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Lexicon :: Strong's H2372 - ḥāzâ

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חָזָה
Transliteration
ḥāzâ
Pronunciation
khaw-zaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 633

Strong’s Definitions

חָזָה châzâh, khaw-zaw'; a primitive root; to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of:—behold, look, prophesy, provide, see.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x

The KJV translates Strong's H2372 in the following manner: see (38x), behold (7x), look (3x), prophesy (2x), provide (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x
The KJV translates Strong's H2372 in the following manner: see (38x), behold (7x), look (3x), prophesy (2x), provide (1x).

  1. to see, perceive, look, behold, prophesy, provide

    1. (Qal)

      1. to see, behold

      2. to see as a seer in the ecstatic state

      3. to see, perceive

        1. with the intelligence

        2. to see (by experience)

        3. to provide

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָזָה châzâh, khaw-zaw'; a primitive root; to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of:—behold, look, prophesy, provide, see.
STRONGS H2372: Abbreviations
† I. חָזָה verb (almost wholly in poetry) see, behold (Aramaic azo, חֲוָא, see, perceive with the eyes; Palmyrene Ethp. אתחזי ＝ ἔδοξεν ReckendZMG, 1888, 397; Arabic حَزَى, perceive with the inner vision, only; حَازٍ astronomer, astrologer) —
Qal Perfect ח׳ Psalm 58:11 + 6 times; חָזִיתָ Proverbs 22:29; Proverbs 29:30; חָזִית Isaiah 57:8; חֶזִיתִי Job 15:17; חֲזִיתִךָ Psalm 63:3 [Psalm 63:2]; שָחזוּ Job 24:1 + 5 times; חֲוִיתֶם Job 27:12; Ezekiel 13:7, 8; Imperfect יֶחֱוֶה Numbers 24:4 + 2 times; 3rd person feminine singular וְתַ֫חַז Micah 4:11; 2nd person masculine singular תֶּחֱזֶה Exodus 18:21; 1st person singular אֶחֱזֶה Psalm 17:15 + 4 times; אָ֫חַז Job 23:9; plural יֶחֱזוּ Isaiah 26:11 + 4 times; יֶחֱזָי֑וּן Isaiah 26:11; תֶּחְוֶ֫ינָה Isaiah 33:17 + 2 times; תֶּתֱזוּ Isaiah 30:10; Cant 7:1; 1st person plural וְנֶחֱזֶה Songs 7:1; Imperative חֲזֵה Isaiah 33:20; Isaiah 48:6; חֲזוּ Psalm 46:9; Isaiah 30:10; Infinitive construct. חֲזוֺת Psalm 27:4; Ezekiel 21:34; Participle חֹזֶה Ezekiel 12:27; plural חֹזִים Isaiah 47:13; Ezekiel 13:9, 16; Ezekiel 22:28. (All other participle forms are used as nouns, see חֹזֶה.)
1. see, behold:
a. with the eye, accusative of thing Psalm 58:9; Psalm 58:11; Proverbs 22:29; Proverbs 29:20; Isaiah 33:20; Isaiah 57:8; God in theophany Exodus 24:11 (JE); God, after death, apart from the flesh Job 19:26, 27; the face of God Psalm 11:7; Psalm 17:15 (after death).
b. subj. the eyes themselves; man's eyes: תֶּחֱזֶינָה עֵינֶיךָ thine eyes will behold Isaiah 33:17; also of God's eyes: Psalm 11:4; Psalm 17:2.
c. with בְּ look on (intensely, with gratification); a damsel Songs 7:1 (twice in verse); Zion Micah 4:11; נֹעַם י׳ in the temple Psalm 27:4; the work of God Job 36:25; with investigation בַּכּוֺכָבִים on the stars, as stargazers, in astrology Isaiah 47:13.
2. see as a seer in the ecstatic state, with accusative of the vision seen: חזון Isaiah 1:1; Ezekiel 12:27; Ezekiel 13:16; מחזה Numbers 24:4, 16 (J E; poetry, Balaam); מחזה שׁוא Ezekiel 13:7; משּׂא Isaiah 13:1; Habakkuk 1:1; משׂאות שׁוא Lamentations 2:14; שׁוא Ezekiel 13:6, 9, 23; Ezekiel 21:34 [Ezekiel 21:29]; Ezekiel 22:28; Lamentations 2:14; כזב Ezekiel 13:8; שֶׁקֶר Zechariah 10:2; object deceitful things Isaiah 30:10; (ים)דברׅ Isaiah 2:1; Amos 1:1; Micah 1:1; with לְ be a seer, for any one Isaiah 30:10; see a vision for one Lamentations 2:14 (twice in verse).
3. see, perceive:
a. with the intelligence, absolute Job 34:32; Proverbs 24:32; accusative of thing Isaiah 48:6; Yahweh in his temple Psalm 63:3 [Psalm 63:2]; in his providential workings Job 23:9; Psalm 46:9; Isaiah 26:11 (twice in verse).
b. see, by experience absolute Job 27:12; accusative of thing Job 15:17; Job 24:1.
c. provide, תחזה מכל העם אנשׁי חיל Exodus 18:21 provide from all the people men of ability (E).
Note. — בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶתֱזֶה Job 8:17 is difficult: RV renders he (it) beholdeth the place of stones (the root of the plant personified) Hengst, compare Reuss and others after Syriac Version Targum. Other renderings are: pierceth (compare חָזַז) Bö Ew Hi (יְחַזֶּה), Di De MV; between the stones it liveth (יִחְיֶה) Greek Version of the LXX Siegf.

