96 occurrences

'Looking' in the Bible

In the early evening Isaac went out to walk in the field, and looking up he saw camels coming.

Verse ConceptsEveningRelationships With Boyfriendphotography

A man found him there, wandering in the field, and asked him, “What are you looking for?”

Verse ConceptsWandererswandering

“I’m looking for my brothers,” Joseph said. “Can you tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”

Verse ConceptsWhere Are People?

when seven healthy-looking, well-fed cows came up from the Nile and began to graze among the reeds.

Verse ConceptsFatnessSeven AnimalsFat AnimalsAnimals EatingRiver Nile

when seven well-fed, healthy-looking cows came up from the Nile and began to graze among the reeds.

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsFat AnimalsAnimals EatingRiver Nile

When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you keep looking at each other?

Verse ConceptsLooking Intently At PeopleSeeing Situations

Looking all around and seeing no one, he struck the Egyptian dead and hid him in the sand.

Verse ConceptsSandInadequate BurialsUnseenLooking And SeeingSand And Gravel

They had wings spread out. They faced each other and covered the mercy seat with their wings. The faces of the cherubim were looking toward the mercy seat.

Verse ConceptsWingsCovering The ArkFacingAngel's WingsPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]Cherubim

or without looking drops a stone that could kill a person and he dies, but he was not his enemy and wasn’t trying to harm him,

Verse ConceptsBeing Struck With Stones

If your brother does not live near you or you don’t know him, you are to bring the animal to your home to remain with you until your brother comes looking for it; then you can return it to him.

Verse ConceptsNot Knowing PeopleFar From Here

Your sons and daughters will be given to another people, while your eyes grow weary looking for them every day. But you will be powerless to do anything.

Verse ConceptsPower, HumanPowerlessnessPeople's Inability To SaveChildren SufferingUnable To Save

When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come and I will show you the man you are looking for.” So he went in with her, and there was Sisera lying dead with a tent peg through his temple!

Verse ConceptsPeople Made KnownThose Looking For People

In those days, there was no king in Israel, and the Danite tribe was looking for territory to occupy. Up to that time no territory had been captured by them among the tribes of Israel.

Verse ConceptsNo King

Today when you leave me, you’ll find two men at Rachel’s Grave at Zelzah in the land of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you went looking for have been found, and now your father has stopped being concerned about the donkeys and is worried about you, asking: What should I do about my son?’

Verse ConceptsCareFinding ThingsTwo Other Men

“I have been very zealous for the Lord God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have abandoned Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they’re looking for me to take my life.”

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfeagernessProphets, Lives OfRejection Of GodDestruction Of The TempleKilling ProphetsForsaking God's ThingsSole SurvivorsOnly One PersonBreaking The Covenant

Then the king of Israel called for all the elders of the land and said, “Think it over and you will see that this one is only looking for trouble, for he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, and I didn’t turn him down.”

Verse ConceptsThe Elders Gathered

Now the men were looking for a sign of hope, so they quickly picked up on this and responded, “Yes, it is your brother Ben-hadad.”Then he said, “Go and bring him.”So Ben-hadad came out to him, and Ahab had him come up into the chariot.

Verse ConceptsChariots

Then Elisha said to them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will take you to the man you’re looking for.” And he led them to Samaria.

Mordecai was the legal guardian of his cousin Hadassah (that is, Esther), because she didn’t have a father or mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was extremely good-looking. When her father and mother died, Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter.

Verse ConceptsFatherless, Examples OfBeauty, In WomenAdoptionExamples Of OrphansWomen's RolesDeath Of A MotherFather And Daughter RelationshipsFathers Responsibilities

My eyes grow weary looking for Your salvationand for Your righteous promise.

Verse ConceptsEyes HarmedGod's Word Is Righteous

Those who linger over wine,those who go looking for mixed wine.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholEffect Of WineMixed Wine

Y Come back, come back, Shulammite!Come back, come back, that we may look at you!M Why are you looking at the Shulammite,as you look at the dance of the two camps? >

Verse ConceptsLooking Intently At People

Your neck is like a tower of ivory,your eyes like pools in Heshbonby the gate of Bath-rabbim.Your nose is like the tower of Lebanonlooking toward Damascus.

Verse ConceptsPools

And He replied:Go! Say to these people:Keep listening, but do not understand;keep looking, but do not perceive.

Verse ConceptsGospel, Responses ToSecrecyRejection Of God's CallReprobatesBeing Without Understanding

They will wander through the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged, and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.

Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, At GodPhysical HungerAnguish, CauseBeggingCursing God

I chirp like a swallow or a crane;I moan like a dove.My eyes grow weak looking upward.Lord, I am oppressed; support me.

Verse ConceptsdovesdiscouragementPrayer In DiscouragementSwallowsCauses of failure in

young men without any physical defect, good-looking, suitable for instruction in all wisdom, knowledgeable, perceptive, and capable of serving in the king’s palace—and to teach them the Chaldean language and literature.

Verse ConceptsIntelligenceLanguagesLanguages Mentioned In ScriptureIntellectual KnowledgePeople Made PerfectAlphabetPeople With KnowledgeServing KingsEducationmathteenagerroyaltyHandsome Men

yet he said to Daniel, “My lord the king assigned your food and drink. I’m afraid of what would happen if he saw your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age. You would endanger my life with the king.”

Verse ConceptsCountenance

I was left alone, looking at this great vision. No strength was left in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.

Verse ConceptsLonelinessActing AloneExpressions On FacesVisions From GodNo Strength Left

“When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it roams through waterless places looking for rest but doesn’t find any.

Verse ConceptsEvil SpiritsRestlessnessParables Of ChristNames And Titles For SatanComing Out Of PeopleDry PlacesDemonic Influence

Then He commanded the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed them. He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of ThankfulfnessRiches, Nature OfSittingThankfulnessThanksgivingThanksgiving Before MealsFive ThingsFeeding GroupsReclining To EatThe Disciples ActionsBreaking Of BreadTwo AnimalsGiving Food And DrinkJesus PrayingThanking God For FoodDividing Food

Although they were looking for a way to arrest Him, they feared the crowds, because they regarded Him as a prophet.

Verse ConceptsMultitudesCrowdsHatredArresting ChristFearing Other PeopleJesus The Prophet

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus so they could put Him to death.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsLeaders, SpiritualAttempts To Kill ChristSeeking For Abstract ThingsThe Chief Priests Condemning Christaccusations

Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and ministered to Him were there, looking on from a distance.

Verse ConceptsLove Towards Christ, Shown ByFriendship, Examples OfSeeing At A Distancedistanceministering

But the angel told the women, “Don’t be afraid, because I know you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.

Verse ConceptsChrist Was Killed

They found Him and said, “Everyone’s looking for You!”

Verse ConceptsSeeking ChristFinding People

After looking around at them with anger and sorrow at the hardness of their hearts, He told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

Verse ConceptsAngerAttitudes Of StubbornnessAnger, HumanHardness Of HeartHeart, DivineAnger, Justified ExamplesAnger Of Man, RighteousStretching OutChrist SeeingObstinate IndividualsThose Jesus Healed

And looking about at those who were sitting in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

Verse ConceptsSitting At The FeetChrist's True Family

So He was looking around to see who had done this.

Verse ConceptsWho Is The Doer?Looking And Seeing

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke the loaves. He kept giving them to His disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

Verse ConceptsBreaking Of BreadThankfulnessFive ThingsTwo AnimalsThanking God For FoodDividing FoodFish

Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened!”).

Verse ConceptsLanguagesSighingAramaic LanguageThe Act Of OpeningOpening To OthersInterpreting Language

Then suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus alone.

Verse ConceptsIsolated Persons

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, because all things are possible with God.”

Verse ConceptsAll Things Being PossibleGod, Power OfChrist SeeingPossibilities For GodImpossible For PeoplePossible For GodMan's Relation To Godimpossible

And He went into Jerusalem and into the temple complex. After looking around at everything, since it was already late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, Significance OfVisitingEntering The TempleLatenessTwelve DisciplesChrist In The TempleLooking And Seeing

Then the chief priests and the scribes heard it and started looking for a way to destroy Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished by His teaching.

Verse ConceptsScribesTeachers Of The LawMalice, Examples OfAmazement, Of Jesus ChristCrowds AmazedChrist TeachingChrist Would Be KilledFear Of ChristOpposition To Christ From Scribes

Because they knew He had said this parable against them, they were looking for a way to arrest Him, but they were afraid of the crowd. So they left Him and went away.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristTeachers Of The LawProper UnderstandingArresting ChristFearing Other PeopleJesus Using ParablesLeaving People Alone

After two days it was the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a treacherous way to arrest and kill Him.

Verse ConceptsFeast Of Unleavened BreadChief priestsJudaismScribesTeachers Of The LawCraftinessTwo DaysActing In SecretArresting ChristChrist Would Be KilledOpposition To Christ From Scribes

And when they heard this, they were glad and promised to give him silver. So he started looking for a good opportunity to betray Him.

