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שָׁקַף H8259

H8259 is the Hebrew word שָׁקַף, transliterated shâqaph and said shaw-kaf'. The King James Version most often renders it looked.

Word: שָׁקַףTransliteration: shâqaphSaid: shaw-kaf'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 22 verses

What it means

properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e. (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 22 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

looked 6×looked out 3×looketh 3×look down 3×looked down 3×thence and looked 1×looking out 1×looketh forth 1×appeareth 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: appear, look (down, forth, out).

Verses using שָׁקַף

All 22 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 18:16 · KJV

And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

Genesis 19:28 · KJV

And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

Genesis 26:8 · KJV

And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

Exodus 14:24 · KJV

And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,

Numbers 21:20 · KJV

And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.

Numbers 23:28 · KJV

And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.

Deuteronomy 26:15 · KJV

Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

Judges 5:28 · KJV

The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?

1 Samuel 13:18 · KJV

And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

2 Samuel 6:16 · KJV

And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

2 Samuel 24:20 · KJV

And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.

2 Kings 9:30 · KJV

And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.

2 Kings 9:32 · KJV

And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.

1 Chronicles 15:29 · KJV

And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

Psalm 14:2 · KJV

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

Psalm 53:2 · KJV

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

Psalm 85:11 · KJV

Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

Psalm 102:19 · KJV

For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;

Proverbs 7:6 · KJV

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

Song of Solomon 6:10 · KJV

Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?

Jeremiah 6:1 · KJV

O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

Lamentations 3:50 · KJV

Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.

Common questions

What does Strong's H8259 mean?

H8259 is the Hebrew word שָׁקַף (shâqaph), meaning properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e. (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle).

How is H8259 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it looked (6 times), looked out (3 times), looketh (3 times), look down (3 times), looked down (3 times), among others.

How many times does H8259 appear in the Bible?

שָׁקַף (shâqaph) is tagged in 22 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H8259 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

Nearby entries

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