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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
Dictionary Aids

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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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 - ثُمَّ نَهَضَ الرِّجَالُ وَتَطَلَّعُوا نَحْوَ سَدُومَ. فَمَشَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَعَهُمْ لِيُوَدِّعَهُمْ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:28 - وَتَطَلَّعَ نَحْوَ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ وَلِسَائِرِ أَرْضِ السَّهْلِ، فَأَبْصَرَ الدُّخَانَ يَتَصَاعَدُ مِنْهَا كَالأَتُونِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8 - وَحَدَثَ بَعْدَ أَنْ طَالَ مُكُوثُهُ هُنَاكَ، أَنَّ أَبِيمَالِكَ مَلِكَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ أَطَلَّ مِنَ النَّافِذَةِ، فَشَاهَدَ إِسْحاقَ يُدَاعِبُ امْرَأَتَهُ رِفْقَةَ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:24 - وَقَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الصَّبَاحِ أَشْرَفَ الرَّبُّ فِي عَمُودِ النَّارِ وَالسَّحَابِ عَلَى عَسْكَرِ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَأَرْبَكَهُمْ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:20 - وَمِنْ بَامُوتَ إِلَى الْجِوَاءِ الَّتِي فِي صَحْرَاءِ مُوآبَ عِنْدَ قِمَّةِ الْفِسْجَةِ الْمُشْرِفَةِ عَلَى امْتِدَادِ الصَّحْرَاءِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:28 - فَأَخَذَ بَالاقُ بَلْعَامَ إِلَى قِمَّةِ جَبَلِ فَغُورَ الْمُشْرِفِ عَلَى امْتِدَادِ الصَّحْرَاءِ،

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - أَشْرِفْ يَا رَبُّ مِنْ مَسْكَنِكَ الْمُقَدَّسِ فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَبَارِكْ شَعْبَكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَالأَرْضَ الَّتِي تَفِيضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً، الَّتِي وَهَبْتَهَا لَنَا كَمَا حَلَفْتَ لِآبَائِنَا.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 - مِنَ الْكُوَّةِ أَشْرَفَتْ أُمُّ سِيسَرَا، وَمِنْ وَرَاءِ النَّافِذَةِ الْمُشَبَّكَةِ وَلْوَلَتْ: لِمَاذَا أَبْطَأَتْ مَرْكَبَاتُهُ عَنِ الْمَجِيءِ؟ لِمَاذَا تَأَخَّرَ صَرِيرُ وَقْعِ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ؟

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:18 - وَانْطَلَقَتِ الْفِرْقَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ فِي طَرِيقِ بَيْتِ حُورُونَ. أَمَّا الْفِرْقَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ فَقَدِ اتَّجَهَتْ فِي طَرِيقِ الْحُدُودِ الْمُشْرِفَةِ عَلَى وَادِي صَبُوعِيمَ نَحْوَ الصَّحْرَاءِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:16 - وَلَمَّا دَخَلَ مَوْكِبُ تَابُوتِ الرَّبِّ مَدِينَةَ دَاوُدَ، أَطَلَّتْ مِيكَالُ بِنْتُ شَاوُلَ مِنَ الْكَوَّةِ، وَشَاهَدَتِ الْمَلِكَ دَاوُدَ يَقْفِزُ وَيَرْقُصُ فِي حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ، فَاحْتَقَرَتْهُ فِي نَفْسِهَا.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:20 - وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى أَرُونَةُ الْمَلِكَ وَرِجَالَهُ قَاِدمِينَ نَحْوَهُ، خَرَجَ لِلِقَائِهِ وَخَرَّ سَاجِداً بِوَجْهِهِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ،

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:30 - وَتَوَجَّهَ يَاهُو إِلَى يَزْرَعِيلَ. فَلَمَّا عَلِمَتْ إِيزَابِلُ بِذَلِكَ كَحَّلَتْ عَيْنَيْهَا وَزَيَّنَتْ شَعْرَهَا وَأَطَلَّتْ مِنَ الكُوَّةِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:32 - فَرَفَعَ وَجْهَهُ إِلَيْهَا وَصَاحَ: «مَنْ هُنَا مَعِي؟» فَأَشْرَفَ عَلَيْهِ اثْنَانِ أَوْ ثَلاثَةٌ مِنَ الْخِصْيَانِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 - وَعِنْدَمَا دَخَلَ تَابُوتُ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ مَدِينَةَ دَاوُدَ، أَطَلَّتْ مِيكَالُ ابْنَةُ شَاوُلَ مِنَ الْكَوَّةِ فَشَاهَدَتِ الْمَلِكَ دَاوُدَ يَرْقُصُ وَيَقْفِزُ، فَازْدَرَتْهُ فِي قَلْبِهَا.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:2 - أَشْرَفَ الرَّبُّ عَلَى بَنِي آدَمَ لِيَرَى هَلْ هُنَاكَ أَيُّ فَاهِمٍ يَطْلُبُ اللهَ؟

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:2 - أَشْرَفَ اللهُ مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ عَلَى بَنِي الْبَشَرِ، لِيَنْظُرَ هَلْ يُوْجَدُ بَيْنَهُمْ حَكِيمٌ يَطْلُبُ اللهَ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 85:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:11 - يَنْبُتُ الْحَقُّ مِنَ الأَرْضِ، وَيُشْرِفُ الْبِرُّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:19 - تَطَلَّعَ الرَّبُّ مِنْ عَلْيَاءِ مَقْدِسِهِ، مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ نَظَرَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ،

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:6 - فَإِنِّي أَشْرَفْتُ مِنْ كُوَّةِ بَيْتِي، وَأَطْلَلْتُ مِنْ خِلالِ نَافِذَتِي،

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:10 - مَنْ هَذِهِ الطَّالِعَةُ كَالْفَجْرِ، الْجَمِيلَةُ كَالْبَدْرِ، الْمُشْرِقَةُ كَالشَّمْسِ، الْجَلِيلَةُ كَجَيْشٍ يَرْفَعُ أَعْلامَهُ؟

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1 - «لُوذُوا بِالْنَّجَاةِ يَا ذُرِّيَّةَ بِنْيَامِينَ، وَاهْرُبُوا مِنْ وَسَطِ أُورُشَلِيمَ. انْفُخُوا بِالْبُوقِ فِي تَقُوعَ، وَأَشْعِلُوا عَلَمَ نَارٍ عَلَى بَيْتِ هَكَّارِيمَ، لأَنَّ الشَّرَّ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ مِنَ الشِّمَالِ لِيَعِيثَ فِي الأَرْضِ خَرَاباً.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:50 - حَتَّى يُشْرِفَ الرَّبُّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَيُبْصِرَ.
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