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Lexicon :: Strong's H7789 - šûr

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שׁוּר
Transliteration
šûr
Pronunciation
shoor
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [identical with שׁוּר (H7788) through the idea of going round for inspection]
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TWOT Reference: 2354

Strong’s Definitions

שׁוּר shûwr, shoor; a primitive root (identical with through the idea of going round for inspection); to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for:—behold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H7789 in the following manner: behold (5x), see (4x), look (2x), observe (2x), lay wait (1x), regard (1x), perceive (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H7789 in the following manner: behold (5x), see (4x), look (2x), observe (2x), lay wait (1x), regard (1x), perceive (1x).

  1. to see, behold, observe, regard

    1. (Qal)

      1. to behold, observe

      2. to regard

      3. to watch, watch (stealthily), lie in wait

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שׁוּר shûwr, shoor; a primitive root (identical with through the idea of going round for inspection); to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for:—behold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see.
STRONGS H7789: Abbreviations
† II. [שׁוּר] verb behold, regard (especially Job); —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָשׁוּר Jeremiah 5:26, suffix יְשׁוּרֶנּוּ Job 34:29, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שׁוּר Job 35:5; —
1. behold, with accusative of person Numbers 23:9; Numbers 24:17 (poems in J E, || רָאָה), לֹא תְּשׁוּרֵנִי, subject eye, Job 24:15, and (= I shall not exist) Job 7:8, compare Job 20:9 (subject מְקוֺמוֺ), Job 17:15; God object Job 34:29; Job 35:14; look, gaze, absolute, מִן local Songs 4:8.
2. regard with watchful care (subject י׳) Hosea 14:9; so, = notice, Job 35:13; regard, observe, accusative of thing, God's word Job 33:14 (Hi De Da and others), so, (reading 2nd person masculine singular), Siegf Bu; Du יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ he (God) retracts it not.
3. watch stealthily, lie in wait, בְּנָמֵר עַלדֶּֿרֶךְ אָשׁוּר Hosea 13:7 (subject י׳; Meinh Marti אֶשְׁקֹד; Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate We Now and others אַשּׁוּר), Jeremiah 5:26 (subject wicked). — Job 33:27 see שׁיר.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

23:9; 24:17

Job

7:8; 17:15; 20:9; 24:15; 33:14; 33:27; 34:29; 34:29; 35:5; 35:13; 35:14

Song of Songs

4:8

Jeremiah

5:26; 5:26

Hosea

13:7; 14:9

H7789

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7789 matches the Hebrew שׁוּר (šûr),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:9 - For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: Lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17 - I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not nigh: There cometh a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and he shall cut in pieces the corners of Moab, and destroy all the sons of tumult.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:8 - The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:15 - And where is then my hope? yea, my hope, who shall see it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:9 - The eye which saw him shall see him not again; and his place beholdeth him no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15 - And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on his face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:14 - For God speaketh once, and twice, -- and man perceiveth it not --

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:27 - He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:29 - When he giveth quietness, who then will disturb? and when he hideth his face, who shall behold him? and this towards a nation, or towards a man alike;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:5 - Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:13 - Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:14 - Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:8 - Come with me, from Lebanon, my spouse, With me from Lebanon, -- Come, look from the top of Amanah, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions' dens, From the mountains of the leopards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 - For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:7 - And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:8 - Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? (I answer him, and I will observe him.) I am like a green fir-tree. -- From me is thy fruit found.
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