רָאָה
râʼâh · raw-aw'
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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)
the head, the highest › strength, the leader › to reveal, behold
The head, the highest of strength, the leader that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָאָה 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
1300 occurrences · 1300 OT · 0 NT · 650 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- saw149 · 27%
- see45 · 8%
- and see39 · 7%
- to see34 · 6%
- shall see31 · 6%
- and saw30 · 5%
- appeared25 · 4%
- behold19 · 3%
- and behold18 · 3%
- i have seen18 · 3%
- and looked17 · 3%
- shall look16 · 3%
- i saw15 · 3%
- look14 · 3%
- have seen13 · 2%
- seen10 · 2%
- seeth9 · 2%
- shewed8 · 1%
- and i saw8 · 1%
- had seen8 · 1%
- looked8 · 1%
- and he saw7 · 1%
- i see7 · 1%
- seeing6 · 1%
- and look6 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis141
- Exodus92
- Leviticus48
- Numbers47
- Deuteronomy68
- Joshua16
- Judges44
- Ruth2
- 1 Samuel75
- 2 Samuel48
- 1 Kings36
- 2 Kings65
- 1 Chronicles19
- 2 Chronicles32
- Ezra1
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.