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
- Ezekiel 8:4רָאִ֖יתִי · I had seenAnd there I saw the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I had seen in the plain.
- Ezekiel 8:6הֲרֹאֶ֥ה · see; תִּרְאֶ֔ה · you will see“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”
- Ezekiel 8:7וָאֶרְאֶ֕ה · and I lookedThen He brought me to the entrance to the court, and I looked and saw a hole in the wall.
- Ezekiel 8:9וּרְאֵה֙ · and seeThen He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.”
- Ezekiel 8:10וָֽאֶרְאֶה֒ · and lookedSo I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 8:12הֲרָאִ֣יתָ · do you see; רֹאֶ֣ה · see“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
- Ezekiel 8:13תִּרְאֶ֛ה · You will seeAgain, He told me, “You will see them committing even greater abominations.”
- Ezekiel 8:15הֲרָאִ֣יתָ · do you see [this]; תִּרְאֶ֛ה · you will see“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Yet you will see even greater abominations than these.”
- Ezekiel 8:17הֲרָאִ֣יתָ · do you see this“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!
- Ezekiel 9:9רֹאֶֽה׃ · seeHe replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’
- Ezekiel 10:1וָאֶרְאֶ֗ה · And I looked; נִרְאָ֖הAnd I looked and saw above the expanse, above the heads of the cherubim, the likeness of a throne of sapphire.
- Ezekiel 10:8וַיֵּרָ֖א · appeared(The cherubim appeared to have the form of human hands under their wings.)
- Ezekiel 10:9וָאֶרְאֶ֗ה · Then I lookedThen I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone.
- Ezekiel 10:15רָאִ֖יתִי · I had seenThen the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the River Kebar.
- Ezekiel 10:20רָאִ֛יתִי · I had seenThese were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.
- Ezekiel 10:22רָאִ֙יתִי֙ · I had seenTheir faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.
- Ezekiel 11:1וָאֶרְאֶ֨ה · I sawThen the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.
- Ezekiel 11:24רָאִֽיתִי׃And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,
- Ezekiel 11:25הֶרְאָֽנִי׃פ · had shown meI told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me.
- Ezekiel 12:2לִרְא֜וֹת · to see; רָא֗וּ · see“Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 12:3יִרְא֔וּ · they will understandTherefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 12:6תִרְאֶ֖ה · seeAnd as they watch, lift your bags to your shoulder and take them out at dusk; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.”
- Ezekiel 12:12יִרְאֶ֥ה · seeAnd at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.
- Ezekiel 12:13יִרְאֶ֖ה · see itBut I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.
- Ezekiel 13:3רָאֽוּ׃ · yet have seenThis is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing.
- Ezekiel 14:22וּרְאִיתֶ֥ם · and when you seeYet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.
- Ezekiel 14:23תִרְא֥וּ · you seeThey will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
- Ezekiel 16:6וָֽאֶרְאֵ֔ךְ · and sawThen I passed by and saw you wallowing in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, ‘Live!’ There I said to you, ‘Live!’
- Ezekiel 16:8וָאֶרְאֵ֗ךְ · and saw youThen I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 16:37וְרָא֖וּ · and they will see you…therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.
- Ezekiel 16:50רָאִֽיתִי׃ס · you have seenThus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.
- Ezekiel 18:14וַיַּ֕רְא · who sees; וַיִּרְאֶ֕ה · considers themNow suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:
- Ezekiel 18:28וַיִּרְאֶ֣ה · Because he consideredBecause he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.
- Ezekiel 19:5וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙ · When she sawWhen she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
- Ezekiel 19:11וַיֵּרָ֣א · conspicuousIt had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage.
- Ezekiel 20:28וַיִּרְאוּ֩ · and they sawWhen I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.
- Ezekiel 20:48וְרָאוּ֙ · will seeThen all people will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it will not be quenched.”
- Ezekiel 21:21רָאָ֖ה · he examinesFor the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.
- Ezekiel 21:24לְהֵֽרָאוֹת֙ · are revealedTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that your sins are revealed in all your deeds—because you have come to remembrance—you shall be taken in hand.
- Ezekiel 23:11וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙ · saw [this]Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.
- Ezekiel 23:13וָאֵ֖רֶא · And I sawAnd I saw that she too had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path.
- Ezekiel 23:14וַתֵּ֗רֶא · She sawBut Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion,
- Ezekiel 28:17לְרַ֥אֲוָה · a spectacleYour heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.
- Ezekiel 28:18רֹאֶֽיךָ׃ · who saw youBy the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who saw you.