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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.
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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 Box Gen 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:16 - When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom. (Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:28 - He looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8 - After Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines happened to look out a window and observed Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:24 - In the morning watch the LORD looked down on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and cloud, and he threw the Egyptian army into a panic.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:20 - and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the country of Moab, near the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:28 - So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - Look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us, just as you promised our ancestors - a land flowing with milk and honey."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 - Through the window she looked; Sisera's mother cried out through the lattice: 'Why is his chariot so slow to return? Why are the hoofbeats of his chariot-horses delayed?'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:18 - another band turned toward the road leading to Beth Horon; and yet another band turned toward the road leading to the border that overlooks the valley of Zeboim in the direction of the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:16 - As the ark of the LORD entered the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal looked out the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, she despised him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:20 - When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants approaching him, he went out and bowed to the king with his face to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:30 - Jehu approached Jezreel. When Jezebel heard the news, she put on some eye liner, fixed up her hair, and leaned out the window.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:32 - He looked up at the window and said, "Who is on my side? Who?" Two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 - As the ark of the LORD's covenant entered the City of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked out the window. When she saw King David jumping and celebrating, she despised him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:2 - The LORD looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:2 - God looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 85:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:11 - Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:19 - For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the LORD will look toward earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:6 - For at the window of my house through my window lattice I looked out

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:10 - "Who is this who appears like the dawn? Beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awe-inspiring as the stars in procession?" The Lover to His Beloved:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1 - "Run for safety, people of Benjamin! Get out of Jerusalem! Sound the trumpet in Tekoa! Light the signal fires at Beth Hakkerem! For disaster lurks out of the north; it will bring great destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:50 - until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees what has happened.
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