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Lexicon :: Strong's H6822 - ṣāp̄â

Aa
צָפָה
Transliteration
ṣāp̄â
Pronunciation
tsaw-faw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1950

Strong’s Definitions

צָפָה tsâphâh, tsaw-faw'; a primitive root; properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await:—behold, espy, look up (well), wait for, (keep the) watch(-man).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H6822 in the following manner: watchman (20x), watch (8x), behold (2x), look (2x), espy (1x), look up (1x), waited (1x), look well (1x), variant for Zophim (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's H6822 in the following manner: watchman (20x), watch (8x), behold (2x), look (2x), espy (1x), look up (1x), waited (1x), look well (1x), variant for Zophim (1x).

  1. to look out or about, spy, keep watch, observe, watch

    1. (Qal) to keep watch, spy

    2. (Piel) to watch, watch closely

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָפָה tsâphâh, tsaw-faw'; a primitive root; properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await:—behold, espy, look up (well), wait for, (keep the) watch(-man).
STRONGS H6822: Abbreviations
I. [צָפָה]37 verb look out or about, spy keep watch (Late Hebrew id., Pi. hope; Ethiopic bdb085902 III. hope); —
Qal28 Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular jussive יִצֶף בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶ֑ךָ Genesis 31:49 (J) may י׳ keep watch between me and thee (that the covenant be kept = עֵד וגו׳ א׳ Genesis 31:50); 3rd person feminine plural תִּצְפֶּי֑נָה בַּגּוֺיִם עֵינָיו Psalm 66:9 [Psalm 66:7] his eyes keep watch upon the nations; Participle active צוֺפֶה רָשָׁע֫ לַצַּדִּיק Psalm 37:32 a wicked man spieth upon the righteous; Song 7:5 [Song 7:4] the town which looketh toward (מְּנֵי) Damascus; feminine צוֺפִיָּה Proverbs 31:27 she keepeth watch of (with accusative); plural עֵינֵי י׳ צֹפוֺת רָעִים וְטוֺבִים Proverbs 15:3; elsewhere as substantive watchman, absoluteצֹפֶה 2 Samuel 13:34 +; plural צֹפִים 1 Samuel 14:16 +, suffix צֹפָיו Isaiah 56:10 Qr (Kt צפו), צֹפַיִךְ Isaiah 52:8; — 1 Samuel 14:16; 2 Samuel 13:34 8 times Samuel Kings, Ezekiel 33:2, Ezekiel 33:6 (twice in verse); Isaiah 52:8, so in שְׂדֵה צֹפִים [H6839 Numbers 23:14] (JE); figurative of prophets Hosea 9:8; Jeremiah 6:17; Ezekiel 3:17; Ezekiel 33:7; Isaiah 56:10; — צוֺפִים 1 Samuel 1:1 see צוּפִי; Passive participle צָפוּ (Manuscripts and Qr צָפוּי), Job 15:22 spied out (and brought) to (אֱלֵי) the sword (Em Bi PerlesAnal. 29 צָפוּן compare Di Bu).
† Pi. Perfect 1st person plural צִפִּינוּ Lamentations 4:17; Imperfect 1st person singular אֲצַפֶּה Micah 7:7 +; Imperative masculine singular צַפֵּה Nahum 2:2, feminine singular צַפִּי Jeremiah 48:19; Participle מְצַפֶּה 1 Samuel 4:13; Isaiah 21:6; plural suffix מְצַפֶּיךָ Micah 7:4; — watch (closely), אֶלרֶּֿרֶךְ עִמְדִי וְצ׳ Jeremiah 48:19, דֶֿרֶךְ צ׳ Nahum 2:2 [Nahum 2:1]; + אֶל of person expected Lamentations 4:17; figurative אֲצַפֶּה בְּי׳ Micah 7:7; absolute literal 1 Samuel 4:13; figurative Habakkuk 2:1 I will look forth, to see (לִרְאוֺת) what he will say; Psalm 5:4 [Psalm 5:3] I will look out (expectantly); participle as noun = watchman Isaiah 21:6; Micah 7:4.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:49; 31:50

