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Lexicon :: Strong's H6822 - ṣāp̄â

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צָפָה
Transliteration
ṣāp̄â
Pronunciation
tsaw-faw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1950

Strong’s Definitions

צָפָה tsâphâh, tsaw-faw'; a primitive root; properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await:—behold, espy, look up (well), wait for, (keep the) watch(-man).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H6822 in the following manner: watchman (20x), watch (8x), behold (2x), look (2x), espy (1x), look up (1x), waited (1x), look well (1x), variant for Zophim (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's H6822 in the following manner: watchman (20x), watch (8x), behold (2x), look (2x), espy (1x), look up (1x), waited (1x), look well (1x), variant for Zophim (1x).

  1. to look out or about, spy, keep watch, observe, watch

    1. (Qal) to keep watch, spy

    2. (Piel) to watch, watch closely

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָפָה tsâphâh, tsaw-faw'; a primitive root; properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await:—behold, espy, look up (well), wait for, (keep the) watch(-man).
STRONGS H6822: Abbreviations
I. [צָפָה]37 verb look out or about, spy keep watch (Late Hebrew id., Pi. hope; Ethiopic bdb085902 III. hope); —
Qal28 Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular jussive יִצֶף בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶ֑ךָ Genesis 31:49 (J) may י׳ keep watch between me and thee (that the covenant be kept = עֵד וגו׳ א׳ Genesis 31:50); 3rd person feminine plural תִּצְפֶּי֑נָה בַּגּוֺיִם עֵינָיו Psalm 66:9 [Psalm 66:7] his eyes keep watch upon the nations; Participle active צוֺפֶה רָשָׁע֫ לַצַּדִּיק Psalm 37:32 a wicked man spieth upon the righteous; Song 7:5 [Song 7:4] the town which looketh toward (מְּנֵי) Damascus; feminine צוֺפִיָּה Proverbs 31:27 she keepeth watch of (with accusative); plural עֵינֵי י׳ צֹפוֺת רָעִים וְטוֺבִים Proverbs 15:3; elsewhere as substantive watchman, absoluteצֹפֶה 2 Samuel 13:34 +; plural צֹפִים 1 Samuel 14:16 +, suffix צֹפָיו Isaiah 56:10 Qr (Kt צפו), צֹפַיִךְ Isaiah 52:8; — 1 Samuel 14:16; 2 Samuel 13:34 8 times Samuel Kings, Ezekiel 33:2, Ezekiel 33:6 (twice in verse); Isaiah 52:8, so in שְׂדֵה צֹפִים [H6839 Numbers 23:14] (JE); figurative of prophets Hosea 9:8; Jeremiah 6:17; Ezekiel 3:17; Ezekiel 33:7; Isaiah 56:10; — צוֺפִים 1 Samuel 1:1 see צוּפִי; Passive participle צָפוּ (Manuscripts and Qr צָפוּי), Job 15:22 spied out (and brought) to (אֱלֵי) the sword (Em Bi PerlesAnal. 29 צָפוּן compare Di Bu).
† Pi. Perfect 1st person plural צִפִּינוּ Lamentations 4:17; Imperfect 1st person singular אֲצַפֶּה Micah 7:7 +; Imperative masculine singular צַפֵּה Nahum 2:2, feminine singular צַפִּי Jeremiah 48:19; Participle מְצַפֶּה 1 Samuel 4:13; Isaiah 21:6; plural suffix מְצַפֶּיךָ Micah 7:4; — watch (closely), אֶלרֶּֿרֶךְ עִמְדִי וְצ׳ Jeremiah 48:19, דֶֿרֶךְ צ׳ Nahum 2:2 [Nahum 2:1]; + אֶל of person expected Lamentations 4:17; figurative אֲצַפֶּה בְּי׳ Micah 7:7; absolute literal 1 Samuel 4:13; figurative Habakkuk 2:1 I will look forth, to see (לִרְאוֺת) what he will say; Psalm 5:4 [Psalm 5:3] I will look out (expectantly); participle as noun = watchman Isaiah 21:6; Micah 7:4.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:49; 31:50

