29, where Wkl Benz conj. כְּהִתְרָאוֹת אִתּוֹ (or Niph. כְּהֵרָאוֹת אִתּוֹ) for MT כִּרְאֹתוֹ אֹתוֹ. e.g. Genesis 42:1
Hiphil
- Pf. 3 ms. הֶרְאָה Gn 41:28 +, sf. הִרְאַנִי Am 7:1 +, הֶרְאָ֑נִי Ez 11:25, הֶרְאָנוּ Dt 5:21; Ju 13:23, הֶרְאֲךָ Dt 4:36; i s. וְהַרְאֵיתִ֫י Na 3:5 (Ges§ 53 p), sf. הֶרְאִיתִיךָ Dt 34:4, הִרְאִיתִים Is 39:4 cf. ‖ 2 K 20:15, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יַרְאֶה Is 30:30, וַיַּרְא 2 K 11:4, sf. יַרְאֵנִי Nu 23:3 ψ 59:11; i s. sf. אַרְאֶךָּ Gn 12:1 +, etc.; Imv. ms. sf. הַרְאֵנִי Ex 33:18, etc.; Inf. cstr. הַרְאוֹת Dt 3:24 +, sf. הַרְאוֹתְכָה Ez 40:4, לַרְאֹתְכֶם Dt 1:33, etc.; Pt. מַרְאֶה Ex 25:9 Ez 40:4;— e.g. Genesis 41:28
- 1.
- a. cause one to see something, shew: (1) subj. man, c. acc. pers. + rei, Nu 13:26 b (JE), Ju 1:24, 25; 2 K 20:13(×2), 15 = Is 39:2(×2), 4 + 4 times, acc. rei om. Ez 40:4; Est 4:8, acc. refl. נַפְשׁוֹ + acc. rei Ec 2:24; מִי יַרְאֵנוּ טוֹב ψ 4:7, acc. pers. om., = exhibit Est 1:4; c. 2 acc. pers. Ju 4:22; 2 K 11:4. (2) especially subj. י׳ (God), c. acc. pers. + rei, Gn 12:1; Ex 9:16 (both J), Gn 41:28; 48:11 (both E), Ex 33:18; Dt 34; 1 b (both JE), Dt 3:24; 4:36; 5:21; Jos 5:6 (D), Ex 25:9 (P), Ju 13:23 + 5 times + (of revelation to prophets) Nu 23:3 (JE), Je 38:21; Ez 11:25, also, c. acc. rei cogn., Nu 8:4 (P), acc. rei om. Dt 34:4 (JE), acc. pers. om. = exhibit, Is 30:30; of visions, י׳ subj., c. acc. pers. + כֹּה Am 7:1, 4, 7; 8:1, + כַּאֲשֶׁר Ex 27:8 (P), c. acc. pers. only = cause to see [a vision] Je 24:1; c. 2 acc. pers. + appos. 2 K 8:13, acc. pers. + cl. c. כִּי v 10. (3) subj. angel, acc. pers. + rei, of revelation to prophet Zc 2:3; 3:1; acc. pers. + cl. c. מָה Zc 1:9. e.g. Numbers 13:26
- b. cause to experience something, c. acc. pers. + rei, subj. י׳, Hb 1:3 ψ 60:5; 71:20; 85:8. e.g. Habakkuk 1:3
- 2. cause to look intently at, to behold, c. acc. pers. + ב rei (cf. Qal 8), subj. י׳:
- a. cause to gaze at, with joy ψ 50:23; 91:16. e.g. Psalms 50:23
- b. in exultation, cause to feast one’s eyes upon, fallen enemies ψ 59:11 (cf. MI4). e.g. Psalms 59:11
- c. in weakened sense, cause to behold Dt 1:33 (cf. Dr). e.g. Deuteronomy 1:33
Hophal
- 1. be caused to see, be shewn: Pf. 2 ms. הָרְאֵיתָ, subj. man, acc. rei, Ex 26:30 (P; ב loc.); so Pt. מָרְאֶה 25:40 (P; ב loc.); sq. inf. אַתָּה הָרְאֵתָ לָדַעַת כִּי Dt 4:35. e.g. Exodus 26:30
- 2. be exhibited to, subj. rei, acc. pers., Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְהָרְאָה אֶת־הַכֹּהֵן Lv 13:49 (P). e.g. Leviticus 13:49
ראה II seeing, assumed by Thes al. to explain cstr. וּרְאֵה עָנְיִי Jb 10
ראה III look
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
I. Dt 14:13 textual error; v. דָּאָה.
II. vb. see (NH id.; וארא MI4, הראני l7, cf. רית spectacle l12; Sab. ראי see, expect, DHM ZMG xxix (1875), 596, 599; Arabic رَأَى see, so Ethiopic ርእየ: 𝔗 רֵו, רֵיוָא human appearance, features, etc. (cf. Heb. רֳאִי 2));—
I. adj. seeing, assumed by Thes al. to explain cstr. וּרְאֵה עָנְיִי Jb 10:15, but improb.; Mass. appar. intended Imv. (unsuitable); Ew al. וְרֹאֵה; Di Bu Du (After Lag Gei) רְוֵה עֹ֑נִי drenched (i.e. sated) with affliction.
I. n.f. look;—cstr. רְאוּת עֵינָיו Ec 5:10 Qr (Kt ראית).
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
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.
רָאָה I
- , v. ראי
רָאָה II
- (b. h.) raah, name of an unclean bird. Ḥull. 63ᵇ דאה ור׳ וכ׳, v. דָּאָה II. Ib. ר׳ זו איה … ר׳ שרואה ביותר raah is the same as ayah, and it is called raah, because its sight is exceedingly acute (ref. to Job XXVIII, 7). e.g. Job 28:7
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 652 distinct written forms H7200 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’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; 592 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H7200, 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.
Derived from this word
- מראה marʼeh H4758 sight
- 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
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 14 — 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 1,149 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 1,206 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 1:4
- Exodus 1:16
- Leviticus 5:1
- Numbers 4:20
- Deuteronomy 1:8
- Joshua 2:1
- Judges 1:24
- Ruth 1:18
- 1 Samuel 1:11
- 2 Samuel 1:7
- 1 Kings 1:48
- 2 Kings 2:10
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.
