רֳאִי
rŏʼîy · ro-ee'
sight, whether abstractly (vision) or concretely (a spectacle)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7200 (רָאָה);
sight, whether abstractly (vision) or concretely (a spectacle)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: gazingstock, look to, (that) see(-th).
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › strength, the leader › the hand that works
The head, the highest of strength, the leader of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רֳאִי 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- seest me1 · 17%
- that seeth me1 · 17%
- to look to1 · 17%
- of him that hath seen1 · 17%
- that it cannot be seen1 · 17%
- thee as a gazingstock1 · 17%
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.