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 Kings 16:18כִּרְא֤וֹת · saw
    When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died
  2. 1 Kings 17:23רְאִ֖י · Look
    Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.
  3. 1 Kings 18:1הֵרָאֵ֣ה · and present
    After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
  4. 1 Kings 18:2לְהֵרָא֖וֹת · to present himself
    So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,
  5. 1 Kings 18:15אֵרָאֶ֥ה · I will present myself
    Then Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”
  6. 1 Kings 18:17כִּרְא֥וֹת · saw
    When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
  7. 1 Kings 18:39וַיַּרְא֙ · saw this
    When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”
  8. 1 Kings 19:3וַיַּ֗רְא · And Elijah was afraid
    And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
  9. 1 Kings 20:7וּרְא֔וּ · and see
    Then the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please take note and see that this man is looking for trouble, for when he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, I did not deny him.”
  10. 1 Kings 20:13הְֽרָאִ֔יתָ · Do you see
    Meanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day, and you will know that I am the LORD.’”
  11. 1 Kings 20:22וּרְאֵ֖ה
    Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against you.”
  12. 1 Kings 21:29הֲ‍ֽרָאִ֔יתָ · Have you seen
    “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.”
  13. 1 Kings 22:17רָאִ֤יתִי · I saw
    So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”
  14. 1 Kings 22:19רָאִ֤יתִי · I saw
    Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.
  15. 1 Kings 22:25רֹאֶ֖ה · You will soon see
    Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
  16. 1 Kings 22:32כִּרְאוֹת֩ · saw
    When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely this is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.
  17. 1 Kings 22:33כִּרְאוֹת֙ · saw
    And when the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
  18. 2 Kings 2:10תִּרְאֶ֨ה · you see
    “You have requested a difficult thing,” said Elijah. “Nevertheless, if you see me as I am taken from you, it will be yours. But if not, then it will not be so.”
  19. 2 Kings 2:12רֹאֶ֗ה · watched; רָאָ֖הוּ · And he saw [Elijah]
    As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.
  20. 2 Kings 2:15וַיִּרְאֻ֨הוּ · saw what had happened
    When the sons of the prophets who were watching him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.
  21. 2 Kings 2:19רֹאֶ֑ה · [you] can see
    Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”
  22. 2 Kings 2:24וַיִּרְאֵ֔ם · looked at them
    Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
  23. 2 Kings 3:14אֶרְאֶֽךָּ׃ · acknowledge you
    Then Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not for my regard for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or acknowledge you.
  24. 2 Kings 3:17תִרְא֥וּ · see; תִרְא֣וּ
    For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’
  25. 2 Kings 3:22וַיִּרְא֨וּ · looked
    When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.
  26. 2 Kings 3:26וַיַּרְא֙ · saw
    When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.
  27. 2 Kings 4:25כִּרְא֨וֹת · saw
    So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman.
  28. 2 Kings 5:7וּרְא֔וּ · see
    When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”
  29. 2 Kings 5:21וַיִּרְאֶ֤ה · saw [him]
    So Gehazi pursued Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running toward him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right?”
  30. 2 Kings 6:6וַיַּרְאֵ֙הוּ֙ · And when he showed
    “Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.
  31. 2 Kings 6:13וּרְאוּ֙ · and see
    So the king said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capture him.” On receiving the report, “Elisha is in Dothan,”
  32. 2 Kings 6:17וְיִרְאֶ֑ה · that he may see; וַיַּ֗רְא · and he saw that
    Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
  33. 2 Kings 6:20וְיִרְא֑וּ · that they may see; וַיִּרְא֕וּ · and they looked around
    When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O LORD, open the eyes of these men that they may see.” Then the LORD opened their eyes, and they looked around and discovered that they were in Samaria.
  34. 2 Kings 6:21כִּרְאֹת֖וֹ · saw
    And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”
  35. 2 Kings 6:30וַיַּ֣רְא · saw
    When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.
  36. 2 Kings 6:32הַרְּאִיתֶם֙ · Do you see; רְא֣וּ׀ · Look
    Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”
  37. 2 Kings 7:2רֹאֶה֙ · You will see [it]
    But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
  38. 2 Kings 7:13וְנִרְאֶֽה׃ · and find out
    But one of his servants replied, “Please, have scouts take five of the horses that remain in the city. Their plight will be no worse than all the Israelites who are left here. You can see that all the Israelites here are doomed. So let us send them and find out.”
  39. 2 Kings 7:14וּרְאֽוּ׃ · and see
    Then the scouts took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.”
  40. 2 Kings 7:19רֹאֶה֙ · You will see [it]
    And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”
  41. 2 Kings 8:10וְהִרְאַ֥נִי · has shown me
    Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die.”
  42. 2 Kings 8:13הִרְאַ֧נִי · has shown me
    “But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael. And Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”
  43. 2 Kings 8:29לִרְא֞וֹת · to visit
    So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
  44. 2 Kings 9:2וּרְאֵֽה־ · look
    When you arrive, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in, get him away from his companions, and take him to an inner room.
  45. 2 Kings 9:16לִרְא֥וֹת · to see
    Then Jehu got into his chariot and went to Jezreel, because Joram was laid up there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had gone down to see him.