Definition

to gaze upon; mentally to dream, be usual (i.e. seem)

Etymology

(Aramaic) or חֲזָה; (Aramaic), corresponding to H2372 (חָזָה);

Where the KJV renders it

• behold
• have (a dream)
• see
• be wont

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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