שׁוּר shur
Hebrew word for “to see” · Strong’s H7789 · used 15 times in 15 verses
Meaning
1) to see, behold, observe, regard; 1a) (Qal); 1a1) to behold, observe; 1a2) to regard; 1a3) to watch, watch (stealthily), lie in wait
How it is translated
Glosses given for shur in context, with how often each is used:
- observe 4
- will observe 2
- will he observe 2
- watches 2
- will see 1
- anyone perceives 1
- observes 1
- will watch 1
- will watch over 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Job 35 (3), Job 33 (2), Numbers 23 (1), Numbers 24 (1), Job 7 (1), Job 17 (1), Job 20 (1), Job 24 (1), Job 34 (1), Jeremiah 5 (1)
Forms
- ישׁורנה 3
- אשׁורנו 2
- תשׁורני 2
- תשׁורנו 2
- ישׁר 1
- ישׁורנו 1
- ושׁור 1
- ישׁור 1
- אשׁור 1
- ואשׁורנו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with shur more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- נִי ni “me” 3
- עַיִן ayin “eye” 3
- אֵל el “God” 2
- רָאָה raah “to see” 3
- מִי mi “who?” 2
- מָצָא matsa “to find” 2
- עוֹד od “still” 2
- גּוֹי goy “nation” 2
- אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 2
- מִן־ min “from” 2
Key verses
The verses using shur that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Numbers 23:9 — For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
- Numbers 24:17 — I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite…
- Job 7:8 — The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
- Job 24:15 — The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
- Job 33:14 — For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
- Job 33:27 — He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
- Job 34:29 — When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a…
- Job 35:13 — Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
- Job 35:14 — Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
- Jeremiah 5:26 — For among my people are found wicked they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
- Hosea 13:7 — Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe
- Hosea 14:8 — Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
See all 15 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.