רָאָה

ra.ahto see: seeHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb1,299 occurrences38 books1,200 verses
This word comes from the name of LORD.

Definition

a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Traditional renderings: advise self, appear, approve, behold, × certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, × indeed, × joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, × be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), × sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, × surely, × think, view, visions.

In the Greek Old Testament

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

Glossary entries

Lord Righteousness Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani? Eli Abba Most High

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,299 total
  1. 1 Samuel 17:55וְכִרְא֨וֹת · had watched
    As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
  2. 1 Samuel 18:15וַיַּ֣רְא · saw
    When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.
  3. 1 Samuel 18:28וַיַּ֤רְא · realized
    When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
  4. 1 Samuel 19:3וְרָאִ֥יתִי · And if I find out
    I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, so I can ask about you. And if I find out anything, I will tell you.”
  5. 1 Samuel 19:5רָאִ֖יתָ · You saw
    He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
  6. 1 Samuel 19:15לִרְא֥וֹת · to see
    But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”
  7. 1 Samuel 19:20וַיַּ֗רְא · But when they saw
    …he sent messengers to seize him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.
  8. 1 Samuel 20:29וְאֶרְאֶ֣ה · and see
    …saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.”
  9. 1 Samuel 21:14תִרְאוּ֙ · you can see [that]
    Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?
  10. 1 Samuel 22:9רָאִ֙יתִי֙ · I saw
    But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.
  11. 1 Samuel 23:15וַיַּ֣רְא · saw
    While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.
  12. 1 Samuel 23:22וּרְאוּ֙ · and watch; רָאָ֖הוּ · has seen him
    Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.
  13. 1 Samuel 23:23וּרְא֣וּ · Observe
    Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”
  14. 1 Samuel 24:10רָא֣וּ · you have seen
    Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’
  15. 1 Samuel 24:11רְאֵ֔ה · See; רְאֵ֛ה · look; וּרְאֵה֙ · and see
    See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. Know and see that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
  16. 1 Samuel 24:15וְיֵ֙רֶא֙ · May He take notice
    May the LORD be our judge and decide between you and me. May He take notice and plead my case and deliver me from your hand.”
  17. 1 Samuel 25:17וּרְאִי֙
    Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
  18. 1 Samuel 25:23וַתֵּ֤רֶא · saw
    When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
  19. 1 Samuel 25:25רָאִ֛יתִי · see
    My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
  20. 1 Samuel 25:35רְאִי֙ · See
    Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, “Go home in peace. See, I have heeded your voice and granted your request.”
  21. 1 Samuel 26:3וַיַּ֕רְא · When he realized
    Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,
  22. 1 Samuel 26:5וַיַּ֣רְא · saw
    Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.
  23. 1 Samuel 26:12רֹאֶה֩ · one saw them
    So David took the spear and water jug by Saul’s head, and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.
  24. 1 Samuel 26:16רְאֵ֗ה · look around
    This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”
  25. 1 Samuel 28:5וַיַּ֥רְא · saw
    When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid and trembled violently.
  26. 1 Samuel 28:12וַתֵּ֤רֶא · saw
    But when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out in a loud voice and said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!”
  27. 1 Samuel 28:13רָאִ֑ית · do you see; רָאִ֖יתִי · I see
    “Do not be afraid,” the king replied. “What do you see?” “I see a god coming up out of the earth,” the woman answered.
  28. 1 Samuel 28:21וַתֵּ֖רֶא · and saw
    When the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.
  29. 1 Samuel 31:5וַיַּ֥רְא · saw
    When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.
  30. 1 Samuel 31:7וַיִּרְא֣וּ · saw
    When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
  31. 2 Samuel 1:7וַיִּרְאֵ֑נִי · and saw me
    When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I answered, ‘Here I am!’
  32. 2 Samuel 3:13תִרְאֶ֣ה · appear; לִרְא֥וֹת · to see me
    “Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”
  33. 2 Samuel 6:16וַתֵּ֨רֶא · and saw
    As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
  34. 2 Samuel 7:2רְאֵ֣ה · Here
    …he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
  35. 2 Samuel 10:6וַיִּרְאוּ֙ · realized that
    When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.
  36. 2 Samuel 10:9וַיַּ֣רְא · saw
    When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
  37. 2 Samuel 10:14רָאוּ֙ · saw
    When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
  38. 2 Samuel 10:15וַיַּ֣רְא · saw
    When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they regrouped.
  39. 2 Samuel 10:19וַיִּרְא֨וּ · saw
    When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
  40. 2 Samuel 11:2וַיַּ֥רְא · he saw
    One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
  41. 2 Samuel 12:19וַיַּ֣רְא · saw
    When David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he perceived that the child was dead. So he asked his servants, “Is the child dead?” “He is dead,” they replied.
  42. 2 Samuel 13:5לִרְאוֹתֶ֗ךָ · to see you; אֶרְאֶ֔ה · I may watch her
    Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”
  43. 2 Samuel 13:6לִרְאֹת֗וֹ · to see him
    So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”
  44. 2 Samuel 13:28רְא֣וּ · Watch
    Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”