Strong's Hebrew · H6822
H6822 tsâphâh
צָפָה
tsaw-faw'
to watch
tsâphâh appears 35 times in Scripture, including Genesis 31:49 and 1 Samuel 4:13. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await
In the King James Version
behold, espy, look up (well), wait for, (keep the) watch(-man).
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 35 times in Scripture
“So he called out and told the king. “If he is alone,” the king replied, “he bears good news.” As the first runner drew near,”
“He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.”
“Now David was sitting between the two gates when the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall, looked out, and saw a man running alone.”
“Meanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side of the hill. And the watchman went and reported to the king, “I see men coming from the direction of Horonaim, along the side of the hill.””
“But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’”
“It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.”
“Now when Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in Benjamin looked and saw the troops melting away and scattering in every direction,”
“When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.”
“the watchman saw another man running, and he called out to the gatekeeper, “Look! Another man is running alone!” “This one also brings good news,” said the king.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
