חָזָה
châzâh · khaw-zaw'
to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have avision of
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have avision of
- to gaze at
- mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure)
- specifically, to have avision of
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: behold, look, prophesy, provide, see.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to cut, to sustain › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect that works to cut, to sustain that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָזָה 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
55 occurrences · 55 OT · 0 NT · 50 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- behold3 · 9%
- which he saw3 · 9%
- which saw2 · 6%
- seest2 · 6%
- did see2 · 6%
- prophesy2 · 6%
- look2 · 6%
- have seen2 · 6%
- moreover thou shalt provide1 · 3%
- also they saw1 · 3%
- and seeth1 · 3%
- me; and that which i have seen1 · 3%
- shall i see1 · 3%
- whom i shall see1 · 3%
- but i cannot behold1 · 3%
- him not see1 · 3%
- behold, all ye yourselves have seen1 · 3%
- that which i see1 · 3%
- may see1 · 3%
- doth behold1 · 3%
- as for me, i will behold1 · 3%
- to behold1 · 3%
- that they may not see1 · 3%
- when he seeth1 · 3%
- so as i have seen1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
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.