חֲזָא
chăzâʼ · khaz-aw'
to gaze upon; mentally to dream, be usual (i.e. seem)
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) or חֲזָה; (Aramaic), corresponding to H2372 (חָזָה);
to gaze upon; mentally to dream, be usual (i.e. seem)
- to gaze upon
- mentally to dream, be usual (i.e. seem)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: behold, have (a dream), see, be wont.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to cut, to sustain › strength, the leader
To separate and protect that works to cut, to sustain of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֲזָא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
31 occurrences · 31 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- i saw6 · 19%
- i beheld6 · 19%
- thou sawest4 · 13%
- saw3 · 10%
- for us to see1 · 3%
- ye see1 · 3%
- which i have seen1 · 3%
- sawest1 · 3%
- and whereas thou sawest1 · 3%
- it was wont1 · 3%
- see1 · 3%
- that i have seen1 · 3%
- have seen1 · 3%
- that thou sawest1 · 3%
- which see1 · 3%
- had1 · 3%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.