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Lexicon :: Strong's H8259 - šāqap̄

Aa
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.
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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 BoxGen 19:28 - And he looked H8259 toward H5921 H6440 Sodom H5467 and Gomorrah, H6017 and toward H5921 all H3605 the land H776 of the plain, H3603 and beheld, H7200 and, lo, H2009 the smoke H7008 of the country H776 went up H5927 as the smoke H7008 of a furnace. H3536

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:24 - And it came to pass, H1961 that H8259➔ in H821➔ the morning H1242 watch ➔H821 the LORD H3068 looked ➔ H8259 unto H413 the host H4264 of the Egyptians H4713 through the pillar H5982 of fire H784 and of the cloud, H6051 and troubled H2000 the host H4264 of the Egyptians, H4713

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - Look down H8259 from H4583➔ thy holy H6944 habitation, ➔H4583 from H4480 heaven, H8064 and bless H1288 thy people H5971 Israel, H3478 and H853 the land H127 which H834 thou hast given H5414 us, as H834 thou swarest H7650 unto our fathers, H1 a land H776 that floweth H2100 with milk H2461 and honey. H1706

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 - The mother H517 of Sisera H5516 looked out H8259 at H1157 a window, H2474 and cried H2980 through H1157 the lattice, H822 Why H4069 is H954➔ his chariot H7393 so long ➔H954 in coming? H935 why H4069 tarry H309 the wheels H6471 of his chariots? H4818

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:18 - And H7218➔ another H259 company ➔H7218 turned H6437 the way H1870 to Bethhoron: H1032 H1032 and H7218➔ another H259 company ➔H7218 turned H6437 to the way H1870 of the border H1366 that looketh H8259 to H5921 the valley H1516 of Zeboim H6650 toward the wilderness. H4057

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:20 - And H8259➔ Araunah H728 looked, ➔ H8259 and saw H7200 the king H4428 and H853 his servants H5650 coming on H5674 toward him: H5921 and H3318➔ Araunah H728 went out, ➔H3318 and bowed himself H7812 before the king H4428 on his face H639 upon the ground. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:32 - And he lifted up H5375 his face H6440 to H413 the window, H2474 and said, H559 Who H4310 is on my side? H854 who? H4310 And there looked out H8259 to him H413 two H8147 or three H7969 eunuchs. H5631

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:2 - The LORD H3068 looked down H8259 from heaven H8064 upon H5921 the children H1121 of men, H120 to see H7200 if there were H3426 any that did understand, H7919 and seek H1875 God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:2 - God H430 looked down H8259 from heaven H8064 upon H5921 the children H1121 of men, H120 to see H7200 if there were H3426 any that did understand, H7919 that did seek H1875 God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:11 - Truth H571 shall spring H6779 out of the earth; H776 and righteousness H6664 shall look down H8259 from heaven. H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:19 - For H3588 he hath looked down H8259 from the height H4791 of his sanctuary; H6944 from heaven H8064 did H5027➔ the LORD H3068 behold ➔H5027 the earth; H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:6 - For H3588 at the window H2474 of my house H1004 I looked H8259 through H1157 my casement, H822

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:10 - Who H4310 is she H2063 that looketh forth H8259 as H3644 the morning, H7837 fair H3303 as the moon, H3842 clear H1249 as the sun, H2535 and terrible H366 as H1713➔ an army with banners? ➔H1713

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:50 - Till H5704 the LORD H3068 look down, H8259 and behold H7200 from heaven. H8064
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