רָאָה

ra.ah · to see: see

Hebrew · Strong's H7200 · Verb · Sounds like: raw-aw' · 1,300 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to see: see H7200G 1,198
  • to see: behold! H7200I · a Meaning of 46
  • to see: examine H7200H · a Meaning of 24
  • to see: select H7200J · a Meaning of 11
  • to see: seer H7200L · a Meaning of 9
  • to see: enjoy H7200K · a Meaning of 8
  • to see: approach H7200M · a Meaning of 3
  • Provider H7200N · a Name of 1

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
רָאָה 1315 vb. see
Qal 1141
1.
a. see, subj.
b. see, c. acc. rei
2. see, sq. acc. cl. or phr. of closer design
3. see, so as to learn to know
4. abs. see, have (power of) vision
5. see = perceive
6. look at, see, by direct volition
7. of mental observation
8.
a. c. ב, lit., look into, hence look at with interest
b. see, c. acc. rei
Niph.
1. appear
2. be seen
3. be visible
Pu. appar. his bones are not detected
Hithp. recipr. look at each other
Hiph.
1.
a. cause one to see something, shew
b. cause to experience something
2. cause to look intently at, to behold
Hoph.
1. be caused to see, be shewn
2. be exhibited to

Every occurrence

  1. Amos 3:9 וּרְא֞וּ u.re.'U · A command to all of you: simple action

    Publish ye in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold what great tumults are therein, and what oppressions in the midst thereof.

  2. Amos 6:2 וּרְא֔וּ u.re.'U · A command to all of you: simple action

    Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border?

  3. Amos 7:1 הִרְאַ֙נִי֙ hir.'A.ni · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.

  4. Amos 7:4 הִרְאַ֙נִי֙ hir.'A.ni · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.

  5. Amos 7:7 הִרְאַ֔נִי hir.'A.ni · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.

  6. Amos 7:8 רֹאֶה֙ ro.'Eh · An -ing word: simple action

    And Jehovah said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumb-line. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel; I will not again pass by them any more;

  7. Amos 8:1 הִרְאַ֖נִי hir.'A.ni · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, a basket of summer fruit.

  8. Amos 8:2 רֹאֶה֙ ro.'Eh · An -ing word: simple action

    And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said Jehovah unto me, The end is come upon my people Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.

  9. Amos 9:1 רָאִ֨יתִי ra.'I.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.

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