# צָפָה (tsafah) Israeli respelling: tsa-fah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H6822. 33 Old Testament occurrences. properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await King James renderings: behold, espy, look up (well), wait for, (keep the) watch(-man). Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/tsafah-h6822 ## Occurrences - [Genesis 31:49](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/49) — And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. - [1 Samuel 4:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/4/13) — And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into th… - [1 Samuel 14:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/14/16) — And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another. - [2 Samuel 13:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/13/34) — But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of t… - [2 Samuel 18:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/18/24) — And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked,… - [2 Samuel 18:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/18/25) — And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew ne… - [2 Samuel 18:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/18/26) — And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king… - [2 Samuel 18:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/18/27) — And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a… - [2 Kings 9:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/9/17) — And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said,… - [2 Kings 9:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/9/18) — So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? tur… - [2 Kings 9:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/9/20) — And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi;… - [Job 15:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/15/22) — He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. - [Psalms 5:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/5/3) — My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. - [Psalms 37:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/37/32) — The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. - [Psalms 66:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/66/7) — He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. - [Proverbs 15:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/15/3) — The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. - [Proverbs 31:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/31/27) — She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. - [Song of Solomon 7:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/7/4) — Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon w… - [Isaiah 21:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/21/6) — For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. - [Isaiah 52:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/52/8) — Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring aga… - [Isaiah 56:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/56/10) — His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. - [Jeremiah 6:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/6/17) — Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. - [Jeremiah 48:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/48/19) — O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done? - [Lamentations 4:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/4/17) — As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us. - [Ezekiel 3:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/3/17) — Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. - [Ezekiel 33:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/33/2) — Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a ma… - [Ezekiel 33:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/33/6) — But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from… - [Ezekiel 33:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/33/7) — So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them f… - [Hosea 9:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/9/8) — The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God. - [Micah 7:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/7/4) — The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shal… - [Micah 7:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/7/7) — Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. - [Nahum 2:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/2/1) — He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. - [Habakkuk 2:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/2/1) — I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am re…