Lexicon :: Strong's H4758 - mar'ê

מַרְאֶה

Transliteration

mar'ê

Pronunciation

mar-eh'

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From רָאָה (H7200)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2095i

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

מַרְאֶה marʼeh, mar-eh'; from H7200; a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision:—× apparently, appearance(-reth), × as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 103x

The KJV translates Strong's H4758 in the following manner: appearance (35x), sight (18x), countenance (11x), vision (11x), favoured (7x), look upon (4x), fair (with H2896) (2x), miscellaneous (15x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 103x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

sight, appearance, vision
1. sight, phenomenon, spectacle, appearance, vision
2. what is seen
3. a vision (supernatural)
4. sight, vision (power of seeing)

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STRONGS H4758: Abbreviations

מַרְאֶה ₁₀₂ noun masculine^{Exodus 3:3} sight, appearance, vision; — מ׳ absolute Genesis 12:11 +; construct מַרְאֵה Deuteronomy 28:34 +; suffix מַרְאֵהוּ Joel 2:4 +, מַרְאֶהָ Leviticus 13:4 +; apparently plural construct מַרְאֵי Ecclesiastes 11:9 (Kö^{ii. 1, 112}), suffix (probably in fact singular Ges^{93 ss}) מַרְאַיִח Songs 2:14 (twice in verse), מַרְאֵיהֶן Nahum 2:5 [Nahum 2:4] +, etc.; —

†a. sight, phenomenon, spectacle Exodus 3:3 (J).

b. appearance נֶחְמָד לְמ׳ Genesis 2:9 (J) desirable in appearance, גָּדוֺל לְמ׳ Joshua 22:10; appearance of man (or woman), Judges 13:6 (twice in verse) (angel), Isaiah 52:14 (servant of י׳), Songs 5:15; Daniel 8:15; 10:18; = outward person (opposed to inner man) 1 Samuel 16:7; visible form Songs 2:14 (twice in verse); Daniel 1:13 (twice in verse); Daniel 1:15; בְּמ׳ Numbers 12:8 (E; so read ⅏ Di, for MT מַרְאֶה), i.e. in personal presence (< Ew Pat^Hpt לֹא בְמ); כְּמַרְאֵה סוּסִים מַרְאֵהוּ Joel 2:4; of crocodile Job 41:9; כְּבוֺד י׳ מ׳ Exodus 24:17 (P), הַנֶּגַע מ׳ Leviticus 13:3, אֵֿשׁ מ׳ Numbers 9:15, 16, בָּרָק מ׳ Daniel 10:6 +; especially Ezekiel appearance person or of thing (27 times, sometimes redundant), Ezekiel 1:5, 13, 26; 8:2; 10:1 +, מָתְנָיו מִמּ׳ Ezekiel 1:27 (twice in verse); 8:2 (|| מִמָּתְנָיו) of beauty וִיפֵה מַרְאֶה fair of appearance Genesis 39:6 (J; +יְפֵהתֹֿאַר), compare 1 Samuel 17:42 (read עֶלֶם [which see] for עִם); feminine (אִשָּׁה) יְפַתמֿ׳ Genesis 12:11 (J); 29:17 (E; +יְפַת תּאַֹר), 2 Samuel 14:27; of kine יְפוֺת (הַ)מ׳ Genesis 41:2, 4 (E), opposed to רָעוֺת (הַ)מ׳ Genesis 41:3, 4, מַרְאֵיהֶן רַע Genesis 41:21(all E); of women also טֹבַת מ׳ Genesis 24:16; Genesis 26:7 (both J), 2 Samuel 11:2; Esther 1:11; 2:3, 7, טוֺבוֺת מ׳ Esther 2:2; of boys טוֺבֵי מ׳ Daniel 1:4, compare מ׳ alone in וְנֶחְמְדֵהוּ לֹאמֿ׳ (of suffering servant of י׳) Isaiah 53:2; אִישׁ מ׳ 2 Samuel 23:21 (but read as || 1 Chronicles 11:23 אִישׁ מִדָּה We Dr and others).

†c. appearance, sight, vision Numbers 8:4 (P).

†2. in general what is seen, עֵינָיו מ׳ Isaiah 11:3 i.e. what his outward eyes see (compare 1 Samuel 16:7 1 b), עֵינֶיהָ לִמ׳ Ezekiel 23:16, עְינֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּרְאֶה מ׳ Deuteronomy 28:34, 67, לְכָלמֿ׳ עֵינֵי הַכֹּהֵן Leviticus 13:12 (P).

†3. specifically a (supernatural) vision (in Ezekiel, Daniel; often accusative of congnate meaning with verb with ראה): Ezekiel 8:4; Ezekiel 11:24; Ezekiel 43:3 (3 times in verse), read also מַרְאֵה הָרֶכֶב Ezekiel 43:3 (for מַרְאוֺת see I. מַרְאָה above); בַּמּ׳ Ezekiel 11:24; Daniel 8:16, 27; Daniel 9:23; Daniel 10:1; מ׳ הָעֶרֶב וְהַבֹּקֶר Daniel 8:26.

4. sight, vision = power of seeing (and enjoying), late: עֵינַיִם מ׳ Ecclesiastes 6:9, הַלֵךְ בְּדַרְּכֵי לִבְּךָ וּבְמַרְאֵי עֵינֶיךָ Ecclesiastes 11:9.

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