1 Samuel

1:1; 4:13; 4:13; 14:16; 14:16

2 Samuel

13:34; 13:34

Job

15:22

Psalms

5:3; 37:32; 66:7

Proverbs

15:3; 31:27

Song of Songs

7:4

Isaiah

21:6; 21:6; 52:8; 52:8; 56:10; 56:10

Jeremiah

6:17; 48:19; 48:19

Lamentations

4:17; 4:17

Ezekiel

3:17; 33:2; 33:6; 33:7

Hosea

9:8

Micah

7:4; 7:4; 7:7; 7:7

Nahum

2:1; 2:2

Habakkuk

2:1

H6822

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Strong's Number H6822 matches the Hebrew צָפָה (ṣāp̄â),
which occurs 35 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:49 - and [fn]Mizpah, H4709 for he said, H559 “May the LORD H3068 watch H6822 between H996 [fn]you and me when H3588 we are [fn]absent H5641 one H376 from the other. H7453

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:13 - When he came, H935 behold, H2009 Eli H5941 was sitting H3427 on his seat H3678 [fn]by the road H1870 eagerly watching, H6822 because H3588 his heart H3820 was trembling H2730 for the ark H727 of God. H430 So the man H376 came H935 to tell H5046 it in the city, H5892 and all H3605 the city H5892 cried H2199 out.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:16 - Now Saul’s H7586 watchmen H6822 in Gibeah H1390 of Benjamin H1144 looked, H7200 and behold, H2009 the multitude H1995 melted H4127 away; H4127 and they went H1980 here H1988 and there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:34 - Now Absalom H53 had fled. H1272 And the young H5288 man H5288 who was the watchman H6822 raised H5375 his eyes H5869 and looked, H7200 and behold, H2009 many H7227 people H5971 were coming H1980 from the road H1870 behind H310 him by the side H6654 of the mountain. H2022

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:24 - Now David H1732 was sitting H3427 between H996 the two H8147 gates; H8179 and the watchman H6822 went H1980 up to the roof H1406 of the gate H8179 by the wall, H2346 and raised H5375 his eyes H5869 and looked, H7200 and behold, H2009 a man H376 running H7323 by himself. H905

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:25 - The watchman H6822 called H7121 and told H5046 the king. H4428 And the king H4428 said, H559 “If H518 he is by himself H905 there is good news H1309 in his mouth.” H6310 And he came H1980 nearer H1980 and nearer. H7131

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:26 - Then the watchman H6822 saw H7200 another H312 man H376 running; H7323 and the watchman H6822 called H7121 to the gatekeeper H7778 and said, H559 “Behold, H2009 another man H376 running H7323 by himself.” H905 And the king H4428 said, H559 “This H2088 one H2088 also H1571 is bringing H1319 good news.” H1319

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:27 - The watchman H6822 said, H559 “I [fn]think H7200 the running H4794 of the first H7223 one H7223 is like the running H4794 of Ahimaaz H290 the son H1121 of Zadok.” H6659 And the king H4428 said, H559 “This H2088 is a good H2896 man H376 and comes H935 with good H2896 news.” H1309

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:17 - Now the watchman H6822 was standing H5975 on the tower H4026 in Jezreel H3157 and he saw H7200 the [fn]company H8229 of Jehu H3058 as he came, H935 and said, H559 “I see H7200 a [fn]company.” H8229 And Joram H3088 said, H559 “Take H3947 a horseman H7395 and send H7971 him to meet H7122 them and let him say, H559 ‘Is it peace?’” H7965

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:18 - So a horseman H7392 H5483 went H1980 to meet H7122 him and said, H559 “Thus H3541 says H559 the king, H4428 ‘Is it peace?’” H7965 And Jehu H3058 said, H559 “What H4100 have you to do with peace? H7965 Turn H5437 behind H413 H310 me.” And the watchman H6822 [fn]reported, H5046 “The messenger H4397 came H935 to them, but he did not return.” H7725

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:20 - The watchman H6822 [fn]reported, H5046 “He came H935 even H5704 to them, and he did not return; H7725 and the driving H4491 is like the driving H4491 of Jehu H3058 the son H1121 of Nimshi, H5250 for he drives H5090 furiously.” H7697

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:22 - “He does not believe H539 that he will return H7725 from darkness, H2822
And he is destined H6822 for the sword. H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:3 - In the morning, H1242 O LORD, H3068 [fn]You will hear H8085 my voice; H6963
In the morning H1242 I will order H6186 my [fn]prayer to You and eagerly watch. H6822

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:32 - The wicked H7563 spies H6822 upon the righteous H6662
And seeks H1245 to kill H4191 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:7 - He rules H4910 by His might H1369 forever; H5703
His eyes H5869 keep H6822 watch H6822 on the nations; H1471
Let not the rebellious H5637 exalt H7311 themselves. Selah. H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:3 - The eyes H5869 of the LORD H3068 are in every H3605 place, H4725
Watching H6822 the evil H7451 and the good. H2896

