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Hebrew verb (Aramaic) · H2370

חֲזָא

chazakhaz-aw'

to see

31 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: chăzâʼ

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2370is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 2 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 21
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2370

to gaze upon; mentally to dream, be usual (i.e. seem)

The King James renders it: behold, have (a dream), see, be wont.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

chaza is rendered "to see". It stands 31 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.

  • Thirty of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 4:14Now because we are in the service of the palace and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to inform the king
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-one different ways.

The first use

Now because we are in the service of the palace and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to inform the king

Ezra 4:14לְמֶֽחֱזֵ֑א

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Thirty of the word's thirty-one uses are in Daniel.

The other 37 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • seeing17
  • you saw5
  • I saw4
  • he saw2
  • proper1
  • to see1
  • you have seen1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 31, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

21 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • חָזֵ֣ה8
  • חָזֵ֤ה2
  • חָזֵ֥ה2
  • חֲזֵ֖ית2
  • חֲזֵ֖ה1
  • חֲזָ֣ה1
  • חֲזָ֔ה1
  • חָזֵ֜ה1
  • חָזֵ֔ה1
  • חָזֵ֨ה1
  • חָזַ֣יִן1
  • חָזַ֧יִן1

and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular16AVqrmsa
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular5AVqp2ms
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular4AVqp1cs
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2AVqp3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural2AVqrmpa
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1AR/Vqcc
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine plural1AVqp2mp

Ezra

one use
  • Now because we are in the service of the palace and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to inform the king

    Ezra 4:14

    • לְמֶֽחֱזֵ֑אlemecheze'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to see

Daniel

thirty uses
  • The king replied, “I know for sure that you are stalling for time, because you see that my word is final.

    Daniel 2:8

    • חֲזֵית֔וֹןchazeitonverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have seen
  • The king responded to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to tell me what I saw in the dream, as well as its interpretation?”

    Daniel 2:26

    • חֲזֵ֖יתchazeitverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I saw
  • As you, O king, were watching, a great statue appeared. A great and dazzling statue stood before you, and its form was awesome.

    Daniel 2:31

    • חָזֵ֤הchazehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeing
  • As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.

    Daniel 2:34

    • חָזֵ֣הchazehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeing
  • And just as you saw that the feet and toes were made partly of fired clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom, yet some of the strength of iron will be in it—just as you saw the iron mixed with clay.

    Daniel 2:41

    • חֲזַ֜יְתָהchazaytahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you saw
    • חֲזַ֔יְתָהchazaytahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you saw
  • As you saw the iron mixed with clay, so the peoples will mix with one another, but will not hold together any more than iron mixes with clay.

    Daniel 2:43

    • חֲזַ֗יְתָchazaytaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you saw
  • And just as you saw a stone being cut out of the mountain without human hands, and it shattered the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold, so the great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”

    Daniel 2:45

    • חֲזַ֡יְתָchazaytaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you saw
  • At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,

    Daniel 3:19

    • חֲזֵ֖הchazehverb · passive (qal passive), participle · masculine singulartagged: proper
  • “Look!” he exclaimed. “I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!”

    Daniel 3:25

    • חָזֵ֜הchazehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeing
  • and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.

    Daniel 3:27

    • חָזַ֣יִןchazayinverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: seeing
  • I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.

    Daniel 4:5

    • חֲזֵ֖יתchazeitverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I saw
  • “O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery baffles you. So explain to me the visions I saw in my dream, and their interpretation.

    Daniel 4:9

    • חֲזֵ֛יתchazeitverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I saw
  • In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great.

    Daniel 4:10

    • חָזֵ֣הchazehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeing
  • As I lay on my bed, I also saw in the visions of my mind a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven.

    Daniel 4:13

    • חָזֵ֥הchazehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeing
  • This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because none of the wise men of my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you are able, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

    Daniel 4:18

    • חֲזֵ֔יתchazeitverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I saw
  • The tree you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached the sky and was visible to all the earth,

    Daniel 4:20

    • חֲזַ֔יְתָchazaytaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you saw
  • And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, and a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’

    Daniel 4:23

    • חֲזָ֣הchazahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he saw
  • At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,

    Daniel 5:5

    • חָזֵ֔הchazehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeing
  • Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.

    Daniel 5:23

    • חָזַ֧יִןchazayinverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: seeing
  • In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.

    Daniel 7:1

    • חֲזָ֔הchazahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he saw
  • Daniel declared: “In my vision in the night I looked, and suddenly the four winds of heaven were churning up the great sea.

    Daniel 7:2

    • חָזֵ֥הchazehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeing
  • The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and given the mind of a man.

    Daniel 7:4

    • חָזֵ֣הchazehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeing
  • Next, as I watched, another beast appeared. It was like a leopard, and on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.

    Daniel 7:6

    • חָזֵ֣הchazehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeing
  • After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, and it was terrifying—dreadful and extremely strong—with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed; then it trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had ten horns.

    Daniel 7:7

    • חָזֵ֨הchazehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeing
  • As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.

    Daniel 7:9

    • חָזֵ֣הchazehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeing
  • Then I kept watching because of the arrogant words the horn was speaking. As I continued to watch, the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire.

    Daniel 7:11

    • חָזֵ֣הchazehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeing
    • חָזֵ֣הchazehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeing
  • In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.

    Daniel 7:13

    • חָזֵ֤הchazehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeing
  • As I watched, this horn was waging war against the saints and prevailing against them,

    Daniel 7:21

    • חָזֵ֣הchazehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeing

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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