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Lexicon :: Strong's H2372 - ḥāzâ

Aa
חָזָה
Transliteration
ḥāzâ
Pronunciation
khaw-zaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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. אתחזיἔδοξεν 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).
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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

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21 - “Furthermore, you shall [fn]select H2372 out of all H3605 the people H5971 able H2428 men H376 who fear H3372 God H430, men H376 of truth H571, those who hate H8130 dishonest H1215 gain H1215; and you shall place H7760 these over H5921 them as leaders H8269 of thousands H505, [fn]of hundreds H3967, [fn]of fifties H2572, and [fn]of tens H6235.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:11 - Yet He did not reach H7971 out H7971 with His hand H3027 against H413 the nobles H678 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; and they saw H2372 God H430, and they ate H398 and drank H8354.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:4 -

The declaration H5002 of him who hears H8085 the [fn]words H561 of God H410,

Who H834 sees H2372 the vision H4236 of [fn]the Almighty H7706,

Falling H5307 down H5307, yet having his eyes H5869 uncovered H1540,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:16 -

The declaration H5002 of him who hears H8085 the [fn]words H561 of God H410,

And knows H3045 the knowledge H1847 of the [fn]Most H5945 High H5945,

Who sees H2372 the vision H4236 of [fn]the Almighty H7706,

Falling H5307 down H5307, yet having his eyes H5869 uncovered H1540:

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:17 -

“His roots H8328 wrap H5440 around H5440 a rock H1530 pile H1530,

He [fn]grasps H270 a house H1004 of stones H68.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:17 -

“I will tell H2331 you, listen H8085 to me;

And what H2088 I have seen H2372 I will also declare H5608;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:26 -

“Even after H310 my skin H5785 [fn]is destroyed H5362,

Yet from my flesh H1320 I will see H2372 God H433,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:27 -

Whom H834 I, on my part H589, shall behold H2372 for myself,

And whom my eyes H5869 will see H7200, and not another H2114.

My [fn]heart H3629 faints H3615 [fn]within H2436 me!

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:9 -

When He acts H6213 on the left H8040, I cannot H3808 see H2372 Him;

He turns H5848 to the right H3225, but I cannot H3808 see H7200 Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:1 -

“Why H4069 are [fn]times H6256 not stored H6845 up H6845 by the Almighty H7706,

And why do those who know H3045 Him not see H2372 His [fn]days H3117?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 -

“Behold H2005, all H3605 of you have seen H2372 it;

Why H4100 then H2088 do you talk H1891 of H1891 nothing H1891 H1892?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:32 -

Teach H3384 me what I do not see H2372;

If H518 I have done H6466 wrong H5766,

I will not do H3254 it again H3254’?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:25 -

“All H3605 people H120 have seen H2372 it;

Mankind H120 looks H5027 at it from afar H7350.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4 -

The LORD H3068 is in His holy H6944 temple H1964; the [fn]LORD’S H3068 throne H3678 is in heaven H8064;

His eyes H5869 see H2372, His eyelids H6079 test H974 the sons H1121 of mankind H120.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:7 -

For the LORD H3068 is righteous H6662, He loves H157 [fn]righteousness H6666;

The upright H3477 will see H2372 His face H6440.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:2 -

Let my [fn]judgment H4941 come H3318 forth H3318 from Your presence H6440;

Let Your eyes H5869 look H2372 with integrity H4339.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:15 -

As for me, I shall behold H2372 Your face H6440 in righteousness H6664;

I shall be H7646 satisfied H7646 with Your likeness H8544 when I awake H6974.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:4 -

One H259 thing H259 I have asked H7592 from the LORD H3068, that I shall seek H1245:

That I may dwell H3427 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 all H3605 the days H3117 of my life H2416,

To behold H2372 the [fn]beauty H5278 of the LORD H3068

And to [fn]meditate H1239 in His temple H1964.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:8 -

Come H1980, behold H2372 the works H4659 of the LORD H3068,

[fn]Who H834 has inflicted H7760 horrific H8047 events H8047 on the earth H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:8 -

May they be like a snail H7642 which goes H1980 along H1980 in slime H8557,

Like the miscarriage H5309 of a woman H802 that never H1077 sees H2372 the sun H8121.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:10 -

The righteous H6662 will rejoice H8055 when H3588 he sees H2372 vengeance H5359;

He will wash H7364 his feet H6471 in the blood H1818 of the wicked H7563.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:2 -

So H3651 have I seen H2372 You in the sanctuary H6944,

To see H7200 Your power H5797 and glory H3519.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:29 -

Do you see H2372 a person H376 skilled H4106 in his work H4399?

He will stand H3320 before H6440 kings H4428;

He will not stand H3320 before H6440 obscure H2823 people H2823.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:32 -

When I saw H2372, I [fn]reflected H7896 H3820 upon it;

I looked H7200, and received H3947 instruction H4148.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:20 -

Do you see H2372 a person H376 who is H213 hasty H213 with his words H1697?

There is more H4480 hope H8615 for a fool H3684 than H4480 for him.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:13 -

The Chorus

[fn]Come H7725 back H7725, come H7725 back H7725, O Shulammite H7759;

Come H7725 back H7725, come H7725 back H7725, so that we may look H2372 at you!”

