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. Isaiah 66:14וּרְאִיתֶם֙ · When you see
    When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.
  2. Isaiah 66:18וְרָא֥וּ · and see
    “And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
  3. Isaiah 66:19רָא֣וּ · or seen
    I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
  4. Isaiah 66:24וְרָא֔וּ · they will see
    “As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”
  5. Jeremiah 1:10רְאֵ֞ה · See
    See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
  6. Jeremiah 1:11רֹאֶ֖ה · see; רֹאֶֽה׃ · see
    And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
  7. Jeremiah 1:12לִרְא֑וֹת · You have observed
    “You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.”
  8. Jeremiah 1:13רֹאֶ֑ה · see; רֹאֶ֔ה · see
    Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”
  9. Jeremiah 2:10וּרְא֔וּ · and take a look; וּרְא֕וּ · see
    Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:
  10. Jeremiah 2:19וּרְאִי֙ · and realize
    Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
  11. Jeremiah 2:23רְאִ֤י · Look
    “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,
  12. Jeremiah 2:31רְא֣וּ · consider
    You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
  13. Jeremiah 3:2וּרְאִ֗י · and see
    “Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
  14. Jeremiah 3:6הֲ‍ֽרָאִ֔יתָ · Have you seen
    Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
  15. Jeremiah 3:7וַתֵּרֶאה · saw it
    I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.
  16. Jeremiah 3:8וָאֵ֗רֶא · She saw
    She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
  17. Jeremiah 4:21אֶרְאֶה־ · must I see
    How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?
  18. Jeremiah 4:23רָאִ֙יתִי֙ · I looked
    I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
  19. Jeremiah 4:24רָאִ֙יתִי֙ · I looked
    I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
  20. Jeremiah 4:25רָאִ֕יתִי · I looked
    I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.
  21. Jeremiah 4:26רָאִ֕יתִי · I looked
    I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before the LORD, before His fierce anger.
  22. Jeremiah 5:1וּרְאוּ־ · Look
    “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
  23. Jeremiah 5:12נִרְאֶֽה׃ · see
    They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.
  24. Jeremiah 5:21יִרְא֔וּ · see
    “Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
  25. Jeremiah 6:16וּרְא֜וּ · and look
    This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
  26. Jeremiah 7:11רָאִ֖יתִי · have seen it
    Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.
  27. Jeremiah 7:12וּרְאוּ֙ · and see
    But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
  28. Jeremiah 7:17רֹאֶ֔ה · see
    Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
  29. Jeremiah 11:18הִרְאִיתַ֥נִי · You showed me
    And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.
  30. Jeremiah 11:20אֶרְאֶ֤ה · let me see
    O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
  31. Jeremiah 12:3תִּרְאֵ֕נִי · You see me
    But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.
  32. Jeremiah 12:4יִרְאֶ֖ה · see
    How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”
  33. Jeremiah 13:20וּרְאִי · and see
    Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?
  34. Jeremiah 13:26וְנִרְאָ֖ה · may be seen
    So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen.
  35. Jeremiah 13:27רָאִ֖יתִי · I have seen
    Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”
  36. Jeremiah 14:13תִרְא֣וּ · see
    “Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”
  37. Jeremiah 17:6יִרְאֶ֖ה · see
    He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
  38. Jeremiah 18:17אֶרְאֵ֖ם · I will show them
    I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity.”
  39. Jeremiah 20:4רֹא֑וֹת
    For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword.
  40. Jeremiah 20:12רֹאֶ֥ה · who sees; אֶרְאֶ֤ה · let me see
    O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, who sees the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
  41. Jeremiah 20:18לִרְא֥וֹת · to see
    Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?
  42. Jeremiah 22:10וְרָאָ֖ה · to see
    Do not weep for him who is dead; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for him who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.
  43. Jeremiah 22:12יִרְאֶ֥ה · see
    …but he will die in the place to which he was exiled; he will never see this land again.”
  44. Jeremiah 23:13רָאִ֣יתִי · I saw
    “Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.
  45. Jeremiah 23:14רָאִ֣יתִי · I have seen
    And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
  46. Jeremiah 23:18וְיֵ֖רֶא · to see
    But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?