רֳאִי
roi · seeing, sight
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7210 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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roi (רֳאִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “seeing, sight”.
A spectacle. It forms the name "El-roi", "God who sees me".
How to say it
roi
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
- A viewer. Name Hagar gave to God: the one who looks on me.
- How someone looks on the outside, what is seen at a glance.
- Something everyone stares at, often with contempt.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- appearance ×1
- are El Roi ×1
- one who sees me ×1
- sight ×1
- spectacle ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 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?”
- 1 Samuel 16:12
He sent and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes, and good in appearance. And YHWH said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.”
- Job 7:8
The eye of the one who sees me will not catch sight of me; your eyes will be on me, and I will be no more.
- Job 33:21
His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones that were not seen are laid bare.
- Nahum 3:6
And I will throw on you detestable things, and dishonor you, and make you a spectacle.