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. Ezekiel 32:31יִרְאֶ֣ה · will see them
    Pharaoh will see them and be comforted over all his multitude—Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.
  2. Ezekiel 33:3וְרָאָ֥ה · and he sees
    …and he sees the sword coming against that land and blows the ram’s horn to warn the people.
  3. Ezekiel 33:6יִרְאֶ֨ה · sees
    But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’
  4. Ezekiel 37:8וְרָאִ֜יתִי · As I looked on
    As I looked on, tendons appeared on them, flesh grew, and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.
  5. Ezekiel 39:15וְרָאָה֙ · anyone who sees
    As they pass through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will set up a pillar next to it, until the gravediggers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog.
  6. Ezekiel 39:21וְרָא֣וּ · will see
    I will display My glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment that I execute and the hand that I lay upon them.
  7. Ezekiel 40:4רְאֵ֣ה · look; מַרְאֶ֣ה · am going to show you; הַרְאוֹתְכָ֖ה · [is why]; רֹאֶ֖ה · see
    “Son of man,” he said to me, “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Report to the house of Israel everything you see.”
  8. Ezekiel 41:8וְרָאִ֧יתִי · I saw
    I saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the full length of a rod, six long cubits.
  9. Ezekiel 43:3רָאִ֗יתִי · I saw; רָאִ֙יתִי֙ · I had seen; רָאִ֖יתִי · I had seen
    The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown,
  10. Ezekiel 44:4וָאֵ֕רֶא · I looked
    Then the man brought me to the front of the temple by way of the north gate. I looked and saw the glory of the LORD filling His temple, and I fell facedown.
  11. Ezekiel 44:5וּרְאֵ֨ה · look carefully
    The LORD said to me: “Son of man, pay attention; look carefully with your eyes and listen closely with your ears to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes and laws of the house of the LORD. Take careful note of the entrance to the temple, along with all the exits of the sanctuary.
  12. Ezekiel 47:6הֲרָאִ֣יתָ · do you see this
    “Son of man, do you see this?” he asked. Then he led me back to the bank of the river.
  13. Daniel 1:10יִרְאֶ֨ה · should he see
    …but he said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age? You would endanger my head before the king!”
  14. Daniel 1:13וְיֵרָא֤וּ · Then compare; תִּרְאֵ֔ה · you see
    Then compare our appearances with those of the young men who are eating the royal food, and deal with your servants according to what you see.”
  15. Daniel 1:15נִרְאָ֤ה · they looked
    And at the end of ten days, they looked healthier and better nourished than all the young men who were eating the king’s food.
  16. Daniel 8:1נִרְאָ֤ה · appeared; הַנִּרְאָ֥ה · to the one that had appeared
    In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one that had appeared to me earlier.
  17. Daniel 8:2וָֽאֶרְאֶה֮ · I saw; בִּרְאֹתִ֔י; וָאֶרְאֶה֙ · I saw
    And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.
  18. Daniel 8:3וָאֶרְאֶ֔ה · and saw
    Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a ram with two horns standing beside the canal. The horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one grew up later.
  19. Daniel 8:4רָאִ֣יתִי · I saw
    I saw the ram charging toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and there was no deliverance from his power. He did as he pleased and became great.
  20. Daniel 8:6רָאִ֔יתִי · I had seen
    He came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed at him with furious power.
  21. Daniel 8:7וּרְאִיתִ֞יו · I saw him
    I saw him approach the ram in a rage against him, and he struck the ram and shattered his two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against him, and the goat threw him to the ground and trampled him, and no one could deliver the ram from his power.
  22. Daniel 8:15בִּרְאֹתִ֛י · was watching
    While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.
  23. Daniel 8:20רָאִ֖יתָ · you saw
    The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.
  24. Daniel 9:18וּרְאֵה֙ · and see
    Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
  25. Daniel 9:21רָאִ֨יתִי · I had seen
    …while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
  26. Daniel 10:5וָאֵ֔רֶא
    I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.
  27. Daniel 10:7וְרָאִיתִי֩ · saw; רָא֖וּ · see it
    Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves.
  28. Daniel 10:8וָֽאֶרְאֶ֗ה · gazing at
    So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.
  29. Daniel 12:5וְרָאִ֙יתִי֙ · looked
    Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank.
  30. Hosea 5:13וַיַּ֨רְא · saw
    When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
  31. Hosea 6:10רָאִ֖יתִי · I have seen
    In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.
  32. Hosea 9:10רָאִ֖יתִי · I saw
    I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.
  33. Hosea 9:13רָאִ֥יתִי · I have seen
    I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.
  34. Joel 2:28יִרְאֽוּ׃ · will see
    And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
  35. Amos 3:9וּרְא֞וּ · see
    Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”
  36. Amos 6:2וּרְא֔וּ · and see
    Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?
  37. Amos 7:1הִרְאַ֙נִי֙ · showed me
    This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.
  38. Amos 7:4הִרְאַ֙נִי֙ · showed me
    This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
  39. Amos 7:7הִרְאַ֔נִי · He showed me
    This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.
  40. Amos 7:8רֹאֶה֙ · see
    “Amos, what do you see?” asked the LORD. “A plumb line,” I replied. “Behold,” said the Lord, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them: