Word study

Regard

16 Hebrew and 6 Greek words behind this English word

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: regard, regarding, regarded, regards. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

At a glance

How often each original word is translated “regard” or one of its forms.

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

  • חָשַׁב châshabthink, accounttranslated this way 10 times of its 118 uses · Strong’s H2803Verb  ·  Translated: considered 10, regarded 7, devise 7, devised 6

    Genesis 31:15 Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.

    Deuteronomy 2:11 Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.

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  • עַל alheighttranslated this way 7 times of its 4,859 uses · Strong’s H5921Preposition  ·  Translated: on 777, over 297, in 218, against 216Full study and all 3,996 verses →
  • כֹּל kôlthe whole, alltranslated this way 5 times of its 5,107 uses · Strong’s H3605Noun  ·  Translated: all 1,589, and all 471, whole 223, every 196Full study and all 4,112 verses →
  • פָּנָה pânâhturntranslated this way 5 times of its 128 uses · Strong’s H6437Verb  ·  Translated: turned 27, turn 21, facing 11, turn back 4

    Numbers 16:15 Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”

    2 Samuel 9:8 Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”

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  • הָיָה hâyâhfall out, come to pass, become, betranslated this way 4 times of its 2,848 uses · Strong’s H1961Verb  ·  Translated: will be 206, become 178, came 169, was 151Full study and all 2,573 verses →
  • קֹדֶשׁ qôdeshsacred, sanctitytranslated this way 3 times of its 437 uses · Strong’s H6944Noun  ·  Translated: holy 192, sanctuary 42, sacred 31, according to the sanctuary 24

    Exodus 30:37 You are never to use this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as holy to the LORD.

    Leviticus 5:16 Regarding any holy thing he has harmed, he must make restitution by adding a fifth of its value to it and giving it to the priest, who will make atonement on his behalf with the ram as a guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.

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  • יָדַע yâdaknowtranslated this way 3 times of its 914 uses · Strong’s H3045Verb  ·  Translated: know 453, known 53, knows 48, knew 38

    1 Samuel 2:12 Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD

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  • בִּין bîndiscerntranslated this way 3 times of its 166 uses · Strong’s H995Verb  ·  Translated: understand 27, discerning 16, understanding 12, consider 10

    Psalm 28:5 Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.

    Proverbs 29:7 The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.

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  • נָבַט nâbaṭlooktranslated this way 3 times of its 68 uses · Strong’s H5027Verb  ·  Translated: look 24, looked 8, see 7, consider 6

    Psalm 119:15 I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.

    Lamentations 4:16 The presence of the LORD has scattered them; He regards them no more. The priests are shown no honor; the elders find no favor.

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  • שָׁעָה shââhgazetranslated this way 2 times of its 15 uses · Strong’s H8159Verb  ·  Translated: look 3, regard 2, look away 2

    Genesis 4:5 but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.

    Psalm 119:117 Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.

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  • עַיִן ayineyetranslated this way 2 times of its 764 uses · Strong’s H5869Noun  ·  Translated: eyes 383, sight 186, eye 38, presence 13

    Genesis 45:20 But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

    Deuteronomy 15:18 Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.

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  • קָדַשׁ qâdashbe set apart, consecratedtranslated this way 2 times of its 169 uses · Strong’s H6942Verb  ·  Translated: consecrate 40, consecrated 33, dedicated 10, sanctifies 8

    Leviticus 21:8 You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy — I who set you apart.

    Isaiah 8:13 The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.

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  • נָשָׂא nâsâlift, take, carrytranslated this way 2 times of its 642 uses · Strong’s H5375Verb  ·  Translated: bear 49, lift 45, lifted 41, carried 38Full study and all 601 verses →
  • שׂוּם sûmput, place, settranslated this way 2 times of its 560 uses · Strong’s H7760Verb  ·  Translated: put 84, set 71, make 45, made 39Full study and all 533 verses →
  • נָתַן nâthangive, put, settranslated this way 2 times of its 1,957 uses · Strong’s H5414Verb  ·  Translated: give 326, gave 206, given 187, put 135Full study and all 1,785 verses →
  • רָאָה rââhseetranslated this way 2 times of its 1,266 uses · Strong’s H7200Verb  ·  Translated: see 354, saw 285, seen 124, look 45Full study and all 1,181 verses →

Greek words (New Testament)

How to study a word well
  1. Start from the verse, not the dictionary. Find which Hebrew or Greek word stands in the verse you are studying. One English word often translates several different original words.
  2. Read every place the word is used. A word means what its writers used it to mean. The list of verses and the count by book show its range, and who uses it most.
  3. Look at how it is translated. A word rendered five different ways has a wider meaning than any one English word can carry.
  4. Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
  5. See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
  6. Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
  7. Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.

Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.