Lexicon :: Strong's H6822 - ṣāp̄â

צָפָה

Transliteration

ṣāp̄â

Pronunciation

tsaw-faw'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1950

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

צָפָה tsâphâh, tsaw-faw'; a primitive root; properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await:—behold, espy, look up (well), wait for, (keep the) watch(-man).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H6822 in the following manner: watchman (20x), watch (8x), behold (2x), look (2x), espy (1x), look up (1x), waited (1x), look well (1x), variant for Zophim (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to look out or about, spy, keep watch, observe, watch
1. (Qal) to keep watch, spy
2. (Piel) to watch, watch closely

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

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STRONGS H6822: Abbreviations

I. [צָפָה]₃₇ verb look out or about, spy keep watch (Late Hebrew id., Pi. hope; Ethiopic III. hope); —
Qal₂₈ Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular jussive יִצֶף בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶ֑ךָ Genesis 31:49 (J) may י׳ keep watch between me and thee (that the covenant be kept = עֵד וגו׳ א׳ Genesis 31:50); 3rd person feminine plural תִּצְפֶּי֑נָה בַּגּוֺיִם עֵינָיו Psalm 66:9 [Psalm 66:7] his eyes keep watch upon the nations; Participle active צוֺפֶה רָשָׁע֫ לַצַּדִּיק Psalm 37:32 a wicked man spieth upon the righteous; Song 7:5 [Song 7:4] the town which looketh toward (מְּנֵי) Damascus; feminine צוֺפִיָּה Proverbs 31:27 she keepeth watch of (with accusative); plural עֵינֵי י׳ צֹפוֺת רָעִים וְטוֺבִים Proverbs 15:3; elsewhere as substantive watchman, absoluteצֹפֶה 2 Samuel 13:34 +; plural צֹפִים 1 Samuel 14:16 +, suffix צֹפָיו Isaiah 56:10 Qr (Kt צפו), צֹפַיִךְ Isaiah 52:8; — 1 Samuel 14:16; 2 Samuel 13:34 8 times Samuel Kings, Ezekiel 33:2, Ezekiel 33:6 (twice in verse); Isaiah 52:8, so in שְׂדֵה צֹפִים [H6839 Numbers 23:14] (JE); figurative of prophets Hosea 9:8; Jeremiah 6:17; Ezekiel 3:17; Ezekiel 33:7; Isaiah 56:10; — צוֺפִים 1 Samuel 1:1 see צוּפִי; Passive participle צָפוּ (Manuscripts and Qr צָפוּי), Job 15:22 spied out (and brought) to (אֱלֵי) the sword (Em Bi Perles^{Anal. 29} צָפוּן compare Di Bu).
† Pi. Perfect 1st person plural צִפִּינוּ Lamentations 4:17; Imperfect 1st person singular אֲצַפֶּה Micah 7:7 +; Imperative masculine singular צַפֵּה Nahum 2:2, feminine singular צַפִּי Jeremiah 48:19; Participle מְצַפֶּה 1 Samuel 4:13; Isaiah 21:6; plural suffix מְצַפֶּיךָ Micah 7:4; — watch (closely), אֶלרֶּֿרֶךְ עִמְדִי וְצ׳ Jeremiah 48:19, דֶֿרֶךְ צ׳ Nahum 2:2 [Nahum 2:1]; + אֶל of person expected Lamentations 4:17; figurative אֲצַפֶּה בְּי׳ Micah 7:7; absolute literal 1 Samuel 4:13; figurative Habakkuk 2:1 I will look forth, to see (לִרְאוֺת) what he will say; Psalm 5:4 [Psalm 5:3] I will look out (expectantly); participle as noun = watchman Isaiah 21:6; Micah 7:4.

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:49; 31:50

1 Samuel

1:1; 4:13; 4:13; 14:16; 14:16

2 Samuel

13:34; 13:34

Job

15:22

Psalms

5:3; 37:32; 66:7

Proverbs

15:3; 31:27

Song of Songs

7:4

Isaiah

21:6; 21:6; 52:8; 52:8; 56:10; 56:10

Jeremiah

6:17; 48:19; 48:19

Lamentations

4:17; 4:17

Ezekiel

3:17; 33:2; 33:6; 33:7

Hosea

9:8

Micah

7:4; 7:4; 7:7; 7:7

Nahum

2:1; 2:2

Habakkuk

2:1

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H6822 matches the Hebrew צָפָה (ṣāp̄â),
which occurs 37 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Gen 31:49

Gen 31:49 - And Mizpah;^H4709 for^H834 he said,^H559 The LORD^H3068 watch^H6822 between me and thee, when we are absent^H5641 one^H376 from another.^H7453

1Sa 4:13

1Sa 4:13 - And when he came,^H935 lo, Eli^H5941 sat^H3427 upon a seat^H3678 by the wayside^H1870^H3027^H3197 watching:^H6822 for his heart^H3820 trembled^H2730 for the ark^H727 of God.^H430 And when the man^H376 came^H935 into the city,^H5892 and told^H5046 it, all the city^H5892 cried out.^H2199

1Sa 14:16

1Sa 14:16 - And the watchmen^H6822 of Saul^H7586 in Gibeah^H1390 of Benjamin^H1144 looked;^H7200 and, behold, the multitude^H1995 melted away,^H4127 and they went^H3212 on beating down^H1986 one another.

