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נָבַט
nâbaṭ · Hebrew · Strong's H5027 · 69 occurrences
The KJV renders 22 different Hebrew and Greek words as “consider”
What it means
to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
behold, consider, look, regard, have respect, see
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“consider”
also renders skopéō (G4648), syneídō (G4894), eídō (G1492), theōréō (G2334), anatheōréō (G333), dialogízomai (G1260), katamanthánō (G2648), syníēmi (G4920), analogízomai (G357), katanoéō (G2657), noiéō (G3539), bîyn (H995), zâmam (H2161), châshab (H2803), yâdaʻ (H3045), nâthan (H5414), pâçag (H6448), shîyth (H7896), sâkal (H7919), sᵉkal (H7920), shâmaʻ (H8085)
“behold”
“see”
“look”
“regard”
Answers that weigh this word
- Are the dead conscious, or do they sleep until the resurrection?
- Does the Bible treat the body as a temple, and what follows from that?
Where it appears
69 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 21:21 · HC/Vhw3ms
As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
1 Kings 18:43 · HC/Vhw3ms
He said to his servant, “Go up now and look toward the sea.” He went up and looked, then said, “There is nothing.” He said, “Go again” seven times.
1 Kings 19:6 · HC/Vhw3ms
He looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again.
1 Samuel 2:32 · HC/Vhq2ms
You will see the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which I will give Israel. There shall not be an old man in your house forever.
1 Samuel 16:7 · HVhj2ms
But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”
1 Samuel 17:42 · HC/Vhw3ms
When the Philistine looked around and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and had a good looking face.
1 Samuel 24:8 HC/Vhw3ms2 Kings 3:14 HVhi1csAmos 5:22 HVhi1csExodus 3:6 HR/VhcExodus 33:8 HC/Vhq3cpGenesis 15:5 HVhv2msGenesis 19:17 HVhj2msGenesis 19:26 HC/Vhw3fsHabakkuk 1:3 HVhi2msHabakkuk 1:5 HC/Vhv2mpHabakkuk 1:13 HC/VhcHabakkuk 2:15 HVhcIsaiah 5:12 HVhi3mpIsaiah 5:30 HC/Vpq3msIsaiah 8:22 HVhi3msIsaiah 18:4 HC/Vhh1csIsaiah 22:8 HC/Vhw2msIsaiah 22:11 HVhp2mpIsaiah 38:11 HVhi1csIsaiah 42:18 HVhv2mpIsaiah 51:1 HVhv2mpIsaiah 51:2 HVhv2mpIsaiah 51:6 HC/Vhv2mpIsaiah 63:5 HC/Vhi1csIsaiah 63:15 HVhv2msIsaiah 64:9 HVhv2msIsaiah 66:2 HVhi1csJob 6:19 HVhp3cpJob 28:24 HVhi3msJob 35:5 HVhv2msJob 36:25 HVhi3msJob 39:29 HVhi3mpJonah 2:4 HR/VhcLamentations 1:11 HC/Vhv2ms/ShLamentations 1:12 HVhv2mpLamentations 2:20 HC/Vhv2ms/ShLamentations 3:63 HVhv2ms/ShLamentations 4:16 HR/Vhc/Sp3mpLamentations 5:1 HVhv2msNumbers 12:8 HVhi3msNumbers 21:9 HC/Vhq3msNumbers 23:21 HVhp3msProverbs 4:25 HVhj3mpPsalm 10:14 HVhi2msPsalm 13:3 HVhv2ms/ShPsalm 22:17 HVhi3mpPsalm 33:13 HVhp3msPsalm 34:5 HVhp3cpPsalm 74:20 HVhv2msPsalm 80:14 HVhv2msPsalm 84:9 HC/Vhv2msPsalm 91:8 HVhi2msPsalm 92:11 HC/Vhw3fsPsalm 94:9 HVhi3ms
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