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:27 - She looks H6822 well H6822 to the ways H1979 of her household, H1004
And does not eat H398 the bread H3899 of idleness. H6104

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4 - “Your neck H6677 is like a tower H4026 of ivory, H8127
Your eyes H5869 like the pools H1295 in Heshbon H2809
By the gate H8179 of Bath-rabbim; H1337
Your nose H639 is like the tower H4026 of Lebanon, H3844
Which faces H6440 toward H6440 Damascus. H1834

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:6 - For thus H3541 the Lord H136 says H559 to me,
“Go, H1980 station H5975 the lookout, H6822 let him report H5046 what H834 he sees. H7200

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:8 - Listen! H6963 Your watchmen H6822 lift H5375 up their voices, H6963
They shout H7442 joyfully H7442 together; H3162
For they will see H7200 [fn]with their own H5869 eyes H5869
When the LORD H3068 restores H7725 Zion. H6726

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10 - His watchmen H6822 are blind, H5787
All H3605 of them know H3045 nothing. H3808
All H3605 of them are mute H483 dogs H3611 unable H3808 H3201 to bark, H5024
[fn]Dreamers H1957 lying H7901 down, H7901 who love H157 to slumber; H5123

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:17 - “And I set H6965 watchmen H6822 over H5921 you, saying,
‘Listen H7181 to the sound H6963 of the trumpet!’ H7782
But they said, H559 ‘We will not listen.’ H7181

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:19 - “Stand H5975 by the road H1870 and keep H6822 watch, H6822
O inhabitant H3427 of Aroer; H6177
Ask H7592 him who flees H5127 and her who escapes H4422
And say, H559 ‘What H4100 has happened?’ H1961

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:17 - Yet H5750 our eyes H5869 failed, H3615
Looking for [fn]help H5833 was useless; H1892
In our watching H6836 we have watched H6822
For a nation H1471 that could not save. H3467

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:17 - “Son H1121 of man, H120 I have appointed H5414 you a watchman H6822 to the house H1004 of Israel; H3478 whenever you hear H8085 a word H1697 from My mouth, H6310 warn H2094 them from Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:2 - “Son H1121 of man, H120 speak H1696 to the sons H1121 of your people H5971 and say H559 to them, ‘If H3588 I bring H935 a sword H2719 upon a land, H776 and the people H5971 of the land H776 take H3947 one H259 man H376 from among H7097 them and make H5414 him their watchman, H6822

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:6 - ‘But if H3588 the watchman H6822 sees H7200 the sword H2719 coming H935 and does not blow H8628 the trumpet H7782 and the people H5971 are not warned, H2094 and a sword H2719 comes H935 and takes H3947 a person H5315 from them, he is taken H3947 away [fn]in his iniquity; H5771 but his blood H1818 I will require H1875 from the watchman’s H6822 hand.’ H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:7 - “Now as for you, son H1121 of man, H120 I have [fn]appointed H5414 you a watchman H6822 for the house H1004 of Israel; H3478 so you will hear H8085 a [fn]message H1697 from My mouth H6310 and give H2094 them warning H2094 from Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:8 - Ephraim H669 was a watchman H6822 with my God, H430 a prophet; H5030
Yet the snare H6341 of a bird H3352 catcher H3352 is in all H3605 his ways, H1870
And there is only hostility H4895 in the house H1004 of his God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:4 - The best H2896 of them is like a briar, H2312
The most upright H3477 like a thorn H4534 hedge. H4534
The day H3117 when you post your watchmen, H6822
Your punishment H6486 will come. H935
Then H6258 their confusion H3998 will occur. H1961

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:7 - But as for me, I will watch H6822 expectantly H6822 for the LORD; H3068
I will wait H3176 for the God H430 of my salvation. H3468
My God H430 will hear H8085 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:1 - [fn]The one H4650 who H4650 scatters H4650 has come H5927 up against H5921 [fn]you.
Man H5341 the fortress, H4694 watch H6822 the road; H1870
[fn]Strengthen H2388 your back, H4975 [fn]summon H553 all H3966 your strength. H3581

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:1 - I will stand H5975 on my guard H4931 post H4931
And station H3320 myself on the rampart; H4692
And I will keep H6822 watch H6822 to see H7200 what H4100 He will speak H1696 to me,
And how H4100 I may reply H7725 [fn]when H5921 I am reproved. H8433
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