Words the Bible translates as perceive
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 16 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- horaōὁράωto see: to take something in, whether with the eyes or with the mind, so that it registers and is known
- 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.
- ginōskōγινώσκωto come to know: to learn, perceive, or grasp something so that it becomes part of what you know
- yadaיָדַעto know: to have or come to have a firm hold on something, whether a fact, a skill, or a person.
- eidōεἴδωto see: to take something in through the eyes, and so to notice or realize it
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- to know: to have something firmly in mind, whether a fact, a person, or how to do something
- blepōβλέπωto perceive: to grasp, notice, or recognize something with the mind
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- to see: to take something in with the eyes, or to have the power of sight at all
- to watch out: to keep your eyes open, whether against a danger or over something you are responsible for
- to face toward: to be turned in a given direction, said of a place
- epiginōskōἐπιγινώσκωto recognize or make out who or what someone is, or to find out the facts of a matter
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- to know fully or to acknowledge; to recognize a truth, a person, or God and take a stand on it
- binבִּיןto understand by telling things apart: to grasp what something really is, why it matters, and how it differs from what is near it
- suniēmiσυνίημιto understand: to put the pieces together in the mind and grasp what something means
- theōreōθεωρέωto look at something attentively, and so to take it in: to watch, observe, and perceive
- noeōνοέωto grasp something with the mind: to perceive its meaning, understand it, or think it over
- katanoeōκατανοέωto fix full attention on something: to look at it closely or think it over carefully
- ḥazahחֲזָהto see: to perceive something with the eyes or the mind, whether an ordinary sight or a vision.
- aisthanomaiαἰσθάνομαιto perceivenot studied yet
- ta'amטָעַםto taste: to take a little food or drink into the mouth and tell what it is like, and so to learn something firsthand
- kathoraōκαθοράωto perceivenot studied yet
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