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Lexicon :: Strong's H2370 - ḥăzā'

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חֲזָא
Transliteration
ḥăzā'
Pronunciation
khaz-aw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to חָזָה (H2372)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2725

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: חזא (Strongs and Gesenius) חזה (Strongs and Gesenius)

Strong’s Definitions

חֲזָא chăzâʼ, khaz-aw'; (Aramaic) or חֲזָה chăzâh; (Aramaic), corresponding to H2372; to gaze upon; mentally to dream, be usual (i.e. seem):—behold, have (a dream), see, be wont.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x

The KJV translates Strong's H2370 in the following manner: see (17x), saw (with H1934) (6x), beheld (with H1934) (5x), had (1x), wont (1x), beheld (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x
The KJV translates Strong's H2370 in the following manner: see (17x), saw (with H1934) (6x), beheld (with H1934) (5x), had (1x), wont (1x), beheld (1x).
  1. to see, behold

    1. (P'al)

      1. to see

      2. to see, behold, witness

      3. to behold (in a dream or vision)

      4. customary, seemly (passive)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֲזָא chăzâʼ, khaz-aw'; (Aramaic) or חֲזָה chăzâh; (Aramaic), corresponding to H2372; to gaze upon; mentally to dream, be usual (i.e. seem):—behold, have (a dream), see, be wont.
STRONGS H2370: Abbreviations

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 לְמְֶחֱזֵא֑ Ezra 4:14; Participle active חָוֵה Daniel 2:31 + 14 times; plural חָוַ֫יִן 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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H2370

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2370 matches the Hebrew חֲזָא (ḥăzā'),
which occurs 31 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:14 - Now because we eat the salt of the palace[fn] and it is not fitting for us to witness the king’s dishonor, therefore we send and inform the king,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:8 - The king answered and said, “I know with certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see that the word from me is firm—
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:26 - The king declared to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream that I have seen and its interpretation?”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:31 - “You saw, O king, and behold, a great image. This image, mighty and of exceeding brightness, stood before you, and its appearance was frightening.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:34 - As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:41 - And as you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom, but some of the firmness of iron shall be in it, just as you saw iron mixed with the soft clay.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:43 - As you saw the iron mixed with soft clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage,[fn] but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45 - just as you saw that a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A great God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:19 - Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:25 - He answered and said, “But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:27 - And the satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king’s counselors gathered together and saw that the fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men. The hair of their heads was not singed, their cloaks were not harmed, and no smell of fire had come upon them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:5 - I saw a dream that made me afraid. As I lay in bed the fancies and the visions of my head alarmed me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:9 - “O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery is too difficult for you, tell me the visions of my dream that I saw and their interpretation.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:10 - The visions of my head as I lay in bed were these: I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:13 - “I saw in the visions of my head as I lay in bed, and behold, a watcher, a holy one, came down from heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:18 - This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. And you, O Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation, but you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:20 - The tree you saw, which grew and became strong, so that its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:23 - And because the king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and let him be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven periods of time pass over him,’
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:5 - Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw the hand as it wrote.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - but you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways, you have not honored.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:1 - In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head as he lay in his bed. Then he wrote down the dream and told the sum of the matter.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:2 - Daniel declared,[fn] “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:4 - The first was like a lion and had eagles’ wings. Then as I looked its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and the mind of a man was given to it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:6 - After this I looked, and behold, another, like a leopard, with four wings of a bird on its back. And the beast had four heads, and dominion was given to it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:7 - After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, terrifying and dreadful and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:9 - “As I looked,
thrones were placed,
and the Ancient of Days took his seat;
his clothing was white as snow,
and the hair of his head like pure wool;
his throne was fiery flames;
its wheels were burning fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:11 - “I looked then because of the sound of the great words that the horn was speaking. And as I looked, the beast was killed, and its body destroyed and given over to be burned with fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:13 - “I saw in the night visions,
and behold, with the clouds of heaven
there came one like a son of man,
and he came to the Ancient of Days
and was presented before him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:21 - As I looked, this horn made war with the saints and prevailed over them,
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