Words the Bible translates as look
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 12 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- idouἰδούlook!not studied yet
- ra'ahרָאָהto see: to take something in with the eyes, and from there to perceive, understand, experience, look into, provide for, or (turned around) be seen and shown.
- hinnehהִנֵּהbehold, look: a pointing word that grabs the listener's attention and directs it at what comes next.
- henהֵןlook!not studied yet
- blepōβλέπωto see: to take something in with the eyes, or to have the power of sight at all
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- to watch out: to keep your eyes open, whether against a danger or over something you are responsible for
- to perceive: to grasp, notice, or recognize something with the mind
- to face toward: to be turned in a given direction, said of a place
- optanomaiὀπτάνομαιto see: to take in a person or thing with the eyes, often something momentous one is promised to witness
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- to appear, to be seen: to become visible to someone, especially a heavenly figure or the risen Jesus showing himself
- navatנָבַטto look intently: to fix the eyes or the attention on something with real interest, not a passing glance
- ḥazahחָזָהto see, in the heightened sense of perceiving something with full attention: to behold, gaze upon, or receive a vision
- ideἴδεlook!not studied yet
- shaqaphשָׁקַףto look down or out from a high or enclosed vantage point: to lean out, gaze down, or face toward something below or beyond
- ḥezevחֱזוּthe look of something: how big or imposing it seems to the eye
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- a vision: the sight God gives a person at night, the imagery a dream is made of
- hakkarahהַכָּרָהlooknot studied yet
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