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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 you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:11 - But on the nobles of the children of Israel He did not lay His hand. So they saw God, and they ate and drank.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:4 - The utterance of him who hears the words of God,
Who sees the vision of the Almighty,
Who falls down, with eyes wide open:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:16 - The utterance of him who hears the words of God,
And has the knowledge of the Most High,
Who sees the vision of the Almighty,
Who falls down, with eyes wide open:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:17 - His roots wrap around the rock heap,
And look for a place in the stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:17 - “I will tell you, hear me;
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 is destroyed, this I know,
That in 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.
How my heart yearns within me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:9 - When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him;
When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:1 - “Since times are not hidden from the Almighty,
Why do those who know Him see not His days?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 - Surely all of you have seen it;
Why then do you behave with complete nonsense?

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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 no more’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:25 - Everyone has seen it;
Man looks on 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 behold,
His eyelids test the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:7 - For the LORD is righteous,
He loves righteousness;
His countenance beholds the upright.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:2 - Let my vindication come from Your presence;
Let Your eyes look on the things that are upright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:15 - As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness;
I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:4 - One thing I have desired of the LORD,
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the LORD
All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the LORD,
And to inquire 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,
Who has made desolations in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:8 - Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes,
Like a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:10 - The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
He shall wash 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 for You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:29

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:32 - When I saw it, I considered it well;
I looked on it and received instruction:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:20 - Do you see a man 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 - The Beloved and His Friends
Return, return, O Shulamite;
Return, return, that we may look upon you!

The Shulamite
What would you see in the Shulamite—
As it were, the dance of the two camps?[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 burden against Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:11 - LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see.
But they will see and be ashamed
For their envy of people;
Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour 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 right things;
Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:17 - Your eyes will see the King in His beauty;
They will see the land that is very far off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet home,
A tabernacle that will not be taken down;
Not one of its stakes will ever be removed,
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;
See all this.
And will you not declare it?
I have made you hear new things from this time,
Even hidden things, and you did not know them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:8 - Also behind the doors and their posts
You have set up your remembrance;
For you have uncovered yourself to those other than Me,
And have gone up to them;
You have enlarged your bed
And made a covenant with them;
You have loved their bed,
Where you saw their nudity.[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 uncovered your iniquity,
To bring back your captives,
But have envisioned for you false prophecies and delusions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:27 - “Son of man, look, the house of Israel is saying, ‘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 envisioned futility and false divination, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD!’ But the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope that the word may be confirmed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:7 - “Have you not seen a futile vision, and have you not spoken false divination? You say, ‘The LORD says,’ but 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 spoken nonsense and envisioned lies, therefore I am indeed against you,” says the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:23 - “Therefore you shall no longer envision futility nor practice divination; for 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 false visions for you,
While they divine a lie to you,
To bring you on the necks of the wicked, the slain
Whose day has come,
Whose iniquity shall end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:1 - The words of Amos, who was among the sheepbreeders[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 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 also many nations have gathered against you,
Who say, “Let her be defiled,
And let our eye look upon Zion.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:1 - The burden[fn] which the prophet Habakkuk saw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 - For the idols[fn] speak delusion;
The diviners envision lies,
And tell false dreams;
They comfort in vain.
Therefore the people wend their way like sheep;
They are in trouble because there is no shepherd.
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