Lexicon :: Strong's H6822 - ṣāp̄â

Saul’s watchmen in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude melted away and they went here and there.

Now Absalom fled. And the young man who kept watch looked up, and behold, many people were coming from the road behind him by the side of the mountain.

Now David was sitting between the two gates; and the lookout went up to the roof of the gate by the wall, and when he raised his eyes and looked, he saw a man running alone.

Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and he saw the crowd with Jehu as he approached, and said, “I see a company.” And [fn]Joram said, “Send a horseman to meet them and have him ask, ‘[fn]Do you come in peace?’”

“He does not believe that he will return out of the darkness [for fear of being murdered],

And he is destined for the sword [of God’s vengeance].

In the morning, O LORD, You will hear my voice;

In the morning I will prepare [a prayer and a sacrifice] for You and watch and wait [for You to speak to my heart].

The wicked lies in wait for the righteous

And seeks to kill him.

Who rules by His might forever,

His eyes keep watch on the nations;

Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

The eyes of the LORD are in every place,

Watching the evil and the good [in all their endeavors].

She looks well to how things go in her household,

And does not eat the bread of idleness.

“Your neck is like a tower of ivory,

Your eyes the [sparkling] pools of Heshbon

By the gate of Bath-rabbim.

Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon

Which looks toward Damascus.

This is what the Lord says to me,

“Go, station the lookout, let him report what he sees.

Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices,

Together they shout for joy;

For they will see face to face

The return of the LORD to Zion.

Israel’s watchmen are blind,

They are all without knowledge.

They are all mute dogs, they cannot bark;

Panting, lying down, they love to slumber.

“I have set watchmen (prophets) over you,

Saying, ‘Listen and pay attention to the [warning] sound of the trumpet!’

But they said, ‘We will not listen.’

“O inhabitant of Aroer,

Stand by the road and keep watch!

Ask [of] him who flees and [ask of] her who escapes,

Saying, ‘What has happened?’

[And as for us,] yet our eyes failed,

Looking in vain for help.

Watching [from the towers] we watched

For a nation that could not save.

Ephraim was a watchman with my God, a [true] prophet [to warn the nation];

But the snare of a bird catcher was laid in all his paths.

And there is only deep hostility in the house of his God (the land of Israel).

The best of them is [injurious] like a briar;

The most upright is [prickly] like a thorn hedge.

The day of your watchmen [that is, the time predicted by the prophets]

And your punishment comes;

Now shall be their confusion.

But as for me, I will look expectantly for the LORD and with confidence in Him I will keep watch;

I will wait [with confident expectation] for the God of my salvation.

My God will hear me.

[fn]The one who scatters has come up against you [Nineveh].

Man the fortress and ramparts, watch the road;

[fn]Strengthen your back [prepare for battle], summon all your strength.

I will stand at my guard post

And station myself on the tower;

And I will keep watch to see what He will say to me,

And what answer I will give [as His spokesman] when I am reproved.