שָׁקַף

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Definition

a primitive root; properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e. (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle)
Traditional renderings: appear, look (down, forth, out).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁקַף:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

22 total
  1. Genesis 18:16וַיַּשְׁקִ֖פוּ · looked out
    When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them off.
  2. Genesis 19:28וַיַּשְׁקֵ֗ף · He looked
    He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
  3. Genesis 26:8וַיַּשְׁקֵ֗ף · looked down
    When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
  4. Exodus 14:24וַיַּשְׁקֵ֤ף · looked down
    At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.
  5. Numbers 21:20וְנִשְׁקָ֖פָה · overlooks
    …and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
  6. Numbers 23:28הַנִּשְׁקָ֖ף · which overlooks
    And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.
  7. Deuteronomy 26:15הַשְׁקִיפָה֩ · Look down
    Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”
  8. Judges 5:28נִשְׁקְפָ֧ה · looked
    Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’
  9. 1 Samuel 13:18הַנִּשְׁקָ֛ף · overlooking
    …another toward Beth-horon, and the third down the border road overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the wilderness.
  10. 2 Samuel 6:16נִשְׁקְפָ֣ה׀ · looked down
    As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
  11. 2 Samuel 24:20וַיַּשְׁקֵ֣ף · looked out
    When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.
  12. 2 Kings 9:30וַתַּשְׁקֵ֖ף · and looked down
    Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
  13. 2 Kings 9:32וַיַּשְׁקִ֣יפוּ · looked down
    He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
  14. 1 Chronicles 15:29נִשְׁקְפָ֣ה׀ · looked down
    As 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.
  15. Psalm 14:2הִשְׁקִ֪יף · looks down
    The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
  16. Psalm 53:2הִשְׁקִ֪יף · looks down
    God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
  17. Psalm 85:11נִשְׁקָֽף׃ · looks down
    Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.
  18. Psalm 102:19הִ֭שְׁקִיף · He looked down
    For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth
  19. Proverbs 7:6נִשְׁקָֽפְתִּי׃ · I looked
    For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.
  20. Song of Solomon 6:10הַנִּשְׁקָפָ֖ה · who shines
    Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?
  21. Jeremiah 6:1נִשְׁקְפָ֥ה · looms
    “Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
  22. Lamentations 3:50יַשְׁקִ֣יף · looks down
    …until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.