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
- Job 40:12רְאֵ֣ה · Look onLook on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
- Job 41:34יִרְאֶ֑ה · He looks downHe looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”
- Job 42:5רָאָֽתְךָ׃ · have seen YouMy ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.
- Job 42:16וַיַּרְא · and sawAfter this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
- Psalm 4:6יַרְאֵ֪נ֫וּ · can show usMany ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
- Psalm 8:3אֶרְאֶ֣ה · I beholdWhen I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
- Psalm 9:13רְאֵ֣ה · seeBe merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
- Psalm 10:11רָאָ֥ה · seesHe says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
- Psalm 10:14רָאִ֡תָה · have regardedBut You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
- Psalm 14:2לִ֭רְאוֹת · to seeThe LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
- Psalm 16:10לִרְא֥וֹת · seeFor You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
- Psalm 18:15וַיֵּ֤רָא֨וּ׀ · appearedThe channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
- Psalm 22:7רֹ֭אַי · who see meAll who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
- Psalm 22:17יִרְאוּ־ · and gloatI can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
- Psalm 25:18רְאֵ֣ה · ConsiderConsider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
- Psalm 25:19רְאֵֽה־ · ConsiderConsider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.
- Psalm 27:13לִרְא֥וֹת · to seeStill I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
- Psalm 31:7רָ֭אִיתָ · You have seenI will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.
- Psalm 31:11רֹאַ֥י · when they seeAmong all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.
- Psalm 33:13רָ֝אָ֗ה · He seesThe LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.
- Psalm 34:8וּ֭רְאוּ · and seeTaste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
- Psalm 34:12לִרְא֥וֹת · to seeWho is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?
- Psalm 35:17תִּ֫רְאֶ֥ה · will You look onHow long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
- Psalm 35:21רָאֲתָ֥ה · have seenThey gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
- Psalm 35:22רָאִ֣יתָה · You have seen itO LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
- Psalm 36:9נִרְאֶה־ · we seeFor with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
- Psalm 37:13רָ֝אָ֗ה · seeing…but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.
- Psalm 37:25רָ֭אִיתִי · have I seenI once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
- Psalm 37:34תִּרְאֶֽה׃ · you will see [it]Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
- Psalm 37:35רָ֭אִיתִי · I have seenI have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
- Psalm 37:37וּרְאֵ֣ה · and observeConsider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.
- Psalm 40:3יִרְא֣וּ · will seeHe put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
- Psalm 40:12לִרְא֑וֹת · seeFor evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
- Psalm 41:6לִרְא֨וֹת׀My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
- Psalm 42:2וְ֝אֵרָאֶ֗ה · and appearMy soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
- Psalm 45:10וּ֭רְאִי · ConsiderListen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
- Psalm 48:5רָ֭אוּ · sawThey saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
- Psalm 48:8רָאִ֗ינוּ · we have seenAs we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
- Psalm 49:9יִרְאֶ֣ה · see…that he should live on forever and not see decay.
- Psalm 49:10יִרְאֶ֨ה׀ · it is clearFor it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
- Psalm 49:19יִרְאוּ־ · see…he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
- Psalm 50:18רָאִ֣יתָ · you seeWhen you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
- Psalm 50:23אַ֝רְאֶ֗נּוּ · I will showHe who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
- Psalm 52:6וְיִרְא֖וּ · will seeThe righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,
- Psalm 53:2לִ֭רְאוֹת · to seeGod looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
- Psalm 54:7רָאֲתָ֥ה · have looked in triumph onFor He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.
- Psalm 55:9רָאִ֨יתִי · I seeO Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
- Psalm 59:4וּרְאֵה׃ · and take noticeFor no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
- Psalm 59:10יַרְאֵ֥נִי · will let me stare downMy God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes.
- Psalm 60:3הִרְאִ֣יתָה · You have shownYou have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.