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Hebrew verb · H2372

חָזָה

chazahkhaw-zaw'

to see

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

Concordance spelling: châzâh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2372is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 13 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 50
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2372

to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have avision of

The King James renders it: behold, look, prophesy, provide, see.

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

chazah is rendered "to see". It stands 55 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.

  • Twelve of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 18:21Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
  • The Greek text spells it fifty different ways.

The first use

Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Exodus 18:21תֶחֱזֶ֣ה

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

Where the word stands

The word stands in thirteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 26 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

  • he saw6
  • I will see3
  • see3
  • they have seen3
  • he sees2
  • I see2
  • seeing2
  • they see2
  • they will see2
  • you have seen2
  • and I saw1
  • and let it look1

and 26 more, 55 uses in all

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.

חָזָקchazaqstrongUses56

All 55, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

50 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

  • חָזָ֔ה4
  • חָ֥זוּ2
  • חָ֤זוּ2
  • אָ֑חַז1
  • אֶחֱזֶ֣ה1
  • אֶֽחֱזֶ֥ה1
  • אֶ֭חֱזֶה1
  • אֶֽחֱזֶה־1
  • בַּחֲז֥וֹת1
  • הַֽחֹזִים֙1
  • הַחֹזִ֣ים1
  • וָֽאֶחֱזֶ֣ה1

and 38 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular7HVqp3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural6HVqp3cp
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular5HVqi1cs
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural3HVqi3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVqi3ms
  • Hc/Vqw3mp2Hc/Vqw3mp
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)2HR/Vqcc
  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural2HTd/Vqrmpa
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural2HVqi2mp
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine plural2HVqi3fp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine plural2HVqp2mp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular2HVqp2ms

Exodus

two uses
  • Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

    Exodus 18:21

    • תֶחֱזֶ֣הtechezehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will provide
  • But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.

    Exodus 24:11

    • וַֽיֶּחֱזוּ֙vaiyechezuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they saw

Numbers

two uses
  • the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:

    Numbers 24:4

    • יֶֽחֱזֶ֔הyechezehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sees
  • the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:

    Numbers 24:16

    • יֶֽחֱזֶ֔הyechezehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sees

Job

nine uses
  • His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.

    Job 8:17

    • יֶחֱזֶֽה׃yechezehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it sees
  • Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,

    Job 15:17

    • חָ֝זִ֗יתִיchazitiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have seen
  • Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

    Job 19:26

    • אֶֽחֱזֶ֥הʾechezehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will see
  • I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!

    Job 19:27

    • אֶֽחֱזֶה־ʾechezeh-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will see
  • When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.

    Job 23:9

    • אָ֑חַזʾachazverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I see
  • “Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?

    Job 24:1

    • חָ֥זוּchazuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: have they seen
  • Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?

    Job 27:12

    • חֲזִיתֶ֑םchazitemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have seen
  • Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’

    Job 34:32

    • אֶ֭חֱזֶהʾechezehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I see
  • All mankind has seen it; men behold it from afar.

    Job 36:25

    • חָֽזוּ־chazu-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have looked

Psalms

nine uses
  • The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.

    Psalms 11:4

    • יֶחֱז֑וּyechezuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they see
  • For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.

    Psalms 11:7

    • יֶחֱז֥וּyechezuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will see
  • May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.

    Psalms 17:2

    • תֶּחֱזֶ֥ינָהtechezeinahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: may they see
  • As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.

    Psalms 17:15

    • אֶחֱזֶ֣הʾechezehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will see
  • One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.

    Psalms 27:4

    • לַחֲז֥וֹתlachazotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to look
  • Come, see the works of the LORD, who brings devastation upon the earth.

    Psalms 46:8

    • חֲ֭זוּchazuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: see
  • Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.

    Psalms 58:8

    • חָ֥זוּchazuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have seen
  • The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.

    Psalms 58:10

    • חָזָ֣הchazahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has seen
  • So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.

    Psalms 63:2

    • חֲזִיתִ֑יךָchazitikhaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I have seen you

Proverbs

three uses
  • Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

    Proverbs 22:29

    • חָזִ֡יתָchazitaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you see
  • I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:

    Proverbs 24:32

    • וָֽאֶחֱזֶ֣הvaechezehHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I saw
  • Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

    Proverbs 29:20

    • חָזִ֗יתָchazitaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: do you see

Song of Solomon

two uses
  • Come back, come back, O Shulammite! Come back, come back, that we may gaze upon you. Why do you look at the Shulammite, as on the dance of Mahanaim?

    Song of Solomon 6:13

    • וְנֶחֱזֶה־venechezeh-HC/Vqu1cptagged: so we may look
    • תֶּחֱזוּ֙techezuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: will you look

Isaiah

twelve uses
  • This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

    Isaiah 1:1

    • חָזָ֔הchazahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he saw
  • This is the message that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

    Isaiah 2:1

    • חָזָ֔הchazahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he saw
  • This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:

    Isaiah 13:1

    • חָזָ֔הchazahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he saw
  • O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!

    Isaiah 26:11

    • יֶחֱזָי֑וּןyechezayunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they behold
    • יֶחֱז֤וּyechezuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will behold
  • They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.

    Isaiah 30:10

    • תֶחֱזוּ־techezu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you must see
    • חֲז֖וּchazuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: see
  • Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.

    Isaiah 33:17

    • תֶּחֱזֶ֣ינָהtechezeinahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they will see
  • Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.

    Isaiah 33:20

    • חֲזֵ֣הchazehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: see
  • You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you—your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.

    Isaiah 47:13

    • הַֽחֹזִים֙hachozimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: those look
  • You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you.

    Isaiah 48:6

    • חֲזֵה֙chazehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: look at
  • Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.

    Isaiah 57:8

    • חָזִֽית׃chazitverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you have seen

Lamentations

two uses
  • The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.

    Lamentations 2:14

    • חָ֤זוּchazuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have seen
    • וַיֶּ֣חֱזוּvaiyechezuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they have seen

Ezekiel

nine uses
  • “Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’

    Ezekiel 12:27

    • חֹזֶ֖הchozehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: seeing
  • They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.

    Ezekiel 13:6

    • חָ֤זוּchazuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have seen
  • Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?

    Ezekiel 13:7

    • חֲזִיתֶ֔םchazitemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: have you seen
  • Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.

    Ezekiel 13:8

    • וַחֲזִיתֶ֖םvachazitemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you have seen
  • My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.

    Ezekiel 13:9

    • הַחֹזִ֣יםhachozimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who see
  • those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Lord GOD.’

    Ezekiel 13:16

    • וְהַחֹזִ֥יםvehachozimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and who saw
  • therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”

    Ezekiel 13:23

    • תֶחֱזֶ֔ינָהtechezeinahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine pluraltagged: you will see
  • while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you—to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.

    Ezekiel 21:29

    • בַּחֲז֥וֹתbachazotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when see
  • Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.

    Ezekiel 22:28

    • חֹזִ֣יםchozimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: seeing

Amos

one use
  • These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.

    Amos 1:1

    • חָזָ֨הchazahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he saw

Micah

two uses
  • This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:

    Micah 1:1

    • חָזָ֥הchazahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he saw
  • But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”

    Micah 4:11

    • וְתַ֥חַזvetachazconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and let it look

Habakkuk

one use
  • This is the burden that Habakkuk the prophet received in a vision:

    Habakkuk 1:1

    • חָזָ֔הchazahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he saw

Zechariah

one use
  • For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

    Zechariah 10:2

    • חָ֣זוּchazuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they see

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.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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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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