Strong H7789שׁוּר
to see
- Transliteration
- shûr
- Pronunciation
- shoor
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root (rather identical with H7788 through the idea of going round for inspection); to spy {out} that {is} (generally) {survey} (for evil) lurk {for} (for good) care for: - {behold} lay {wait} {look} {observe} {perceive} {regard} see.
Detailed definition
1) to see, behold, observe, regard
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to behold, observe
1a2) to regard
1a3) to watch, watch (stealthily), lie in wait
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to behold, observe
1a2) to regard
1a3) to watch, watch (stealthily), lie in wait
In the Bible
Strong H7789 appears in 16 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- behold5
- see4
- observe2
- look1
- looketh1
- perceiveth1
- regard1
- wait1
First verses
- Numbers 23:9For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
- Numbers 24:17I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
- Job 7:8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
- Job 17:15And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
- Job 20:9The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
- Job 24:15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
- Job 33:14For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
- Job 33:27He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
- Job 34:29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
- Job 35:5Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
- Job 35:13Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
- Job 35:14Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
- Song of Songs 4:8Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
- Jeremiah 5:26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
- Hosea 13:7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
- Hosea 14:8Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.