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HebrewH7200Verb

רָאָה

ra.ah

1,121Occurrences
H7200Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
see/show 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to see 1a2) to see, perceive 1a3) to see, have vision 1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out 1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish 1a6) to look at, gaze at 1a7) to provide, choose 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to appear, present oneself 1b2) to be seen 1b3) to be visible 1c) (Pual) to be seen 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to see, show 1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be caused to see, be shown 1e2) to be exhibited to 1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

רָאָה appears 1,121 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
128
Exodus
78
Isaiah
74
Jeremiah
66
1 Samuel
63
Ezk
62
Deuteronomy
60
Psalms
57

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 10:5BSB

When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died.

2 Samuel 18:10BSB

When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”

Exodus 4:5BSB

“This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”

Isaiah 22:9BSB

You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.

Joshua 24:7BSB

So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.