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Lexicon :: Strong's H7789 - šûr

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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]
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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 Box Num 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:9 - For from the top of the rocks I see him,
And from the hills I behold him;
There! A people dwelling alone,
Not reckoning itself among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17 - “I see Him, but not now;
I behold Him, but not near;
A Star shall come out of Jacob;
A Scepter shall rise out of Israel,
And batter the brow of Moab,
And destroy all the sons of tumult.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:8 - The eye of him who sees me will see me no more;
While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:15 - Where then is my hope?
As for my hope, who can see it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:9 - The eye that saw him will see him no more,
Nor will his place behold him anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15 - The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me’;
And he disguises his face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:14 - For God may speak in one way, or in another,
Yet man does not perceive it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:27 - Then he looks at men and says,
‘I have sinned, and perverted what was right,
And it did not profit me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:29 - When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble?
And when He hides His face, who then can see Him,
Whether it is against a nation or a man alone?—

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:5 - Look to the heavens and see;
And behold the clouds—
They are higher than you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:13 - Surely God will not listen to empty talk,
Nor will the Almighty regard it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:14 - Although you say you do not see Him,
Yet justice is before Him, and you must wait for Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:8 - Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse,
With me from Lebanon.
Look from the top of Amana,
From the top of Senir and Hermon,
From the lions’ dens,
From the mountains of the leopards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 - ‘For among My people are found wicked men;
They lie in wait as one who sets snares;
They set a trap;
They catch men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:7 - “So I will be to them like a lion;
Like a leopard by the road I will lurk;

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:8 - “Ephraim shall say,
‘What have I to do anymore with idols?’
I have heard and observed him.
I am like a green cypress tree;
Your fruit is found in Me.”
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