חֲזָאchăzâʼ
see, behold
Pronunciation: khaz-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2370
Meanings
Pe`al: active, passive (Daniel 4:20; Daniel 5:1; Daniel 2:43)
1. see, have sense of sight (Daniel 5:23)
2. see, behold
3. usually behold in dream or vision (often participle in periphrastic conjugation) (Ezra 4:20; Ezra 2:41; Ezra 2:43)
4. passive = customary (seemly) (Daniel 3:19; Leviticus 5:10)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 31 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 4:14 “Since we are your loyal subjects and do not want to see the king dishonored in this way, we have sent the king this information.
- Daniel 2:8 The king replied, “I know what you are doing! You’re stalling for time because you know I am serious when I say,
- Daniel 2:26 The king said to Daniel (also known as Belteshazzar), “Is this true? Can you tell me what my dream was and what it means?”
- Daniel 2:31 “In your vision, Your Majesty, you saw standing before you a huge, shining statue of a man. It was a frightening sight.
- Daniel 2:34 As you watched, a rock was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands. It struck the feet of iron and clay, smashing them to bits.
- Daniel 2:41 The feet and toes you saw were a combination of iron and baked clay, showing that this kingdom will be divided. Like iron mixed with clay, it will have some of the strength of iron.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).