Quick Definition
to look
Strong's Definition
properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e. (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: appear, look (down, forth, out).
TWOT Reference: 2457
Outline of Biblical Usage
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
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁקַף
shâqaph
BDB Definition:
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
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2457
Total KJV Occurrences: 22