2Sa 13:34

2Sa 13:34 - But Absalom^H53 fled.^H1272 And the young man^H5288 that kept the watch^H6822 lifted up^H5375 his eyes,^H5869 and looked,^H7200 and, behold, there came^H1980 much^H7227 people^H5971 by the way^H1870 of the hill^H2022 side^H6654 behind^H310 him.

2Sa 18:24

2Sa 18:24 - And David^H1732 sat^H3427 between the two^H8147 gates:^H8179 and the watchman^H6822 went up^H3212 to the roof^H1406 over the gate^H8179 unto the wall,^H2346 and lifted up^H5375 his eyes,^H5869 and looked,^H7200 and behold a man^H376 running^H7323 alone.

2Sa 18:25

2Sa 18:25 - And the watchman^H6822 cried,^H7121 and told^H5046 the king.^H4428 And the king^H4428 said,^H559 If he be alone, there is tidings^H1309 in his mouth.^H6310 And he came^H3212 apace,^H1980 and drew near.^H7131

2Sa 18:26

2Sa 18:26 - And the watchman^H6822 saw^H7200 another^H312 man^H376 running:^H7323 and the watchman^H6822 called^H7121 unto the porter,^H7778 and said,^H559 Behold another man^H376 running^H7323 alone. And the king^H4428 said,^H559 He also bringeth tidings.^H1319

2Sa 18:27

2Sa 18:27 - And the watchman^H6822 said,^H559 Me thinketh^H7200 the running^H4794 of the foremost^H7223 is like the running^H4794 of Ahimaaz^H290 the son^H1121 of Zadok.^H6659 And the king^H4428 said,^H559 He is a good^H2896 man,^H376 and cometh^H935 with good^H2896 tidings.^H1309

2Ki 9:17

2Ki 9:17 - And there stood^H5975 a watchman^H6822 on the tower^H4026 in Jezreel,^H3157 and he spied^H7200 the company^H8229 of Jehu^H3058 as he came,^H935 and said,^H559 I see^H7200 a company.^H8229 And Joram^H3088 said,^H559 Take^H3947 an horseman,^H7395 and send^H7971 to meet^H7125 them, and let him say,^H559 Is it peace?^H7965

2Ki 9:18

2Ki 9:18 - So there went^H3212 one on horseback^H7392^H5483 to meet^H7125 him, and said,^H559 Thus saith^H559 the king,^H4428 Is it peace?^H7965 And Jehu^H3058 said,^H559 What hast thou to do with peace?^H7965 turn^H5437 thee behind^H310 me. And the watchman^H6822 told,^H5046 saying,^H559 The messenger^H4397 came^H935 to them, but he cometh not again.^H7725

2Ki 9:20

2Ki 9:20 - And the watchman^H6822 told,^H5046 saying,^H559 He came^H935 even unto them, and cometh not again:^H7725 and the driving^H4491 is like the driving^H4491 of Jehu^H3058 the son^H1121 of Nimshi;^H5250 for he driveth^H5090 furiously.^H7697

Job 15:22

Job 15:22 - He believeth^H539 not that he shall return^H7725 out of darkness,^H2822 and he is waited^H6822 for of the sword.^H2719

Psa 5:3

Psa 5:3 - My voice^H6963 shalt thou hear^H8085 in the morning,^H1242 O LORD;^H3068 in the morning^H1242 will I direct^H6186 my prayer unto thee, and will look up.^H6822

Psa 37:32

Psa 37:32 - The wicked^H7563 watcheth^H6822 the righteous,^H6662 and seeketh^H1245 to slay^H4191 him.

