1 Samuel 16:7
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.”
מַרְאֶה
a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision
רָאָה
Look
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רָאָה
To see, to look, to perceive. Raah. The LORD sees not as man sees. Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart.
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לֵב
Heart
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לֵב
Heart, mind, will. Leb. The centre of human personality. Guard your heart above all else for everything you do flows from it.
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יְהֹוָה
LORD
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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נָבַט
you look
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נָבַט
to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
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מָאַס
I have rejected/ him
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מָאַס
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
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גָּבֹהַּ
the height of
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גָּבֹהַּ
elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant
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שְׁמוּאֵל
Samuel
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שְׁמוּאֵל
Shemuel, the name of three Israelites
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קוֹמָה
stature/ his
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קוֹמָה
height
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