רָאָה
raa · see
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7200 · appears 1305 times in the Bible
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Strong’s number identifies this word: use it to find the same word in other study tools.What it means
raa (רָאָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “see”.
Also look, observe, notice, consider; in some forms, "appear" or "show".
How to say it
ra·a
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To see with one's eyes.
- To realize: "he saw that it was good".
- To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
- To make someone see something.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Word study
See, literally and figuratively: look, notice, consider. In the passive form, “appear”, “be seen”; in the causative, “show”. From this verb comes מַרְאֶה, “appearance, vision” (H4758).
- To see and judge: “saw that it was good” Genesis 1:4Genesis 1:10
- To take notice, to pay attention Exodus 3:71 Samuel 16:7
- To appear: God lets himself be seen Genesis 12:7
- To “see for” something: to see to it that it is not lacking Genesis 22:8Genesis 22:14
How we translate it
“See” 457 times, “saw” 355, “seen” 125, “looked” 43, “look” 42, “appeared” 40. In Genesis 22:8 and 14 this edition keeps “see” (“Elohim will see for himself the lamb”, “YHWH Yireh”, “On the mountain of YHWH it will be seen”), so that it can be seen that the whole passage turns on the same verb. In the passive form, “appeared”.
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- see ×457
- saw ×355
- seen ×125
- looked ×43
- look ×42
- appeared ×40
- sees ×40
- I have seen ×32
- show ×25
- appear ×22
- others ×124
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis×141
- Exodus×92
- Leviticus×48
- Numbers×47
- Deuteronomy×68
- Joshua×16
- Judges×44
- Ruth×2
- 1 Samuel×75
- 2 Samuel×47
- 1 Kings×36
- 2 Kings×65
- 1 Chronicles×22
- 2 Chronicles×34
- Ezra×1
- Nehemiah×7
- Esther×15
- Job×49
- Psalms×100
- Proverbs×13
- Ecclesiastes×47
- Song of Songs×9
- Isaiah×82
- Jeremiah×71
- Lamentations×16
- Ezekiel×77
- Daniel×22
- Hosea×4
- Joel×1
- Amos×9
- Obadiah×2
- Jonah×2
- Micah×5
- Nahum×2
- Habakkuk×7
- Haggai×2
- Zechariah×22
- Malachi×3
- Genesis 1:4
And Elohim saw the light, that it was good; and Elohim separated the light from the darkness.
- Genesis 1:9
And Elohim said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry ground appear.” And it was so.
- Genesis 1:10
And Elohim called the dry ground “Earth,” and the gathering of the waters he called “Seas.” And Elohim saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed according to its kind, and trees bearing fruit that has its seed in it, according to its kind. And Elohim saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:18
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And Elohim saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:21
And Elohim created the great sea monsters and every living being that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And Elohim saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:25
And Elohim made the animals of the earth according to their kind, and the livestock according to their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind. And Elohim saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:31
And Elohim saw everything that he had made, and look, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
- Genesis 2:19
And YHWH Elohim formed from the ground every animal of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called it, as a living being, that was its name.
- Genesis 3:6
And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable for gaining insight; and she took of its fruit and ate, and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
- Genesis 6:2
that the sons of Elohim saw that the daughters of human beings were beautiful; and they took for themselves wives from all whom they chose.
- Genesis 6:5
And YHWH saw that the wickedness of the human being was great on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the day.
- Genesis 6:12
And Elohim saw the earth, and look, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth.
- Genesis 7:1
And YHWH said to Noah, “Come, you and all your household, into the ark, for you I have seen to be righteous before me in this generation.
- Genesis 8:5
And the waters kept on decreasing until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.
- Genesis 8:8
And he sent out the dove from him to see whether the waters had decreased from the face of the ground.
- Genesis 8:13
And it happened in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the waters dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and look, the face of the ground had dried.
- Genesis 9:14
And it will happen, when I bring clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the cloud,
- Genesis 9:16
And the bow will be in the cloud, and I will see it to remember the eternal covenant between Elohim and every living being of all flesh that is on the earth.”
- Genesis 9:22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.
- Genesis 9:23
And Shem and Japheth took the cloak and laid it on the shoulders of both of them, and they walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned backward, and the nakedness of their father they did not see.
- Genesis 11:5
YHWH came down to see the city and the tower that the human beings had built.
- Genesis 12:1
YHWH said to Abram, “Go from your land, from your kindred, and from the house of your father to the land that I will show you.
- Genesis 12:7
Then YHWH appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to YHWH, who had appeared to him.
- Genesis 12:12
When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ And they will kill me, but you they will keep alive.
- Genesis 12:14
When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful.
- Genesis 12:15
Pharaoh’s princes saw her and praised her to Pharaoh, and the woman was taken into the house of Pharaoh.
- Genesis 13:10
Lot lifted his eyes and saw the whole plain of the Jordan, that all of it was well-watered (before YHWH destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of YHWH, like the land of Egypt, as you go toward Zoar.
- Genesis 13:14
YHWH said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up now your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;
- Genesis 13:15
for all the land that you see I will give it to you and to your offspring forever.
- Genesis 16:4
He went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became of little account in her eyes.
- Genesis 16:5
Then Sarai said to Abram, “The wrong done to me be on you! I myself gave my slave woman into your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, I became of little account in her eyes. May YHWH judge between me and you.”
- Genesis 16:13
So she called the name of YHWH, who was speaking to her, “You are El Roi,” for she said, “Have I really seen here after the one who sees me?”
- Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, YHWH appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am El Shaddai; walk before me and be blameless.
- Genesis 18:1
YHWH appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the entrance of the tent in the heat of the day.
- Genesis 18:2
He lifted his eyes and looked, and look, three men were standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed down to the ground.
- Genesis 18:21
Let me go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to its outcry that has come to me; and if not, I will know.”
- Genesis 19:1
The two messengers came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.
- Genesis 19:28
He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the plain, and he saw, and look, the smoke of the land was going up like the smoke of a furnace.
- Genesis 20:10
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you did this thing?”
And 1265 more times.