Biblical Aramaic

† חֲזָה verb see, behold (see Biblical Hebrew); —
Pe. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ח׳ Daniel 4:20 [Daniel 4:23]; Daniel 5:1; 2nd person masculine singular תֲוַיְתָ Daniel 2:43 +, תָה- Daniel 2:41 (twice in verse); 1st person singular חֲזֵית Daniel 2:46 +; 2nd person masculine plural תֲוֵיתוּן Daniel 2:8;
Pe. Infinitive מְֶָחֱזֵז֑א Ezra 4:14; Participle active חָוֵה Daniel 2:31 + 14 times; plural חָוַיִן Daniel 3:27; Daniel 5:23; passive חֲוֵה Daniel 3:19; —
1. see, have sense: of sight Daniel 5:23.
2. see, behold:
a. accusative of person Daniel 3:25, with ל Daniel 3:27, accusative of thing Daniel 5:5.
b. see, witness dishonour of king (accusative) Ezra 4:14.
3. usually behold in dream or vision (often participle in periphrastic conjugation), accusative of person, Ezra 4:20, accusative of thing Ezra 2:41. Ezra 2:41. Ezra 2:43; Ezra 4:17, absolute Ezra 2:34; Ezra 7:4. Ezra 7:7. Ezra 7:9. Ezra 7:11. Ezra 7:11. Ezra 7:21, + אֲלוּ Ezra 2:31; Ezra 4:7. Ezra 4:10, אֲרוּ Ezra 7:2. Ezra 7:6. Ezra 7:13; with object clause Ezra 2:8. Ezra 2:45; behold a dream, accusative חֵלֶם, Ezra 2:26; Ezra 4:2; Ezra 6:15; Ezra 7:1.
4. passive＝customary (seemly) Daniel 3:19 (so Targum Leviticus 5:10 and elsewhere, see Dr).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

18:21; 18:21; 24:11

Leviticus

5:10

Numbers

24:4; 24:4; 24:16

Ezra

2:8; 2:26; 2:31; 2:34; 2:41; 2:41; 2:43; 2:45; 4:2; 4:7; 4:10; 4:14; 4:14; 4:17; 4:20; 6:15; 7:1; 7:2; 7:4; 7:6; 7:7; 7:9; 7:11; 7:11; 7:13; 7:21

Job

8:17; 15:17; 15:17; 19:26; 19:27; 23:9; 23:9; 24:1; 24:1; 27:12; 27:12; 34:32; 36:25

Psalms

11:4; 11:7; 17:2; 17:15; 17:15; 27:4; 27:4; 46:9; 46:9; 58:9; 58:11; 58:11; 63:2; 63:2

Proverbs

22:29; 22:29; 24:32; 29:20

Song of Songs

7:1; 7:1; 7:1

Isaiah

1:1; 2:1; 13:1; 26:11; 26:11; 26:11; 30:10; 30:10; 30:10; 30:10; 33:17; 33:17; 33:20; 33:20; 47:13; 47:13; 48:6; 48:6; 57:8; 57:8

