Hebrew verb · H7789
שׁוּר
shurshoor
to see
15 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shûwr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7789is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 13spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7789
to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for
The King James renders it: behold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, 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
shur is rendered "to see". It stands 15 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Ten of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Numbers 23:9For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.
- The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.
The first use
For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.
Numbers 23:9אֲשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- he watches2
- I observe him2
- it will observe me2
- and I will watch over it1
- and observe1
- anyone perceives it1
- he observes it1
- I will watch1
- it will see him1
- will he observe him1
- will he observe it1
- you observe him1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| שׁוּט | shut | to rove | Uses13 |
| שׁוּשַׁן | shushan | lily | Uses13 |
| שׁוּל | shul | hem | Uses11 |
| שׁוּעָל | shual | fox | Uses7 |
| שׁוּחָה | shuchah | pit | Uses5 |
| שׁוּחִי | Shuchi | Shuhite | Uses5 |
| שׁוּף | shuph | to bruise | Uses4 |
| שׁוּק | shuq | street | Uses4 |
| שׁוּר | shur | wall | Uses4 |
| שׁוּק | shuq | to overflow | Uses3 |
| שׁוּר | shur | to travel | Uses3 |
| שׁוּר | shur | wall | Uses3 |
and 10 more on the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 15, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
13 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
- יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃3
- אָשֽׁוּר׃1
- אֲשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ1
- אֲשׁוּרֶ֖נּוּ1
- וַאֲשׁוּרֶ֗נּוּ1
- וְשׁ֥וּר1
- יָשׁוּר֙1
- יְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ1
- יָשֹׁ֤ר׀1
- תְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ1
- תְּשׁוּרֶ֥נּוּ1
- תְ֭שׁוּרֵנִי1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular3HVqi3ms/Sp3fs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqi1cs/Sp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HVqi3fs/Sp1bs
- HC/Vqu1cs/Sp3ms1HC/Vqu1cs/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Vqv2ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular1HVqi1cs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi2ms/Sp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3fs/Sp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms/Sp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqj3ms
Numbers
two uses
For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.
- אֲשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּʾashurenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: I observe him
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.
- אֲשׁוּרֶ֖נּוּʾashurenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: I observe him
Job
ten uses
The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
- תְ֭שׁוּרֵנִיteshureniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: it will observe me
where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
- יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃yeshurenahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: will he observe it
The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
- תְּשׁוּרֶ֥נּוּteshurenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will see him
The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
- תְשׁוּרֵ֣נִיteshureniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: it will observe me
For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
- יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃yeshurenahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: anyone perceives it
Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
- יָשֹׁ֤ר׀yashorverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he watches
But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
- יְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּyeshurenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he observe him
Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
- וְשׁ֥וּרveshurconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and observe
Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
- יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃yeshurenahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he observes it
How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
- תְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּteshurenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: you observe him
Jeremiah
one use
For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
- יָשׁוּר֙yashurverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he watches
Hosea
two uses
So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
- אָשֽׁוּר׃ʾashurverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will watch
O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.
- וַאֲשׁוּרֶ֗נּוּvaashurenuHC/Vqu1cs/Sp3mstagged: and I will watch over it
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 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.
