מַרְאֶה

hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine103 occurrences18 books82 verses

Definition

from H7200; a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision
Traditional renderings: × apparently, appearance(-reth), × as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מַרְאֶה:

εἶδοςeidos“appearance”33%
ὄψιςopsis“face”31%
ὅρασιςhorasis“appearance/vision”21%
ὅραμαhorama“vision”7%
καλόςkalos“good”2%
ὀφθαλμόςophthalmos“eye”2%
εἴδωeidō“to perceive: understand”2%
παράpara“from/with/beside”2%

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

103 total

Joel 2:4כְּמַרְאֵ֥ה · Their appearance; מַרְאֵ֑הוּ · is like that
Their appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like swift steeds.
Nahum 2:4מַרְאֵיהֶן֙ · appearing
The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.