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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 - For H3588 from the top H7218 of the rocks H6697 I see him, H7200 and from the hills H1389 I behold him: H7789 lo, H2005 the people H5971 shall dwell H7931 alone, H910 and H1471➔ shall H2803➔ not H3808 be reckoned ➔H2803 among the nations. ➔H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17 - I shall see him, H7200 but not H3808 now: H6258 I shall behold him, H7789 but not H3808 nigh: H7138 there shall come H1869 a Star H3556 out of Jacob, H3290 and H6965➔ a Sceptre H7626 shall rise ➔H6965 out of Israel, H3478 and shall smite H4272 the corners H6285 of Moab, H4124 and destroy H6979 all H3605 the children H1121 of Sheth. H8351

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:8 - The eye H5869 of him that hath seen me H7210 shall see me H7789 no H3808 more: thine eyes H5869 are upon me, and I am not. H369

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:15 - And where H346 is now H645 my hope? H8615 as for my hope, H8615 who H4310 shall see it? H7789

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:9 - The eye H5869 also H3808➔ which saw him H7805 shall H3254➔ see him no ➔H3808 more; ➔H3254 neither H3808 shall H7789➔ his place H4725 any more H5750 behold him. ➔ H7789

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15 - The eye also H5869 of the adulterer H5003 waiteth for H8104 the twilight, H5399 saying, H559 No H3808 eye H5869 shall see me: H7789 and disguiseth H5643 his face. H6440

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:14 - For H3588 God H410 speaketh H1696 once, H259 yea twice, H8147 yet man perceiveth it H7789 not. H3808

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:27 - He looketh H7789 upon H5921 men, H376 and if any say, H559 I have sinned, H2398 and H3477➔ perverted H5753 that which was right, ➔H3477 and H3808➔ it profited H7737 me H589 not; ➔H3808

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:29 - When he H1931 giveth quietness, H8252 who then H4310 can make trouble? H7561 and when he hideth H5641 his face, H6440 who then H4310 can behold him? H7789 whether it be done against H5921 a nation, H1471 or against H5921 a man H120 only: H3162

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:5 - Look H5027 unto the heavens, H8064 and see; H7200 and behold H7789 the clouds H7834 which are higher H1361 than thou. H4480

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:13 - Surely H389 God H410 will H8085➔ not H3808 hear ➔H8085 vanity, H7723 neither H3808 will H7789➔ the Almighty H7706 regard it. ➔ H7789

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:14 - Although H637 H3588 thou sayest H559 thou shalt H7789➔ not H3808 see him, ➔ H7789 yet judgment H1779 is before him; H6440 therefore trust thou H2342 in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:8 - Come H935 with me H854 from Lebanon, H3844 my spouse, H3618 with me H854 from Lebanon: H3844 look H7789 from the top H7218 of Amana, H549 from the top H7218 of Shenir H8149 and Hermon, H2768 from the H4585➔ lions' H738 dens, ➔H4585 from the mountains H2042 of the leopards. H5246

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 - For H3588 among my people H5971 are found H4672 wicked H7563 men: they lay wait, H7789 as he that setteth H7918 snares; H3353 they set H5324 a trap, H4889 they catch H3920 men. H376

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:7 - Therefore I will be H1961 unto them as H3644 a lion: H7826 as a leopard H5246 by H5921 the way H1870 will I observe H7789 them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:8 - Ephraim H669 shall say, What H4100 have I to do any more H5750 with idols? H6091 I H589 have heard H6030 him, and observed him: H7789 I H589 am like a H1265➔ green H7488 fir tree. ➔H1265 From me H4480 is H4672➔ thy fruit H6529 found. ➔H4672
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