Strongs Number: H8259
- Hebrew Word
- שָׁקַף
- Transliteration
- shâqaph
- Phonetic
- shaw-kaf'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
properly to lean out (of a {window}) that {is} (by implication) peep or gaze (passively be a spectacle)
- BDB Definition
-
1. to overlook, look down or out, overhang, look out and down
a. (Niphal) to lean over (and look), look down
b. (Hiphil) to look down, look down upon
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- {appear} look ({down} {forth} out).