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look

Meaning of “look”

Sense 1: To direct the eyes or attention; to behold, observe, expect, or take heed. Sense 2: An appearance, countenance, expression, or aspect.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
155 occurrences153 verses42 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 9:16

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Proverbs 23:31
look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 23:31 · retained source text

Looke not thou vpon the wine when it is red, when it giueth his colour in the cup, when it moueth it selfe aright.

Proverbs 27:23
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 27:23 · retained source text

Be thou diligent to knowe the state of thy flocks, and looke well to thy herds.

1611 marginal noteHebr. set thy heart.

Ecclesiastes 12:3
In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 12:3 · retained source text

In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bowe themselues, and the grinders cease, because they are fewe, and those that looke out of the windowes be darkened:

1611 marginal noteOr, the grinders faile, because they grind litle.

Song of Solomon 1:6
look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 1:6 · retained source text

Looke not vpon me because I am blacke, because the Sunne hath looked vpon me: my mothers children were angry with me, they made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine owne vineyard haue I not kept.

Song of Solomon 4:8
¶ Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 4:8 · retained source text

¶ Come with me from Lebanon ( my spouse,) with me from Lebanon: looke from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the Lions dennes, from the mountaines of the Leopards.

1611 marginal noteDeut.3.9.

Song of Solomon 6:13
Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 6:13 · retained source text

Returne, returne, O Shulamite; returne, returne, that we may looke vpon thee: what will yee see in the Shulamite? as it were the company of two armies.

1611 marginal noteOr of Mahanaim.

Isaiah 5:30
And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 5:30 · retained source text

And in that day they shall roare against them, like the roaring of the sea: and if one looke vnto the land, behold darkenesse and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heauens therof.

1611 marginal noteOr, distresse.

1611 marginal noteOr, when it is light it shalbe darke in the destructions thereof.

Isaiah 8:17
And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 8:17 · retained source text

And I wil wait vpon the LORD that hideth his face from the house of Iacob, and I will looke for him.

Isaiah 8:21
And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 8:21 · retained source text

And they shall passe through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to passe, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselues, and curse their King, and their God, and looke vpward.

Isaiah 8:22
And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 8:22 · retained source text

And they shall looke vnto the earth: and behold trouble and darkenesse, dimnesse of anguish; and they shall be driuen to darkenesse.

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In the imperative, used to excite attention: see, behold, observe, or take notice.

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