חָזָה chazah
Hebrew word for “to see” · Strong’s H2372 · used 55 times in 51 verses
Meaning
1) to see, perceive, look, behold, prophesy, provide;
How it is translated
Glosses given for chazah in context, with how often each is used:
- have seen 9
- saw 8
- see 7
- will see 6
- sees 3
- look 2
- seeing 2
- will provide 1
- have they seen? 1
- which i see 1
- have looked 1
- may they see 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 12 | 0.7 | |
| Job | 9 | 1.1 | |
| Psalms | 9 | 0.5 | |
| Ezekiel | 9 | 0.5 | |
| Proverbs | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Exodus | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Numbers | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Song of Solomon | 2 | 1.6 | |
| Lamentations | 2 | 1.3 | |
| Micah | 2 | 1.4 | |
| Amos | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Habakkuk | 1 | 1.5 |
Also in 1 more book.
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 13 (6), Numbers 24 (2), Job 19 (2), Psalms 11 (2), Psalms 17 (2), Psalms 58 (2), Isaiah 33 (2), Exodus 18 (1), Exodus 24 (1), Job 8 (1)
Forms
- חזה 10
- חזו 8
- אחזה 4
- יחזה 3
- יחזו 3
- תחזינה 3
- חזית 3
- ויחזו 2
- חזיתם 2
- תחזו 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with chazah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שָׁוְא shav “vanity” 9
- כָּזָב kazav “lie” 6
- קָסַם qasam “to divine” 5
- עַיִן ayin “eye” 8
- מַחֲזֶה machazeh “vision” 3
- נְאֻם neum “utterance” 6
- בַּל bal “not” 4
- אָמוֹץ amots “Amoz” 3
- נָבִיא navi “prophet” 5
- רָאָה raah “to see” 7
- גָּלָה galah “to reveal” 4
- יָדַע yada “to know” 6
Key verses
The verses using chazah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 18:21 — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of…
- Psalms 11:4 — The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
- Psalms 17:15 — As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
- Psalms 27:4 — One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the…
- Psalms 58:10 — The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Isaiah 13:1 — The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
- Isaiah 26:11 — LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall…
- Isaiah 30:10 — Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
- Lamentations 2:14 — Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false…
- Ezekiel 13:6 — They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm…
- Ezekiel 13:9 — And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written…
- Zechariah 10:2 — For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock,…
See all 51 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.