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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 - “As I see him from the top of the rocks,
And I look H7789 at him from the hills;
Behold, a people who dwells apart,
And will not be reckoned among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17 - “I see him, but not now;
I behold H7789 him, but not near;
A star shall come forth from Jacob,
A scepter shall rise from Israel,
And shall crush through the [fn]forehead of Moab,
And [fn]tear down all the sons of [fn]Sheth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:8 - “The eye of him who sees me will behold H7789 me no longer;
Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:15 - Where now is my hope?
And who regards H7789 my hope?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:9 - “The eye which saw him sees him no longer,
And his place no longer beholds H7789 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15 - “The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see H7789 me.’
And he [fn]disguises his face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:14 - “Indeed God speaks once,
Or twice, yet no one notices H7789 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:27 - “He will sing to men and say,
‘I have sinned and perverted what is right,
And it is not proper for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:29 - When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?
And when He hides His face, who then can behold H7789 Him,
That is, in regard to both nation and man?—

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:5 - “Look at the heavens and see;
And behold H7789 the clouds—they are higher than you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:13 - “Surely God will not listen to [fn]an empty cry,
Nor will the Almighty regard H7789 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:14 - “How much less when you say you do not behold H7789 Him,
The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:8 - “Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,
May you come with me from Lebanon.
[fn]Journey down from the summit of Amana,
From the summit of Senir and Hermon,
From the dens of lions,
From the mountains of leopards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 - ‘For wicked men are found among My people,
They watch H7789 like fowlers [fn]lying in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:7 - So I will be like a lion to them;
Like a leopard I will [fn]lie H7789 in wait H7789 by the wayside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:8 - O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look H7789 after [fn]you.
I am like a luxuriant cypress;
From Me comes your fruit.
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