H8259 שׁקף - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon Number


שׁקף
shâqaph
shaw-kaf'
A primitive root; properly to lean out (of a window), that is, (by implication) peep or gaze (passively be a spectacle)

KJV Usage: appear, look (down, forth, out).


Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions

BDB9016

שׁקף

1. to overlook, look down or out, overhang, look out and down
a. (Niphal) to lean over (and look), look down
b. (Hiphil) to look down, look down upon
Origin: a primitive root
TWOT: 2457
Parts of Speech: Verb
TBESH:
שָׁקַף
sha.qaph
H:V
to look
1) to overlook, look down or out, overhang, look out and down
1a) (Niphal) to lean over (and look), look down
1b) (Hiphil) to look down, look down upon

View how H8259 שׁקף is used in the Bible

22 occurrences of H8259 שׁקף

Genesis 18:16 from there, and looked
Genesis 19:28 And he looked
Genesis 26:8 looked out
Exodus 14:24 looked
Numbers 21:20 which looketh
Numbers 23:28 that looketh
Deuteronomy 26:15 Look down
Judges 5:28 looked
1 Samuel 13:18 that looketh
2 Samuel 6:16 looked
2 Samuel 24:20 looked,
2 Kings 9:30 and looked out
2 Kings 9:32 Who is on my side? who? And there looked out
1 Chronicles 15:29 looking out
Psalms 14:2 looked down
Psalms 53:2 looked down
Psalms 85:11 shall look down
Psalms 102:19 For he hath looked down
Proverbs 7:6 I looked
Song of Songs 6:10 Who is she that looketh forth
Jeremiah 6:1 appeareth
Lamentations 3:50 shall look down,

Distinct usage

3 looked
2 that looketh
2 looked down
1 from there, and looked
1 looked out
1 which looketh
1 Who is on my side? who? And there looked out
1 shall look down
1 For he hath looked down
1 I looked
1 Who is she that looketh forth
1 shall look down,
1 And he looked
1 Look down
1 appeareth
1 looked,
1 and looked out
1 looking out

Corresponding Greek Words

shaqaph hi. G1914 epi blepo
shaqaph ni. G991 blepo
shaqaph ni. G3905 para teino
shaqaph ni., hi. G3879 para kupto

Related words

H8259

H4947 משׁקוף mashqôph
משׁקוף
mashqôph
mash-kofe'
From H8259 in its original sense of overhanging; a lintel

KJV Usage: lintel, upper door post.


H8260 שׁקף sheqeph
שׁקף
sheqeph
sheh'-kef
From H8259; a loophole (for looking out), to admit light and air

KJV Usage: window.


H8261 שׁקף shâqûph
שׁקף
shâqûph
shaw-koof'
Passive participle of H8259; an embrasure or opening (compare H8260) with bevelled jam

KJV Usage: light, window.