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Lexicon :: Strong's H8259 - šāqap̄

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שָׁקַף
Transliteration
šāqap̄
Pronunciation
shaw-kaf'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2457

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁקַף shâqaph, shaw-kaf'; a primitive root; properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e. (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle):—appear, look (down, forth, out).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H8259 in the following manner: look (11x), look down (6x), look out (3x), look forth (1x), appear (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H8259 in the following manner: look (11x), look down (6x), look out (3x), look forth (1x), appear (1x).

  1. to overlook, look down or out, overhang, look out and down

    1. (Niphal) to lean over (and look), look down

    2. (Hiphil) to look down, look down upon

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁקַף shâqaph, shaw-kaf'; a primitive root; properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e. (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle):—appear, look (down, forth, out).
STRONGS H8259: Abbreviations
† I. שָׁקַף verb Niph. Hiph. overhang, look out and down (Late Hebrew Niph. Hiph. = Biblical Hebrew; compare Aramaic שְׁקִיפָא, bdb105404, rocky pinnacle, rock, Arabic bdb105405 ceiling, roof, sky (on connection of meaningscompare Arabic bdb105406 overtop, overlook, from bdb105407 be high; bdb105408 look down upon, from bdb105409 rise); —
Niph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נִשְׁקְפָה Judges 5:28+, וְנִשְׁקָ֖פָה Numbers 21:20 (read probably participle הַנִּשְׁקָפָה, compare Numbers 23:28, GBG); 1st person singular נִשְׁקָ֑פְתּי Proverbs 7:6; Participle נִשְׁקָף Numbers 23:28; 1 Samuel 13:18; Psalm 85:12; feminine נִשְׁקָפָָה Songs 6:10; — lean over (and look), look down, with בְּעַד of window, through Judges 5:28; 1 Samuel 2:16 = 1 Chronicles 15:29; Proverbs 7:6; absolute look down, forth Songs 6:10; with מִן of direction whence Jeremiah 6:1; Psalm 85:12 (both figurative); of mountain lean over upon (עַל־פְּנֵי), overhang Numbers 21:20; Numbers 23:23; 1 Samuel 13:18 (read הַגֶּעַ for הגבול We Dr HPS and others).
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִשְׁקִיף Psalm 14:2 +; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַשְׁקִיף Lamentations 3:50, וַיַּשְׁקֵף Genesis 19:28+, etc.;Imperative masculine singular cohortative הַשְׁקִ֫יפָה Deuteronomy 26:15; — look down (= Niph.): with בְּעַד of window Genesis 26:8 (J), 2 Kings 9:30, with אֶל person 2 Kings 9:32; look down upon, עַל־פְּנֵי, subject person Genesis 18:16; Genesis 19:28 (both J), absolute וַיַּרְא וַיַּשׁ׳ 2 Samuel 24:20 (וַיַּבֵּט in || 1 Chronicles 21:21); especially subject י׳, with אֶל location Exodus 14:24 (J); with מִן local Deuteronomy 26:15; Psalm 102:20,+עַל person Psalm 14:2 = Psalm 53:3, + וְיֵ֫רֶא Lamentations 3:50.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:16; 19:28; 19:28; 26:8

Exodus

14:24

Numbers

21:20; 21:20; 23:23; 23:28; 23:28

Deuteronomy

26:15; 26:15

Judges

5:28; 5:28

1 Samuel

2:16; 13:18; 13:18

2 Samuel

24:20

2 Kings

9:30; 9:32

1 Chronicles

15:29; 21:21

Psalms

14:2; 14:2; 53:3; 85:12; 85:12; 102:20

Proverbs

7:6; 7:6

Song of Songs

6:10; 6:10

Jeremiah

6:1

Lamentations

3:50; 3:50

H8259

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Strong's Number H8259 matches the Hebrew שָׁקַף (šāqap̄),
which occurs 22 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:16 - And the men having risen up from thence looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha. And Abraam went with them, attending them on their journey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:28 - And he looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha, and towards the surrounding country, and saw, and behold a flame went up from the earth, as the smoke of a furnace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8 - And he remained there a long time, and Abimelech the king of Gerara leaned to look through the window, and saw Isaac sporting with Rebecca his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:24 - And it came to pass in the morning watch that the Lord looked forth on the camp of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and troubled the camp of the Egyptians,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:20 - And Moses sent ambassadors to Seon king of the Amorites, with peaceable words, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:28 - And Balac took Balaam to the top of Phogor, which extends to the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - Look down from thy holy house, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given them, as thou didst swear to our fathers, to give to us a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 - The mother of Sisara looked down through the window out of the loophole, saying, Why was his chariot ashamed? why did the [fn]wheels of his chariots tarry?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:18 - and another company turning the way of Bæthoron, and another company turning by the way of Gabae that turns aside to Gai of Sabim.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:16 - And it came to pass as the ark arrived at the city of David, that Melchol the daughter of Saul looked through the window, and saw king David dancing and playing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:20 - And Orna [fn]looked out, and saw the king and his servants coming on before him: and Orna went forth, and did obeisance to the king with his face to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:30 - And Ju came to Jezrael; and Jezabel heard of it, and coloured her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked through the window.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:32 - And he lifted up his face toward the window, and saw her, and said, Who art thou? Come down with me. And two eunuchs looked down towards him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 - And the ark of the covenant of the Lord arrived, and came to the city of David; and Melchol the daughter of Saul looked down through the window, and saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:2 - (LXX 13:2) The Lord looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any that understood, or sought after God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:2 - (LXX 52:3) God looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any that understood, or sought after God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:11 - (LXX 84:12) Truth has sprung out of the earth; and righteousness has looked down from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:19 - (LXX 101:20) For he has looked out from the height of his sanctuary; the Lord looked upon the earth from heaven;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:6 - For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, at one whom she may see of the senseless ones, a young man void of understanding,

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:10 - Who is this that looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, choice as the sun, terrible as armies set in array?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1 - Strengthen yourselves, ye children of Benjamin, to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and sound an alarm with the trumpet in Thecue, and set up a signal over Bæthacharma: for evil threatens from the north, and a great destruction is coming.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:50 - until the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.
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