- Original: צפה - Transliteration: Tsaphah - Phonetic: tsaw-faw' - Definition: 1. to look out or about, spy, keep watch, observe, watch a. (Qal) to keep watch, spy b. (Piel) to watch, watch closely - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1950 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; properly to lean forward that is to peer into the distance; by implication to observe await: - behold espy look up (well) wait for (keep the) watch (-man). Total KJV Occurrences: 36 • behold, 1 Psalm 66:7 • beholding, 1 Proverbs 15:3 • espy, 1 Jeremiah 48:19 • for, 1 Job 15:22 • look, 1 Micah 7:7 • looketh, 1 Song of Songs 7:4 • up, 1 Psalm 5:3 • watch, 5 Genesis 31:49; 2 Samuel 13:34; Isaiah 21:5; Nahum 2:1; Habakkuk 2:1 • watched, 1 Lamentations 4:17 • watcheth, 1 Psalm 37:32 • watching, 1 1 Samuel 4:13 • watchman, 15 2 Samuel 18:24; 2 Samuel 18:25; 2 Samuel 18:26(2); 2 Samuel 18:27; 2 Kings 9:17; 2 Kings 9:18; 2 Kings 9:20; Isaiah 21:6; Ezekiel 3:17; Ezekiel 33:2; Ezekiel 33:6(2); Ezekiel 33:7; Hosea 9:8 • watchmen, 5 1 Samuel 14:16; Isaiah 52:8; Isaiah 56:10; Jeremiah 6:17; Micah 7:4 • well, 1 Proverbs 31:27