שׁוּר shûwr
Meaning
to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for
In the King James Version: behold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see.
Derivation: a primitive root (identical with through the idea of going round for inspection);
Where it is used
- Numbers 23:9 For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.
- Numbers 24:17 I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.
- Job 7:8 The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
- Job 17:15 where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
- Job 20:9 The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
- Job 24:15 The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
- Job 33:14 For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
- Job 33:27 Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
- Job 34:29 But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
- Job 35:5 Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
- Job 35:13 Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
- Job 35:14 How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
- Jeremiah 5:26 For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
- Hosea 13:7 So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
- Hosea 14:8 O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.