1 Samuel

1:1; 4:13; 4:13; 14:16; 14:16

2 Samuel

13:34; 13:34

Job

15:22

Psalms

5:3; 37:32; 66:7

Proverbs

15:3; 31:27

Song of Songs

7:4

Isaiah

21:6; 21:6; 52:8; 52:8; 56:10; 56:10

Jeremiah

6:17; 48:19; 48:19

Lamentations

4:17; 4:17

Ezekiel

3:17; 33:2; 33:6; 33:7

Hosea

9:8

Micah

7:4; 7:4; 7:7; 7:7

Nahum

2:1; 2:2

Habakkuk

2:1

H6822

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Strong's Number H6822 matches the Hebrew צָפָה (ṣāp̄â),
which occurs 37 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:49 - And Mizpah, for he said, May the Lord keep watch on us when we are unable to see one another's doings.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:13 - And when he came, Eli was seated by the wayside watching: and in his heart was fear for the ark of God. And when the man came into the town and gave the news, there was a great outcry.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:16 - And the watchmen of Saul, looking out from Geba in the land of Benjamin, saw all the army flowing away and running here and there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:34 - But Absalom went in flight. And the young man who kept the watch, lifting up his eyes, saw that a great band of people was coming down the slope by the way of the Horons; and the watchman came and gave word to the king, saying, I saw men coming down by the way of the Horons, from the hillside.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:24 - Now David was seated between the two town doors; and the watchman went up to the roof of the doorways, on the wall, and, lifting up his eyes, saw a man running by himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:25 - And the watchman gave news of it to the king. And the king said, If he is coming by himself, then he has news. And the man was travelling quickly, and came near.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:26 - Then the watchman saw another man running: and crying out in the direction of the door he said, Here is another man running by himself. And the king said, He, like the other, comes with news.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:27 - And the watchman said, It seems to me that the running of the first is like the running of Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and his news will be good.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:17 - And the watchman on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu and his band coming, and said, I see a band of people. And Joram said, Send out a horseman to them, and let him say, Is it peace?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:18 - So a horseman went out to them and said, The king says, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? come after me. And the watchman gave them word, saying, The horseman went up to them, but has not come back.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:20 - And the watchman gave them word, saying, He went up to them and has not come back again; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu, son of Nimshi, for he is driving violently.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:22 - He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:3 - My voice will come to you in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I send my prayer to you, and keep watch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:32 - The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:7 - He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:3 - The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:27 - She gives attention to the ways of her family, she does not take her food without working for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4 - Your neck is as a tower of ivory; your eyes like the waters in Heshbon, by the doorway of Bath-rabbim; your nose is as the tower on Lebanon looking over Damascus:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:6 - For so has the Lord said to me, Go, let a watchman be placed; let him give word of what he sees:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:8 - The voice of your watchmen! their voices are loud in song together; for they will see him, eye to eye, when the Lord comes back to Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10 - His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:17 - And I put watchmen over you, saying, Give attention to the sound of the horn; but they said, We will not give attention.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:19 - O daughter of Aroer, take your station by the way, on the watch: questioning him who is in flight, and her who has got away safe, say, What has been done?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:17 - Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help: we have been watching for a nation unable to give salvation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:17 - Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:2 - Son of man, give a word to the children of your people, and say to them, When I make the sword come on a land, if the people of the land take a man from among their number and make him their watchman:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:6 - But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not give a note on the horn, and the people have no word of the danger, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them; he will be taken away in his sin, but I will make the watchman responsible for his blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:7 - So you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel; and you are to give ear to the word of my mouth and give them news from me of their danger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:8 - There is great hate against the watchman of Ephraim, the people of my God; as for the prophet, there is a net in all his ways, and hate in the house of his God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:4 - The best of them is like a waste plant, and their upright ones are like a wall of thorns. Sorrow! the day of their fate has come; now will trouble come on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:7 - But as for me, I am looking to the Lord; I am waiting for the God of my salvation: the ears of my God will be open to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:1 - A crusher has come up before your face: keep a good look-out, let the way be watched, make yourself strong, let your power be greatly increased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:1 - I will take my position and be on watch, placing myself on my tower, looking out to see what he will say to me, and what answer he will give to my protest.
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