Verse ConceptsOpportunities, In LifeConnivanceJudas Betraying ChristRight Time For PeopleRejoicing In EvilPrice Set On Individuals

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they could find none.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsAttempts To Kill ChristNot FindingThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

There were also women looking on from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

Verse ConceptsSeeing At A Distancedistancehumor

Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Sanhedrin who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, came and boldly went in to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.

Verse ConceptsBoldness, To PeopleKingdom Of God, Coming OfSanhedrinWaitingWaiting On GodBoldness Examples OfMessianic HopeJesus CorpseNot DiscouragedThose Who Wait For Godrisk

Looking up, they observed that the stone—which was very large—had been rolled away.

Verse ConceptsBarriersBig ThingsRolling

“Don’t be alarmed,” he told them. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been resurrected! He is not here! See the place where they put Him.

Verse ConceptsEasterLowering PeopleChrist Is Risen

At that very moment, she came up and began to thank God and to speak about Him to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsMessianic HopeTelling Of JesusThanks For Christ

Assuming He was in the traveling party, they went a day’s journey. Then they began looking for Him among their relatives and friends.

Verse ConceptsCaravans

After looking around at them all, He told him, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and his hand was restored.

Verse ConceptsStretching OutChrist SeeingThose Jesus Healed

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them. He kept giving them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Verse ConceptsThankfulnessThanksgivingFive ThingsThe Disciples ActionsBreaking Of BreadTwo AnimalsGiving Food And DrinkThanking God For FoodBreadFishFeeding The Poor

“When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it roams through waterless places looking for rest, and not finding rest, it then says, ‘I’ll go back to my house where I came from.’

Verse ConceptsEvil SpiritsRestlessnessDry PlacesComing Out Of PeopleRestCasting Out Demons

And He told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.

Verse ConceptsMetaphorical VineyardsSeeking For Concrete Things

He told the vineyard worker, ‘Listen, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it even waste the soil?’

Verse ConceptsDivine DelaysFelling TreesThree YearsSeeking For Concrete ThingsNo Roomspacecutting

Every day He was teaching in the temple complex. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to destroy Him,

Verse ConceptsScribesTeachers Of The LawAmazement, Of Jesus ChristPlottingUnceasingAlways Being ActiveChrist TeachingChrist Would Be KilledOpposition To Christ From Scribes

The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Him to death, because they were afraid of the people.

Verse ConceptsPersecution, Forms OfScribesTeachers Of The LawChrist Would Be KilledFearing Other PeopleOpposition To Christ From Scribes

So he accepted the offer and started looking for a good opportunity to betray Him to them when the crowd was not present.

Verse ConceptsOpportunities, In LifeCrowds AvoidedJudas Betraying ChristRight Time For People

who had not agreed with their plan and action. He was from Arimathea, a Judean town, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Coming OfWaiting

So the women were terrified and bowed down to the ground.“Why are you looking for the living among the dead?” asked the men.

Verse ConceptsBowingProstrationBowing Heads Before GodChrist's Life

When Jesus turned and noticed them following Him, He asked them, “What are you looking for?”They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are You staying?”

Verse ConceptsMoses, Significance OfRabbiTurning RoundChrist SeeingStaying TemporarilyDiscipleshipseekingfollowing

When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

Verse ConceptsSeeking ChristCrowds SeekingBoatsDisciples' MovementsGone Away

Jesus answered, “I assure you: You are looking for Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate the loaves and were filled.

Verse ConceptsSelfishness, Examples OfCrowds SeekingPeople EatingChrist Telling The TruthSigns Performed By ChristTruly TrulyFilling PeopleWhy People Did ThingsSelf LoveFishseeking

The Jews were looking for Him at the festival and saying, “Where is He?”

Verse ConceptsWhere Are People?

They were looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple complex: “What do you think? He won’t come to the festival, will He?”

The disciples started looking at one another—uncertain which one He was speaking about.

Verse ConceptsCommunicationLooking Intently At PeopleUncertain Thingsuncertainty

Then Jesus, knowing everything that was about to happen to Him, went out and said to them, “Who is it you’re looking for?”

Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeForeknowledge Of ChristChrist Knowing About HimselfDeath

Then He asked them again, “Who is it you’re looking for?”“Jesus the Nazarene,” they said.

Verse Conceptsseeking

“I told you I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you’re looking for Me, let these men go.”