Lamentations

2:14; 2:14; 2:14

Ezekiel

12:27; 12:27; 13:6; 13:7; 13:7; 13:8; 13:8; 13:9; 13:9; 13:16; 13:16; 13:23; 21:29; 22:28; 22:28

Daniel

2:8; 2:31; 2:41; 2:43; 2:46; 3:19; 3:19; 3:25; 3:27; 3:27; 4:20; 4:23; 5:1; 5:5; 5:23; 5:23

Amos

1:1

Micah

1:1; 4:11; 4:11

Habakkuk

1:1

Zechariah

10:2

H2372

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2372 matches the Hebrew חָזָה (ḥāzâ),
which occurs 51 times in 47 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21 - Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:11 - And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:4 - the oracle of him who hears the words of God,
who sees the vision of the Almighty,
falling down with his eyes uncovered:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:16 - the oracle of him who hears the words of God,
and knows the knowledge of the Most High,
who sees the vision of the Almighty,
falling down with his eyes uncovered:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:17 - His roots entwine the stone heap;
he looks upon a house of stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:17 - “I will show you; hear me,
and what I have seen I will declare

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:26 - And after my skin has been thus destroyed,
yet in[fn] my flesh I shall see God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:27 - whom I shall see for myself,
and my eyes shall behold, and not another.
My heart faints within me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:9 - on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him;
he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:1 - “Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty,
and why do those who know him never see his days?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 - Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves;
why then have you become altogether vain?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:32 - teach me what I do not see;
if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:25 - All mankind has looked on it;
man beholds it from afar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4 - The LORD is in his holy temple;
the LORD’s throne is in heaven;
his eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:7 - For the LORD is righteous;
he loves righteous deeds;
the upright shall behold his face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:2 - From your presence let my vindication come!
Let your eyes behold the right!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:15 - As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness;
when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:4 - One thing have I asked of the LORD,
that will I seek after:
that I may dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD
and to inquire[fn] in his temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:8 - Come, behold the works of the LORD,
how he has brought desolations on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:8 - Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime,
like the stillborn child who never sees the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:10 - The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:2 - So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
beholding your power and glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:29 - Do you see a man skillful in his work?
He will stand before kings;
he will not stand before obscure men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:32 - Then I saw and considered it;
I looked and received instruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:20 - Do you see a man who is hasty in his words?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:13 - Others
[fn] Return, return, O Shulammite,
return, return, that we may look upon you.

He
Why should you look upon the Shulammite,
as upon a dance before two armies?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:1 - The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:1 - The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:1 - The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:11 - O LORD, your hand is lifted up,
but they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed.
Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:10 - who say to the seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right;
speak to us smooth things,
prophesy illusions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:17 - Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty;
they will see a land that stretches afar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts!
Your eyes will see Jerusalem,
an untroubled habitation, an immovable tent,
whose stakes will never be plucked up,
nor will any of its cords be broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:6 - “You have heard; now see all this;
and will you not declare it?
From this time forth I announce to you new things,
hidden things that you have not known.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:8 - Behind the door and the doorpost
you have set up your memorial;
for, deserting me, you have uncovered your bed,
you have gone up to it,
you have made it wide;
and you have made a covenant for yourself with them,
you have loved their bed,
you have looked on nakedness.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14 - Your prophets have seen for you
false and deceptive visions;
they have not exposed your iniquity
to restore your fortunes,
but have seen for you oracles
that are false and misleading.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:27 - “Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, ‘The vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of times far off.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:6 - They have seen false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘Declares the LORD,’ when the LORD has not sent them, and yet they expect him to fulfill their word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:7 - Have you not seen a false vision and uttered a lying divination, whenever you have said, ‘Declares the LORD,’ although I have not spoken?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:8 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:23 - therefore you shall no more see false visions nor practice divination. I will deliver my people out of your hand. And you shall know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:29 - while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you—to place you on the necks of the profane wicked, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:1 - The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds[fn] of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years[fn] before the earthquake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:1 - The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:11 - Now many nations
are assembled against you,
saying, “Let her be defiled,
and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:1 - The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 - For the household gods utter nonsense,
and the diviners see lies;
they tell false dreams
and give empty consolation.
Therefore the people wander like sheep;
they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd.
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