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הַכָּרָהStrong’s H1971

hakkarah (hak-ka-rah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Hakkarah is the Hebrew word usually translated “expression of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.”
Isaiah 3:9 KJV
Meaning
  1. The look, appearance, expression
How it's translated
  • expression of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    הַכָּרָה hakkarah · look

    the look, appearance, expression

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “look” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    LOOK, verb intransitive

    [See Light. The primary sense is to stretch, to extend, to shoot, hence to direct the eye. We observe its primary sense is nearly the same as that of seek. Hence, to look for is to seek.]

    1. To direct the eye towards an object, with the intention of seeing it.
    2. To see; to have the sight or view of.
    3. To direct the intellectual eye; to apply the mind or understanding; to consider; to examine. look at the conduct of this man; view it in all its aspects.
    4. To expect.
    All definitions and other forms of “look”
    1. To take care; to watch.
    2. To be directed.“Let thine eyes look right on” Proverbs 4:25
    3. To seem; to appear; to have a particular appearance.
    4. To have a particular direction or situation; to face; to front.“The gate that looketh toward the north” Ezekiel 8:3“The east gate of the Lord's house, that looketh eastward” Ezekiel 11:1
    5. To look after, to attend; to take care of; as, to look after children.
    6. To expect; to be in a state of expectation.“Men's hearts falling them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth” Luke 21:26
    7. To seek; to search.
    8. To look for, to expect; as, to look for news by the arrival of a ship.
    9. To seek; to search; as, to look for lost money, or lost cattle.“Which things the angels desire to look into” 1 Peter 1:12
    10. To look on, to regard; to esteem.
    11. To consider; to view; to conceive of; to think.
    12. To be a mere spectator.
    13. To look to, or unto, to watch; to take care of.“LOOK well to thy herds” Proverbs 27:23
    14. To resort to with confidence or expectation of receiving something; to expect to receive from.“LOOK to me and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth” Isaiah 45:22

    LOOK, verb transitive

    1. To seek; to search for.
    2. To influence by looks or presence; as, to look down opposition.

    LOOK, noun

    1. Cast of countenance; air of the face; aspect; as, a high look is an index of pride; a downcast look is an index of pride; a downcast look indicates modesty, bashfulness, or depression of mind.
    2. The act of looking or seeing.
    3. View; watch.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.