Definition

properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• behold
• espy
• look up (well)
• wait for
• (keep the) watch(-man)

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.