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Lexicon :: Strong's H7789 - šûr

Aa
שׁוּר
Transliteration
šûr
Pronunciation
shoor
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [identical with שׁוּר (H7788) through the idea of going round for inspection]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2354

Strong’s Definitions

שׁוּר shûwr, shoor; a primitive root (identical with through the idea of going round for inspection); to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for:—behold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H7789 in the following manner: behold (5x), see (4x), look (2x), observe (2x), lay wait (1x), regard (1x), perceive (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H7789 in the following manner: behold (5x), see (4x), look (2x), observe (2x), lay wait (1x), regard (1x), perceive (1x).

  1. to see, behold, observe, regard

    1. (Qal)

      1. to behold, observe

      2. to regard

      3. to watch, watch (stealthily), lie in wait

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שׁוּר shûwr, shoor; a primitive root (identical with through the idea of going round for inspection); to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for:—behold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see.
STRONGS H7789: Abbreviations
† II. [שׁוּר] verb behold, regard (especially Job); —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָשׁוּר Jeremiah 5:26, suffix יְשׁוּרֶנּוּ Job 34:29, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שׁוּר Job 35:5; —
1. behold, with accusative of person Numbers 23:9; Numbers 24:17 (poems in J E, || רָאָה), לֹא תְּשׁוּרֵנִי, subject eye, Job 24:15, and (= I shall not exist) Job 7:8, compare Job 20:9 (subject מְקוֺמוֺ), Job 17:15; God object Job 34:29; Job 35:14; look, gaze, absolute, מִן local Songs 4:8.
2. regard with watchful care (subject י׳) Hosea 14:9; so, = notice, Job 35:13; regard, observe, accusative of thing, God's word Job 33:14 (Hi De Da and others), so, (reading 2nd person masculine singular), Siegf Bu; Du יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ he (God) retracts it not.
3. watch stealthily, lie in wait, בְּנָמֵר עַלדֶּֿרֶךְ אָשׁוּר Hosea 13:7 (subject י׳; Meinh Marti אֶשְׁקֹד; Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate We Now and others אַשּׁוּר), Jeremiah 5:26 (subject wicked). — Job 33:27 see שׁיר.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

23:9; 24:17

Job

7:8; 17:15; 20:9; 24:15; 33:14; 33:27; 34:29; 34:29; 35:5; 35:13; 35:14

Song of Songs

4:8

Jeremiah

5:26; 5:26

Hosea

13:7; 14:9

H7789

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7789 matches the Hebrew שׁוּר (šûr),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:9 - From the top of the rocks I see him, looking down on him from the hills: it is a people made separate, not to be numbered among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17 - I see him, but not now: looking on him, but not near: a star will come out of Jacob, and a rod of authority out of Israel, sending destruction to the farthest limits of Moab and on the head of all the sons of Sheth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:8 - The eye of him who sees me will see me no longer: your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:15 - Where then is my hope? and who will see my desire?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:9 - The eye which saw him sees him no longer; and his place has no more knowledge of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15 - And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:14 - For God gives his word in one way, even in two, and man is not conscious of it:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:27 - He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:5 - Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:13 - But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:14 - How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:8 - Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon; see from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the places of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 - For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:7 - So I will be like a lion to them; as a cruel beast I will keep watch by the road;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:8 - As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.
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