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.
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
Occurrences
1,299 total
- 2 Kings 9:17וַיַּ֞רְא · saw; רֹאֶ֑ה · seeNow the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”
- 2 Kings 9:22כִּרְא֤וֹת · sawWhen Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”
- 2 Kings 9:26רָאִ֤יתִי · as I saw‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”
- 2 Kings 9:27רָאָ֔ה · saw [this]When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.
- 2 Kings 10:3וּרְאִיתֶ֞ם · select…select the best and most worthy son of your master, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”
- 2 Kings 10:16וּרְאֵ֖ה · and see…saying, “Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD!” So he had him ride in his chariot.
- 2 Kings 10:23וּרְאוּ֙ · to seeNext, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”
- 2 Kings 11:1וְרָאֲתָה · sawWhen Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.
- 2 Kings 11:4וַיַּ֥רְא · He showedThen in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son
- 2 Kings 11:14וַתֵּ֡רֶא · And she looked outAnd she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”
- 2 Kings 12:10כִּרְאוֹתָ֔ם · Whenever they sawWhenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.
- 2 Kings 13:4רָאָה֙ · He sawThen Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him because He saw the oppression that the king of Aram had inflicted on Israel.
- 2 Kings 13:21רָא֣וּ · they sawOnce, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.
- 2 Kings 14:8נִתְרָאֶ֥ה · let us meetThen Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.
- 2 Kings 14:11וַיִּתְרָא֣וּ · faced each otherBut Amaziah would not listen, so Jehoash king of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
- 2 Kings 14:26רָאָ֧ה · sawFor the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,
- 2 Kings 16:10וַיַּ֥רְא · On seeingThen King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction.
- 2 Kings 16:12וַיַּ֥רְא · and sawWhen the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings on it.
- 2 Kings 19:16וּרְאֵ֑ה · and seeIncline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
- 2 Kings 20:5רָאִ֖יתִי · I have seen“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 20:13וַיַּרְאֵ֣ם · and showed them; הֶרְאָ֧ם · show themAnd Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
- 2 Kings 20:15רָא֖וּ · have they seen; רָא֔וּ · They have seen; הִרְאִיתִ֖ם · show them“What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”
- 2 Kings 22:20תִרְאֶ֣ינָה · see‘Therefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.
- 2 Kings 23:16וַיַּ֨רְא · he sawAnd as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.
- 2 Kings 23:17רֹאֶ֑ה · seeThen the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”
- 2 Kings 23:24נִרְאוּ֙ · were seenFurthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 23:29כִּרְאֹת֖וֹ · but [Neco] facedDuring Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.
- 2 Kings 25:19מֵרֹאֵ֤י · advisorsOf those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
- 1 Chronicles 10:5וַיַּ֥רְא · sawWhen his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died.
- 1 Chronicles 10:7וַ֠יִּרְאוּ · sawWhen all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army 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.
- 1 Chronicles 12:17יֵ֛רֶא · see [it]And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”
- 1 Chronicles 15:29וַתֵּ֨רֶא · and sawAs the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.
- 1 Chronicles 17:17וּרְאִיתַ֗נִי · and have regarded meAnd as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God, You have spoken about the future of the house of Your servant and have regarded me as a man of great distinction, O LORD God.
- 1 Chronicles 19:6וַיִּרְאוּ֙ · realized thatWhen the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.
- 1 Chronicles 19:10וַיַּ֣רְא · sawWhen 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.
- 1 Chronicles 19:15רָאוּ֙ · sawWhen the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Joab’s brother Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 19:16וַיַּ֣רְא · sawWhen the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, with Shophach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
- 1 Chronicles 19:19וַיִּרְא֞וּ · sawWhen Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the Ammonites anymore.
- 1 Chronicles 21:12רְאֵ֔ה · decide…between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:15רָאָ֤ה · saw itThen God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- 1 Chronicles 21:16וַיַּ֞רְא · and sawWhen David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.
- 1 Chronicles 21:20וַיַּרְא֙ · and sawNow Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.
- 1 Chronicles 21:21וַיַּ֣רְא · and sawDavid came to Ornan, and when Ornan looked out and saw David, he left the threshing floor and bowed facedown before David.
- 1 Chronicles 21:23רְאֵה֩ · LookOrnan said to David, “Take it! May my lord the king do whatever seems good to him. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I will give it all.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:28בִּרְא֤וֹת · sawAt that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.
- 1 Chronicles 28:10רְאֵ֣ה׀ · ConsiderConsider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”