Navat נָבַט

Navat (Hebrew נָבַט, Strong's H5027) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to look”. It occurs 69 times in 67 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Navat, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 15:5
  And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
• Genesis 19:17
  And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
• Genesis 19:26
  But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

Exodus

• Exodus 3:6
  Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
• Exodus 33:8
  And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.Then, whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand at the entrances to their own tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent.

Numbers

• Numbers 12:8
  With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”
• Numbers 21:9
  And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.
• Numbers 23:21
  He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 2:32
  And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.
• 1 Samuel 16:7
  But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
• 1 Samuel 17:42
  And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.
• 1 Samuel 24:8
  David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 18:43
  And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.“Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
• 1 Kings 19:6
  And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 3:14
  And Elisha said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.Then Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not for my regard for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or acknowledge you.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 21:21
  And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.David came to Ornan, and when Ornan looked out and saw David, he left the threshing floor and bowed facedown before David.

Job

• Job 6:19
  The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
• Job 28:24
  For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
• Job 35:5
  Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
• Job 36:25
  Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.All mankind has seen it; men behold it from afar.
• Job 39:29
  From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.

Psalms

• Psalm 10:14
  Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
• Psalm 13:3
  Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
• Psalm 22:17
  I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
• Psalm 33:13
  The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.
• Psalm 34:5
  They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.
• Psalm 74:20
  Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
• Psalm 80:14
  Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—
• Psalm 84:9
  Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.
• Psalm 91:8
  Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.
• Psalm 92:11
  Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes.
• Psalm 94:9
  He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
• Psalm 102:19
  For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth
• Psalm 104:32
  He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.
• Psalm 119:6
  Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
• Psalm 119:15
  I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.
• Psalm 119:18
  Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
• Psalm 142:4
  I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 4:25
  Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 5:12
  And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
• Isaiah 5:30
  And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
• Isaiah 8:22
  And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.
• Isaiah 18:4
  For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
• Isaiah 22:8
  And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
• Isaiah 22:11
  Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.
• Isaiah 38:11
  I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.
• Isaiah 42:18
  Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!
• Isaiah 51:1
  Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.
• Isaiah 51:2
  Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.
• Isaiah 51:6
  Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
• Isaiah 63:5
  And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me.
• Isaiah 63:15
  Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.
• Isaiah 64:9
  Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
• Isaiah 66:2
  For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 1:11
  All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O Lord, and consider; for I am become vile.All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.
• Lamentations 1:12
  Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?
• Lamentations 2:20
  Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
• Lamentations 3:63
  Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.
• Lamentations 4:16
  The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.The presence of the LORD has scattered them; He regards them no more. The priests are shown no honor; the elders find no favor.
• Lamentations 5:1
  Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!

Amos

• Amos 5:22
  Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.

Jonah

• Jonah 2:4
  Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 1:3
  Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.
• Habakkuk 1:5
  Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.“Look at the nations and observe— be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
• Habakkuk 1:13
  Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
• Habakkuk 2:15
  Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!

Zechariah

• Zechariah 12:10
  And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).