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שָׁקַף

sha.qaph

to look

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Strong’s H8259Verb22 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

he looked down4

she looked down4

they looked down2

looks down2

he looks down2

it looked down1

look down1

it looks down1

In the text

Genesis 18:16וַיַּשְׁקִפוּ
When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them off.
Exodus 14:24וַיַּשְׁקֵף
At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.
Numbers 21:20וְנִשְׁקָפָה
and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
2 Samuel 6:16נִשְׁקְפָה
As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
2 Kings 9:30וַתַּשְׁקֵף
Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
Psalm 14:2הִשְׁקִיף
The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[שָׁקַף] vb. Niph. Hiph. overhang, look out and down

Niph. lean over (and look), look down

Hiph. look down

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.