Verse ConceptsThe Existence Of ChristThis Is MeArresting Christ

“Woman,” Jesus said to her, “why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”Supposing He was the gardener, she replied, “Sir, if you’ve removed Him, tell me where you’ve put Him, and I will take Him away.”

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofHorticultureLordship, Human And DivineCarrying Dead BodiesTaking ChristWhere Are People?

They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come in the same way that you have seen Him going into heaven.”

Verse ConceptsFutureGospel, Essence OfLast ThingsAngel, AnnouncementsChrist And HeavenChrist Coming AgainGoing To Heaven

Looking intently at him, he became afraid and said, “What is it, lord?”The angel told him, “Your prayers and your acts of charity have come up as a memorial offering before God.

Verse ConceptsGiftsPoverty, Remedies ForReligionFear, Of UnknownBenevolenceGod Remembering DevotionWhat Is The Matter?Giving To The PoorThings Going UpGod Answered Prayerremembrance

While Peter was thinking about the vision, the Spirit told him, “Three men are here looking for you.

Verse ConceptsMind, Of ChristThe Spirit SpeakingThose Looking For People

Then Peter went down to the men and said, “Here I am, the one you’re looking for. What is the reason you’re here?”

Verse ConceptsThis Is MeWhy Do Others Do This?

And Isaiah says boldly:I was foundby those who were not looking for Me;I revealed Myselfto those who were not asking for Me.

Verse ConceptsFindingNot Seeking GodFinding GodA Bold FrontBoldnessfearless

What then? Israel did not find what it was looking for, but the elect did find it. The rest were hardened,

Verse ConceptsChristiansReprobatesSeeking For Abstract ThingsNot FindingGod Hardening PeopleIsrael Hardened

Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his own face in a mirror.

Verse ConceptsMirrorsHearing God's WordOne's Deeds

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Appear (157 instances)
Attend (94 instances)
Await (22 instances)
Calculate (7 instances)
Depend (28 instances)
Expect (43 instances)
Looking (560 instances)
Reckon (36 instances)
Search (210 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נבט 
Nabat 
Usage: 69

שׁקף 
Shaqaph 
Usage: 22

ἀτενίζω 
Atenizo 
Usage: 14

צפה 
Tsaphah 
Usage: 36

περιβλέπω 
Periblepo 
Usage: 7

προσδοκάω 
Prosdokao 
Usage: 14

פּנה 
Panah 
Usage: 134

קוה 
Qavah 
Usage: 49

ἀναβλέπω 
Anablepo 
Usage: 21

βλέπω 
Blepo 
see , take heed , behold , beware , look on , look , beware of ,
Usage: 85

θεάομαι 
theaomai 
Usage: 18

σκοπέω 
Skopeo 
mark , take heed , look on , look at , consider
Usage: 5

חזה 
Chazah 
Usage: 54

חזו 
Chezev (Aramaic) 
Usage: 12

מראה 
Mar'eh 
Usage: 104

מראה 
Mar'ah 
Usage: 11

ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

ראי 
Ro'iy 
Usage: 5

שׁגח 
Shagach 
Usage: 3

שׁוּר 
Shuwr 
Usage: 17

שׁזף 
Shazaph 
see , look
Usage: 3

שׁעה 
Sha`ah 
Usage: 15

ἀνακύπτω 
Anakupto 
lift up self , look up
Usage: 3

ἀπεκδέχομαι 
Apekdechomai 
Usage: 7

ἀφοράω 
Aphorao 
Usage: 1

εἴδω 
Eido 
know , cannot tell , know how , wist , , see , behold , look , perceive , vr see , vr know
Usage: 519

ἐκδέχομαι 
Ekdechomai 
Usage: 8

ἐκδοχή 
Ekdoche 
Usage: 1

ἐμβλέπω 
Emblepo 
behold , look upon , see , gaze up , can see
Usage: 11

ἐπεῖδον 
Epeidon 
look on , behold
Usage: 2

ἐπιβλέπω 
Epiblepo 
Usage: 3

ἐπισκέπτομαι 
Episkeptomai 
Usage: 9

ἐπισκοπέω 
Episkopeo 
Usage: 2

θεωρέω 
theoreo 
Usage: 40

ὀπτάνομαι ὄπτομαι 
Optanomai 
Usage: 41

ὅρασις 
Horasis 
Usage: 4

παρακύπτω 
Parakupto 
Usage: 5

προσδέχομαι 
Prosdechomai 
Usage: 13

προσδοκία 
Prosdokia 
Usage: 1

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