Shûwr — H7789

Definition

verb

to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for

1. to see, behold, observe, regard
1. (Qal)
1. to behold, observe
2. to regard
3. to watch, watch (stealthily), lie in wait

Usually translated as

behold, see, lay wait, look, observe, regard, perceive

Origin

a primitive root (identical with through the idea of going round for inspection)

Greek equivalents

• anastréphō (G390)
• diérchomai (G1330)
• echthrós (G2190)
• katamanthánō (G2648)
• katischýō (G2729)
• horáō (G3708)
• periblépō (G4017)
• pronoéō (G4306)

Occurrences

Shûwr occurs 17 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (2), Job (11), Song of Songs (1), Jeremiah (1), Hosea (2)

• Numbers 23:9 — For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold (אֲשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ) him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
• Numbers 24:17 — I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold (אֲשׁוּרֶ֖נּוּ) him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
• Job 7:8 — The eye of him that hath seen me shall see (תְ֭שׁוּרֵנִי) me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
• Job 17:15 — And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see (יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה) it?
• Job 20:9 — The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold (תְּשׁוּרֶ֥נּוּ) him.
• Job 24:15 — The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see (תְשׁוּרֵ֣נִי) me: and disguiseth his face.
• Job 33:14 — For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth (יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה) it not.
• Job 33:27 — He looketh (יָשֹׁ֤ר) upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
• Job 34:29 — When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold (יְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ) him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
• Job 35:5 — Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold (וְשׁ֥וּר) the clouds which are higher than thou.
• Job 35:13 — Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard (יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה) it.
• Job 35:14 — Although thou sayest thou shalt not see (תְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ) him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
• Job 36:24 — Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
• Song of Songs 4:8 — Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
• Jeremiah 5:26 — For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait (יָשׁוּר֙), as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
• Hosea 13:7 — Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe (אָשֽׁוּר) them:
• Hosea 14:8 — Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed (וַאֲשׁוּרֶ֗נּוּ) him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.