Psa 66:7

Psa 66:7 - He ruleth^H4910 by his power^H1369 for ever;^H5769 his eyes^H5869 behold^H6822 the nations:^H1471 let not the rebellious^H5637 exalt^H7311^H7311 themselves. Selah.^H5542

Pro 15:3

Pro 15:3 - The eyes^H5869 of the LORD^H3068 are in every place,^H4725 beholding^H6822 the evil^H7451 and the good.^H2896

Pro 31:27

Pro 31:27 - She looketh well^H6822 to the ways^H1979^H1979 of her household,^H1004 and eateth^H398 not the bread^H3899 of idleness.^H6104

Sng 7:4

Sng 7:4 - Thy neck^H6677 is as a tower^H4026 of ivory;^H8127 thine eyes^H5869 like the fishpools^H1295 in Heshbon,^H2809 by the gate^H8179 of Bathrabbim:^H1337 thy nose^H639 is as the tower^H4026 of Lebanon^H3844 which looketh^H6822 toward^H6440 Damascus.^H1834

Isa 21:6

Isa 21:6 - For thus hath the Lord^H136 said^H559 unto me, Go,^H3212 set^H5975 a watchman,^H6822 let him declare^H5046 what he seeth.^H7200

Isa 52:8

Isa 52:8 - Thy watchmen^H6822 shall lift up^H5375 the voice;^H6963 with the voice^H6963 together^H3162 shall they sing:^H7442 for they shall see^H7200 eye^H5869 to eye,^H5869 when the LORD^H3068 shall bring again^H7725 Zion.^H6726

Isa 56:10

Isa 56:10 - His watchmen^H6822 are blind:^H5787 they are all ignorant,^H3045 they are all dumb^H483 dogs,^H3611 they cannot^H3201 bark;^H5024 sleeping,^H1957 lying down,^H7901 loving^H157 to slumber.^H5123

Jer 6:17

Jer 6:17 - Also I set^H6965 watchmen^H6822 over you, saying, Hearken^H7181 to the sound^H6963 of the trumpet.^H7782 But they said,^H559 We will not hearken.^H7181

Jer 48:19

Jer 48:19 - O inhabitant^H3427 of Aroer,^H6177 stand^H5975 by the way,^H1870 and espy;^H6822 ask^H7592 him that fleeth,^H5127 and her that escapeth,^H4422 and say,^H559 What is done?^H1961

Lam 4:17

Lam 4:17 - As for us, our eyes^H5869 as yet failed^H3615 for our vain^H1892 help:^H5833 in our watching^H6836 we have watched^H6822 for a nation^H1471 that could not save^H3467 us.

Eze 3:17

Eze 3:17 - Son^H1121 of man,^H120 I have made^H5414 thee a watchman^H6822 unto the house^H1004 of Israel:^H3478 therefore hear^H8085 the word^H1697 at my mouth,^H6310 and give them warning^H2094 from me.

Eze 33:2

Eze 33:2 - Son^H1121 of man,^H120 speak^H1696 to the children^H1121 of thy people,^H5971 and say^H559 unto them, When I bring^H935 the sword^H2719 upon a land,^H776 if the people^H5971 of the land^H776 take^H3947 a^H259 man^H376 of their coasts,^H7097 and set^H5414 him for their watchman:^H6822

Eze 33:6

Eze 33:6 - But if the watchman^H6822 see^H7200 the sword^H2719 come,^H935 and blow^H8628 not the trumpet,^H7782 and the people^H5971 be not warned;^H2094 if the sword^H2719 come,^H935 and take^H3947 any person^H5315 from among them, he is taken away^H3947 in his iniquity;^H5771 but his blood^H1818 will I require^H1875 at the watchman's^H6822 hand.^H3027

Eze 33:7

Eze 33:7 - So thou, O son^H1121 of man,^H120 I have set^H5414 thee a watchman^H6822 unto the house^H1004 of Israel;^H3478 therefore thou shalt hear^H8085 the word^H1697 at my mouth,^H6310 and warn^H2094 them from me.

Hos 9:8

Hos 9:8 - The watchman^H6822 of Ephraim^H669 was with my God:^H430 but the prophet^H5030 is a snare^H6341 of a fowler^H3352 in all his ways,^H1870 and hatred^H4895 in the house^H1004 of his God.^H430

Mic 7:4

Mic 7:4 - The best^H2896 of them is as a brier:^H2312 the most upright^H3477 is sharper than a thorn hedge:^H4534 the day^H3117 of thy watchmen^H6822 and thy visitation^H6486 cometh;^H935 now shall be their perplexity.^H3998

Mic 7:7

Mic 7:7 - Therefore I will look^H6822 unto the LORD;^H3068 I will wait^H3176 for the God^H430 of my salvation:^H3468 my God^H430 will hear^H8085 me.

Nah 2:1

Nah 2:1 - He that dasheth in pieces^H6327 is come up^H5927 before thy face:^H6440 keep^H5341 the munition,^H4694 watch^H6822 the way,^H1870 make thy loins^H4975 strong,^H2388 fortify^H553 thy power^H3581 mightily.^H3966

Hab 2:1

Hab 2:1 - I will stand^H5975 upon my watch,^H4931 and set^H3320 me upon the tower,^H4692 and will watch^H6822 to see^H7200 what he will say^H1696 unto me, and what I shall answer^H7725 when I am reproved.^H8433

Lexicon :: Strong's H6822 - ṣāp̄â

צָפָה

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