Quick Definition
to spy
Strong's Definition
to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially fortrade or reconnoitring
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: chap(-man), sent to descry, be excellent, merchant(-man), search (out), seek, (e-) spy (out).
TWOT Reference: 2500
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
תּוּר (tur) — to spy. 1) to seek, search out, spy out, explore 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to seek out, select, find out how to do something 1a2) to spy out, explore 1a2a) explorers, spies (participle) 1a3) to go about 1a3a) merchant, trader (participle) 1b) (Hiphil) to make a search, make a reconnaissance
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
See | verb qal
to spy out = action by which humans carefully investigate a location
NUM 13:2 · NUM 13:16 · NUM 13:17 · NUM 13:21 · NUM 13:25 · NUM 13:32 · NUM 13:32 · NUM 14:6 · NUM 14:7 · NUM 14:34 · NUM 14:36 · NUM 14:38
See | verb hif
to cause to spy out = causative action by which humans send other humans to carefully investigate a location
Know | verb qal
to study literally: to spy out; hence: = action by which humans increase their knowledge by processing a large quantity of information
Search | verb qal
to search, to look for literally: to spy out; hence: = action by which deities try to locate a certain place by a careful investigation of the surrounding area
Move | verb qal
to go about, to roam literally: to spy out; hence: = action by which humans travel through a certain area, seemingly without a clear destination
Act | verb qal
Collocation: תור אַחֲרֵי לֵבָב
to go after, to follow literally: to roam after (one's own) heart; hence: = action by which humans pursue their own thoughts and wishes
Act | verb hif
to guide, to show the way literally: to cause to roam; hence: = causative action by which humans show other humans the course in life that they need to take
1 JOB 39:8 MT יְתוּר
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
תּוּר vb. seek out, spy out, explore Qal seek out, select
spy out, explore
go about
Hiph. they made a reconnaissance at Bethel
base