The Groom

“Why H4100 should you look H2372 at the Shulammite H7759,

As at the dance H4246 of [fn]the two armies H4264?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:1 -

The vision H2377 of Isaiah H3470 the son H1121 of Amoz H531 concerning H5921 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389, which H834 he saw H2372 during the [fn]reigns H3117 of Uzziah H5818, Jotham H3147, Ahaz H271, and Hezekiah H2396, kings H4428 of Judah H3063.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:1 -

The word H1697 which H834 Isaiah H3470 the son H1121 of Amoz H531 saw H2372 concerning H5921 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:1 -

The pronouncement H4853 concerning Babylon H894 which H834 Isaiah H3470 the son H1121 of Amoz H531 saw H2372:

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:11 -

LORD H3068, Your hand H3027 is lifted H7311 up H7311, yet they do not see H2372 it.

[fn]They see H2372 Your zeal H7068 for the people H5971 and are put H954 to H954 shame H954;

Indeed H637, [fn]fire H784 will devour H398 Your enemies H6862.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:10 -

Who H834 say H559 to the seers H7203, “You must not see H7200 visions”;

And to the prophets H2374, “You must not prophesy H2372 the truth H5228 to us.

Speak H1696 to us [fn]pleasant H2513 words H2513,

Prophesy H2372 illusions H4123.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:17 -

Your eyes H5869 will see H2372 the King H4428 in His beauty H3308;

They will see H7200 a distant H4801 land H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 -

Look H2372 at H2372 Zion H6726, the city H7151 of our appointed H4150 feasts H4150;

Your eyes H5869 will see H7200 Jerusalem H3389, an undisturbed H7600 settlement H5116,

A tent H168 which will not be folded H6813;

Its stakes H3489 will never H1077 H5331 be pulled H5265 up H5265,

Nor H1077 any H3605 of its ropes H2256 be torn H5423 apart H5423.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:6 -

“You have heard H8085; look H2372 at all H3605 this.

And you, will you not declare H5046 it?

I proclaim H8085 to you new H2319 things H2319 from this H6258 time H6258,

Hidden H5341 things H5341 which you have not known H3045.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:8 -

“Behind H310 the door H1817 and the doorpost H4201

You have set H7760 up H7760 your sign H2146;

Indeed H3588, far removed H4480 from Me, you have uncovered H1540 yourself,

And have gone H5927 up H5927 and made H7337 your bed H4904 wide H7337.

And you have made H3772 an agreement for yourself with them,

You have loved H157 their bed H4904,

You have looked H2372 at their [fn]manhood H3027.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14 -

Your prophets H5030 have seen H2372 for you

Worthless H7723 and deceptive H8602 visions;

And they have not exposed H1540 your wrongdoing H5771

So as to restore H7725 you from captivity H7622,

But they have seen H2372 for you worthless H7723 and misleading H4065 pronouncements H4065.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:27 - “Son H1121 of man H120, behold H2009, the house H1004 of Israel H3478 is saying H559, ‘The vision H2377 that he sees H2372 is for many H7227 [fn]years H3117 from now, and he prophesies H5012 of times H6256 far H7350 off H7350.’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:6 - “They see H2372 deceit H7723 and lying H3577 divination H7081, those who are saying H559, ‘The LORD H3068 declares H5002,’ when the LORD H3068 has not sent H7971 them; yet they wait H3176 for the fulfillment H6965 of their word H1697!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:7 - “Did you not see H2372 a false H7723 vision H4236 and tell H559 a lying H3577 divination H4738 when you said H559, ‘The LORD H3068 declares H5002,’ but it is not I who have spoken H1696?”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:8 -

Therefore H3651, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “Because H3282 you have spoken H1696 deceit H7723 and have seen H2372 a lie H3577, therefore H3651 behold H2009, I am against H413 you,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:23 - therefore H3651 you women will no H3808 longer H5750 see H2372 deceitful H7723 visions H2372 or practice H7080 divination H7081, and I will save H5337 My people H5971 from your hands H3027. So you will know H3045 that I am the LORD H3068.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:29 - while they see H2372 false H7723 visions H2372 for you, while they divine H7080 lies H3577 for you—to place H5414 you on the necks H6677 of the wicked H7563 who are killed H2491, whose H834 day H3117 has come H935, in the time H6256 of the [fn]punishment H5771 of the end H7093.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:1 -

The words H1697 of Amos H5986, who H834 was among the sheepherders H5349 from Tekoa H8620, which H834 he saw H2372 in visions concerning H5921 Israel H3478 in the days H3117 of Uzziah H5818 king H4428 of Judah H3063, and in the days H3117 of Jeroboam H3379 son H1121 of Joash H3060, king H4428 of Israel H3478, two years H8141 before H6440 the earthquake H7494.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:1 -

The word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 came H1961 to Micah H4318 of Moresheth H4183 in the days H3117 of Jotham H3147, Ahaz H271, and Hezekiah H2396, kings H4428 of Judah H3063, and which H834 he saw H2372 regarding H5921 Samaria H8111 and Jerusalem H3389.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:11 -

“And now H6258 many H7227 nations H1471 have been assembled H622 against H5921 you

Who say H559, ‘Let her be defiled H2610,

And let our eyes H5869 [fn]gloat H2372 over Zion H6726!’

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:1 -

The pronouncement H4853 which H834 Habakkuk H2265 the prophet H5030 saw H2372:

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 -

For the [fn]household H8655 idols H8655 speak H1696 deception H205,

And the diviners H7080 see H2372 [fn]an illusion H8267

And tell H1696 deceitful H7723 dreams H2472;

They comfort H5162 in H1892 vain H1892.

Therefore H5921 H3651 the people [fn]wander H5265 like H3644 sheep H6629,

They are H6031 wretched H6031 because H3588 there H369 is H369 no H369 shepherd H7462.

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