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. Ecclesiastes 4:15 רָאִ֙יתִי֙ ra.'I.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead.

  2. Ecclesiastes 5:8 תִּרְאֶ֣ה tir.'Eh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.

  3. Ecclesiastes 5:13 רָאִ֖יתִי ra.'I.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

  4. Ecclesiastes 5:18 רָאִ֣יתִי ra.'I.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.

  5. Ecclesiastes 5:18 וְלִרְא֨וֹת ve.lir.'ot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.

  6. Ecclesiastes 6:1 רָאִ֖יתִי ra.'I.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

  7. Ecclesiastes 6:5 רָאָ֖ה ra.'Ah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:

  8. Ecclesiastes 6:6 רָאָ֑ה ra.'Ah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoy no good, do not all go to one place?

  9. Ecclesiastes 7:11 לְרֹאֵ֥י le.ro.'Ei · An -ing word: simple action

    Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.

  10. Ecclesiastes 7:13 רְאֵ֖ה re.'Eh · A command to you: simple action

    Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

  11. Ecclesiastes 7:14 רְאֵ֑ה re.'Eh · A command to you: simple action

    In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yea, God hath made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything that shall be after him.

  12. Ecclesiastes 7:15 רָאִ֖יתִי ra.'I.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his evil-doing.

  13. Ecclesiastes 7:27 רְאֵה֙ re.'Eh · A command to you: simple action

    Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account;

  14. Ecclesiastes 7:29 רְאֵה־ re.'eh- · A command to you: simple action

    Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

  15. Ecclesiastes 8:9 רָאִ֙יתִי֙ ra.'I.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man hath power over another to his hurt.

  16. Ecclesiastes 8:10 רָאִיתִי֩ ra.'i.Ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    So I saw the wicked buried, and they came to the grave; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity.

  17. Ecclesiastes 8:16 וְלִרְאוֹת֙ ve.lir.'Ot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes),

  18. Ecclesiastes 8:16 רֹאֶֽה׃ ro.'Eh · An -ing word: simple action

    When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes),

  19. Ecclesiastes 8:17 וְרָאִיתִי֮ ve.ra.'i.Ti · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by me

    then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

  20. Ecclesiastes 9:9 רְאֵ֨ה re.'Eh · A command to you: simple action

    Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.

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