נָבַט
nâbaṭ · naw-bat'
to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
- to scan, i.e. look intently at
- by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (cause to) behold, consider, look (down), regard, have respect, see.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the house, what is within › to surround and contain
The seed, life continuing of the house, what is within that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָבַט 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
69 occurrences · 69 OT · 0 NT · 59 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- look7 · 17%
- behold4 · 10%
- and look3 · 7%
- looked3 · 7%
- look down2 · 5%
- and consider2 · 5%
- and they shall look2 · 5%
- and looked2 · 5%
- and thou shalt see1 · 2%
- looketh1 · 2%
- he hath not beheld1 · 2%
- when he beheld1 · 2%
- consider1 · 2%
- looked about1 · 2%
- may behold1 · 2%
- shall he behold1 · 2%
- for he looketh1 · 2%
- i would not look1 · 2%
- and he looked1 · 2%
- it; for thou beholdest1 · 2%
- now, look1 · 2%
- they look1 · 2%
- to look1 · 2%
- they looked1 · 2%
- looked back1 · 2%
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.