Quick Definition
to watch
Strong's Definition
properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: behold, espy, look up (well), wait for, (keep the) watch(-man).
TWOT Reference: 1950
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
צָפָה (tsa.phah) — to watch. 1) to look out or about, spy, keep watch, observe, watch 1a)(Qal) to keep watch, spy 1b) (Piel) to watch, watch closely
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מִצְפֶּה · צִפִּיָּה · שְׂדֵה צֹפִים
See | verb qal
to look out, to watch = action by which humans or deities watch attentitvely to monitor people and places
GEN 31:49 · JOB 15:22 · PSA 37:32 · PSA 66:7 · PRO 15:3 · PRO 31:27 · SNG 7:5
See | verb pi
to watch out, to wait = action by which humans watch and wait attentively and anxiously for something to happen
1SA 4:13 · PSA 5:4 · JER 48:19 · LAM 4:17 · MIC 7:7 · NAM 2:2 · HAB 2:1
Professions | verb pi, verb qal
watchman, sentry = person ► appointed to watch the surroundings of a town or settlement and raise the alarm in case of danger; ≈ regarded as a grave responsibility, for which reason the task of a king or prophet is sometimes compared to that of a watchman
1SA 14:16 · 2SA 13:34 · 2SA 18:24 · 2SA 18:25 · 2SA 18:26 · 2SA 18:26 · 2SA 18:27 · 2KI 9:17 · 2KI 9:18 · 2KI 9:20 · ISA 21:6 · ISA 52:8 · ISA 56:10 · JER 6:17 · EZK 3:17 · EZK 33:2 · EZK 33:6 · EZK 33:6 · EZK 33:7 · HOS 9:8 · MIC 7:4
Names of Landforms
Collocation: שְׂדֵי צֹפִים
Field of the Watchmen, field of Zophim = field; ◄ at the top of Mount Pisgah in Moab; ► one of the places from where Balaam was to curse Israel
verb · צִפּוּי · צָפִית · צֶפֶת
Cover | verb qal
to spread out = causative action by which humans covers an object with a piece of cloth
Cover | verb pi, verb pu'al
to cover, to overlay, to adorn = causative action by which humans cover an object with a layer of (precious) metal, wood, glaze, or with precious stones
EXO 25:11 · EXO 25:11 · EXO 25:13 · EXO 25:24 · EXO 25:28 · EXO 26:29 · EXO 26:29 · EXO 26:32 · EXO 26:37 · EXO 27:2 · EXO 27:6 · EXO 30:3 · EXO 30:5 · EXO 36:34 · EXO 36:34 · EXO 36:36 · EXO 36:38 · EXO 37:2 · EXO 37:4 · EXO 37:11 · EXO 37:15 · EXO 37:26 · EXO 37:28 · EXO 38:2 · EXO 38:6 · EXO 38:28 · 1KI 6:15 · 1KI 6:15 · 1KI 6:20 · 1KI 6:20 · 1KI 6:21 · 1KI 6:21 · 1KI 6:22 · 1KI 6:22 · 1KI 6:28 · 1KI 6:30 · 1KI 6:32 · 1KI 6:35 · 1KI 10:18 · 2KI 18:16 · 2CH 3:4 · 2CH 3:6 · 2CH 3:10 · 2CH 4:9 · 2CH 9:17 · PRO 26:23
verb
1 JOB 15:22 · JOB 15:22 MT-K צפו | MT-Q צָפוּי | HOTTP-B prefers MT-K but regards it as a form with an ancient passive ending so there is no significant difference in meaning between MT-K and MT-Q | NJPS "a sword stares him in the face"
verb · צוף · שָׂדֶה
Names of Landforms
Field of the Watchmen, field of Zophim = field; ◄ at the top of Mount Pisgah in Moab; ► one of the places from where Balaam was to curse Israel
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[צָפָה] 37 vb. look out or about, spy, keep watch Qal 28 keep watch; elsewh. as subst. watchman
Pi. watch (closely); pt. as n. = watchman
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