חֹזֶה
chôzeh · kho-zeh'
a beholder in vision; also a compact (as looked upon with approval)
Lexicon
Derivation: active participle of H2372 (חָזָה);
a beholder in vision; also a compact (as looked upon with approval)
- a beholder in vision
- also, a compact (as looked upon with approval)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: agreement, prophet, see that, seer, (star-) gazer.
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 חֹזֶה 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- seer5 · 23%
- the seer5 · 23%
- of the seers2 · 9%
- and by all the seers1 · 5%
- at agreement1 · 5%
- the seers1 · 5%
- not; and to the prophets1 · 5%
- the stargazers1 · 5%
- that see1 · 5%
- and which see1 · 5%
- morter, seeing1 · 5%
- o thou seer1 · 5%
- then shall the seers1 · 5%
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.