צָפָה tsaphah

Hebrew word for “to watch” · Strong’s H6822 · used 35 times in 33 verses

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Meaning

1) to look out or about, spy, keep watch, observe, watch; 1a)(Qal) to keep watch, spy; 1b) (Piel) to watch, watch closely

How it is translated

Glosses given for tsaphah in context, with how often each is used:

• watchman 15
• watchmen 5
• watching 3
• watched 2
• may watch 2
• watch 2
• may he keep watch 1
• who kept watch 1
• keep watch 1
• watching over 1
• which watches 1
• will watch 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Samuel 18 (4), 2 Kings 9 (3), Ezekiel 33 (3), Micah 7 (2), Genesis 31 (1), 1 Samuel 4 (1), 1 Samuel 14 (1), 2 Samuel 13 (1), Job 15 (1), Psalms 5 (1)

Forms

• הצפה 9
• צפה 4
• והצפה 2
• ואצפה 2
• צופה 2
• יצף 1
• מצפה 1
• הצפים 1
• וצפוי 1
• תצפינה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with tsaphah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רָאָה raah “to see” 10
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 7
• זָהַר zahar “to warn” 3
• נָגַד nagad “to tell” 5
• יֵהוּא yehu “Jehu” 3
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 5
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 6
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 5
• בְּשֹׂרָה besvorah “good news” 2
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 5
• עָמַד amad “to stand” 4
• בַּד bad “alone” 3

Key verses

The verses using tsaphah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Psalms 37:32 — The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
• Proverbs 15:3 — The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
• Song of Solomon 7:4 — Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward…
• Isaiah 52:8 — Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.
• Isaiah 56:10 — His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
• Lamentations 4:17 — As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
• Ezekiel 3:17 — Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
• Ezekiel 33:2 — Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts,…
• Ezekiel 33:7 — So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
• Hosea 9:8 — The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.
• Micah 7:4 — The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their…
• Micah 7:7 — Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

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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.