Quick Definition
watch
Strong's Definition
watchfulness
Derivation: from H6822 (צָפָה);
KJV Usage: watching.
TWOT Reference: 1950a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) lookout post, lookout, watchtower
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
צְפִּיָּה (tse.phiy.yah) — watch. lookout post, lookout, watchtower
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · צפה
See
to watch out, to wait = action by which humans watch a certain area waiting expectantly for something to happen
noun m
Constructions
lookout, watchtower = elevated structure ► from which a watch can be kept over the surrounding countryside
1 LAM 4:17 RSV NJB NRSV ESV "watching" NJPS "we waited" = [1] | NIV "towers" = [2]
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[צְפִּיָּה] n.f. outlook-post (?);—sf. La 4:17 ref