The meaning of “מַרְאֶה”
Understanding marʼeh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
[idiom] apparently, appearance(-reth), [idiom] as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to ...
מַרְאֶה
[idiom] apparently, appearance(-reth), [idiom] as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision. - a view (the act of seeing) - also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness - often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision 1) sight, appearance, vision 1a) sight, phenomenon, spectacle, appearance, vision 1b) what is seen 1c) a vision (supernatural) 1d) sight, vision (power of seeing)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 39:6 | “And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.” Word: מַרְאֶה (marʼeh) | |
| Numbers 9:16 | “So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.” Word: מַרְאֶה (marʼeh) | |
| Judges 13:6 | “Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:” Word: מַרְאֶה (marʼeh) | |
| Esther 1:11 | “To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.” Word: מַרְאֶה (marʼeh) | |
| Song of Solomon 5:15 | “His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.” Word: מַרְאֶה (marʼeh) |
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