נָבַט navat
Hebrew word for “to look” · Strong’s H5027 · used 69 times in 67 verses
Meaning
1) to look, regard; 1a) (Piel) to look;
How it is translated
Glosses given for navat in context, with how often each is used:
- look 19
- looked 10
- will look 5
- looks 3
- pay attention 3
- pay attention to 3
- look ! 3
- will look at 2
- has looked 2
- will pay attention to 2
- looking 1
- sees 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 17 | 0.9 | |
| Isaiah | 15 | 0.9 | |
| Lamentations | 6 | 3.9 | |
| Job | 5 | 0.6 | |
| Habakkuk | 5 | 7.5 | |
| 1 Samuel | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Genesis | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Numbers | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Kings | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 4 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 119 (3), Isaiah 51 (3), Habakkuk 1 (3), Genesis 19 (2), Isaiah 5 (2), Isaiah 22 (2), Isaiah 63 (2), Lamentations 1 (2), Genesis 15 (1), Exodus 3 (1)
Forms
- הבט 7
- הביטו 6
- תביט 5
- יביט 5
- הביט 5
- ויבט 5
- והביטו 4
- אביט 4
- יביטו 4
- ותבט 3
Words used with it
Words that share verses with navat more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- רָאָה raah “to see” 26
- עַיִן ayin “eye” 11
- שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 8
- עָמָל amal “trouble” 4
- אִם im “if” 7
- מַרְאֶה mareh “appearance” 3
- רָחֹק rachoq “distant” 3
- נִי ni “me” 5
- נָא na “please” 4
- יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 5
- נֶגֶד neged “before” 3
- אָדָם adam “man” 4
Key verses
The verses using navat that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 15:5 — And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed…
- Exodus 3:6 — Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look…
- Numbers 12:8 — With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not…
- Numbers 23:21 — He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
- 1 Samuel 16:7 — But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth;…
- Psalms 10:14 — Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the…
- Isaiah 51:1 — Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are…
- Isaiah 51:6 — Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment,…
- Isaiah 63:15 — Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of…
- Isaiah 66:2 — For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a…
- Habakkuk 1:13 — Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue…
- Zechariah 12:10 — And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they…
See all 67 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.