Lexicon :: Strong's H5027 - nāḇaṭ

He took him outside and said, “Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “Your offspring will be that numerous.”

As soon as the angels got them outside, one of them[fn] said, “Run for your lives! Don’t look back and don’t stop anywhere on the plain! Run to the mountains, or you will be swept away! ”

But Lot’s wife looked back and became a pillar of salt.

Then he continued, “I am the God of your father,[fn] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.

Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand up, each one at the door of his tent, and they would watch Moses until he entered the tent.

“I speak with him directly,[fn]

openly, and not in riddles;

he sees the form of the LORD.

So why were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? ”

So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. Whenever someone was bitten, and he looked at the bronze snake, he recovered.

He considers no disaster for Jacob;

he sees no trouble for Israel.[fn]

The LORD their God is with them,

and there is rejoicing over the King among them.

“You will see distress in the place of worship, in spite of all that is good in Israel, and no one in your family will ever again reach old age.

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or his stature because I have rejected him. Humans do not see what the LORD sees,[fn] for humans see what is visible, but the LORD sees the heart.”

When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a youth, healthy[fn] and handsome.

After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called to Saul, “My lord the king! ” When Saul looked behind him, David knelt low with his face to the ground and paid homage.

Then he said to his servant, “Go up and look toward the sea.”

So he went up, looked, and said, “There’s nothing.”

Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”

Then he looked, and there at his head was a loaf of bread baked over hot stones, and a jug of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.

Elisha responded, “By the life of the LORD of Armies, before whom I stand: If I did not have respect for King Jehoshaphat of Judah, I wouldn’t look at you; I would not take notice of you.

David came to Ornan, and when Ornan looked and saw David, he left the threshing floor and bowed to David with his face to the ground.

The caravans of Tema look for these streams.

The traveling merchants of Sheba hope for them.

For he looks to the ends of the earth

and sees everything under the heavens.

Look at the heavens and see;

gaze at the clouds high above you.

All mankind has seen it;

people have looked at it from a distance.

From there it searches for prey;

its eyes penetrate the distance.

But you yourself have seen trouble and grief,

observing it in order to take the matter into your hands.

The helpless one entrusts himself to you;

you are a helper of the fatherless.

Consider me and answer, LORD my God.

Restore brightness to my eyes;

otherwise, I will sleep in death.

I can count all my bones;

people[fn] look and stare at me.

The LORD looks down from heaven;

he observes everyone.

Those who look to him are[fn] radiant with joy;

their faces will never be ashamed.

Consider the covenant,

for the dark places of the land are full of violence.

Return, God of Armies.

Look down from heaven and see;

take care of this vine,

Consider our shield,[fn] God;

look on the face of your anointed one.

You will only see it with your eyes

and witness the punishment of the wicked.

My eyes look at my enemies;

when evildoers rise against me,

my ears hear them.

Can the one who shaped the ear not hear,

the one who formed the eye not see?

He looked down from his holy heights —

the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth —

He looks at the earth, and it trembles;

he touches the mountains,

and they pour out smoke.

Then I would not be ashamed

when I think about all your commands.

I will meditate on your precepts

and think about your ways.

Open my eyes so that I may contemplate

wondrous things from your instruction.

Look to the right and see:[fn]

no one stands up for me;

there is no refuge for me;

no one cares about me.

Let your eyes look forward;

fix your gaze[fn] straight ahead.

At their feasts they have lyre, harp,

tambourine, flute, and wine.

They do not perceive the LORD’s actions,

and they do not see the work of his hands.

On that day they will roar over it,

like the roaring of the sea.

When one looks at the land,

there will be darkness and distress;

light will be obscured by clouds.[fn]

They will look toward the earth and see only distress, darkness, and the gloom of affliction, and they will be driven into thick darkness.

For the LORD said to me:

I will quietly look out from my place,

like shimmering heat in sunshine,

like a rain cloud in harvest heat.

He removed the defenses of Judah.

On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.

You made a reservoir between the walls for the water of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the one who made it, or consider the one who created it long ago.

I said: I will never see the LORD,

the LORD in the land of the living;

I will not look on humanity any longer

with the inhabitants of what is passing away.[fn]

“Listen, you deaf!

Look, you blind, so that you may see.

Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,

you who seek the LORD:

Look to the rock from which you were cut,

and to the quarry from which you were dug.

Look up to the heavens,

and look at the earth beneath;

for the heavens will vanish like smoke,

the earth will wear out like a garment,

and its inhabitants will die like gnats.[fn]

But my salvation will last forever,

and my righteousness will never be shattered.