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 39Old Testament books
- 50spellings
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.
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| חָזָק | chazaq | strong | Uses56 |
The words it stands beside
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.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- 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.
- 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,
- 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.
- 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!
- 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.
- 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?
- 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?
- 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.’
- אֶ֭חֱזֶהʾechezehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I see
All mankind has seen it; men behold it from afar.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- לַחֲז֥וֹתlachazotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to look
Come, see the works of the LORD, who brings devastation upon the earth.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- חָזִ֡יתָchazitaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you see
I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
- וָֽאֶחֱזֶ֣הvaechezehHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I saw
Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- 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?
- 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.
- 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:
- חָזָ֔הchazahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he saw
This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
- 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!
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.’
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.’
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.”
- 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:
- 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.
- חָ֣זוּchazuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they see
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.
