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sight

Meaning of “sight”

1. The act or power of seeing. 2. A thing seen, view, or appearance. 3. Presence or observation.

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:9

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Esther 5:2
And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Esther 5:2 · retained source text

And it was so, when the king saw Esther the Queene standing in the court, that shee obtained fauour in his sight: and the king helde out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand: So Esther drew neere, and touched the top of the scepter.

Esther 5:8
If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Esther 5:8 · retained source text

If I haue found fauour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to performe my request, let the king, and Haman, come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I wil do to morow, as the king hath said.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to doe.

Esther 7:3
Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Esther 7:3 · retained source text

Then Esther the Queene answered, and said; If I haue found fauour in thy sight, O King, and if it please the King, let my life be giuen me at my petition, and my people at my request.

Esther 8:5
And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s provinces:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Esther 8:5 · retained source text

And said, If it please the king, and if I haue found fauour in his sight, and the thing seeme right before the king, and I bee pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reuerse the letters deuised by Haman the sonne of Hammedatha the Agagite, which hee wrote to destroy the Iewes, which are in all the kings prouinces.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the deuice.

1611 marginal noteOr, who wrote.

Job 15:15
Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 15:15 · retained source text

Beholde, he putteth no trust in his Saints, yea, the heauens are not cleane in his sight.

1611 marginal noteIob. 4.18.

Job 18:3
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 18:3 · retained source text

Wherefore are wee counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

Job 19:15
They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 19:15 · retained source text

They that dwell in mine house, and my maides count me for a stranger: I am an aliant in their sight.

Job 21:8
Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 21:8 · retained source text

Their seede is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

Job 25:5
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 25:5 · retained source text

Behold euen to the moone, and it shineth not, yea the starres are not pure in his sight.

Job 34:26
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
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1611 witness · Job 34:26 · retained source text

He striketh them as wicked men, in the open sight of others:

1611 marginal noteHebr. in the place of beholders.

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