Shaqaph שָׁקַף

Shaqaph (Hebrew שָׁקַף, Strong's H8259) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to look”. It occurs 22 times in 22 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 Shaqaph, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 18:16
  And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them off.
• Genesis 19:28
  And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
• Genesis 26:8
  And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

Exodus

• Exodus 14:24
  And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.

Numbers

• Numbers 21:20
  And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
• Numbers 23:28
  And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 26:15
  Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”

Judges

• Judges 5:28
  The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 13:18
  And another company turned the way to Beth–horon: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.another toward Beth-horon, and the third down the border road overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the wilderness.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 6:16
  And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
• 2 Samuel 24:20
  And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 9:30
  And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
• 2 Kings 9:32
  And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 15:29
  And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.

Psalms

• Psalm 14:2
  The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
• Psalm 53:2
  God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
• Psalm 85:11
  Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.
• 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

Proverbs

• Proverbs 7:6
  For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 6:10
  Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 6:1
  O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth–haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 3:50
  Till the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.

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).