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Strong's H4758 מַרְאֶה (mareh)

Mareh means “vision” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4758 — stratologeo (“choose to be a soldier”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4758
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 82
Books 18

Strong's H4758 Quick Answer

Strong's H4758 מַראֶה (mar'eh) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. mar'eh (mar-eh') n-m. 1. a view (the act of seeing) 2. also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness It has 82 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include appearance, saw, see, also, and things. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
mar'eh (mar-eh') n-m. 1. a view (the act of seeing) 2. also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness
Usage
82 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
appearance, saw, see, also, and things

Meaning and Definition

mar'eh (mar-eh') n-m. 1. a view (the act of seeing) 2. also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness 3. often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision [from H7200] KJV: X apparently, appearance(-reth), X as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision. Root(s): H7200

Original Word
מַראֶה
Transliteration
mar'eh
Derivation
Root: ראה First root strongs: 7200
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4758. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

appearance

Usage: 1) sight, appearance, vision 1a) sight, phenomenon, spectacle, appearance, vision 1b) what is seen 1c) a vision (supernatural) 1d) sight, vision (power of seeing)

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How Strong's H4758 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mar'eh, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

appearance Numbers 9:15 15× saw 1 Samuel 17:42 see Exodus 3:3 also Ecclesiastes 6:9 seen Ezekiel 11:24 things Esther 2:3 thing Daniel 10:1

How Strong's H4758 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 82 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4758 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H4758 in the Old Testament

82 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 2:9 KJV

And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 12:11 KJV

And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:

Genesis 24:16 KJV

And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

Usage Excerpts

First 82 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4758.

Genesis 2:9 Old Testament, KJV
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 12:11 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
Genesis 24:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
Genesis 26:7 Old Testament, KJV
And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
Genesis 29:17 Old Testament, KJV
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
Genesis 39:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
Genesis 41:2 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
Genesis 41:3 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
Genesis 41:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
Genesis 41:21 Old Testament, KJV
And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
Exodus 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
Exodus 24:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Leviticus 13:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
Leviticus 13:4 Old Testament, KJV
If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:
Leviticus 13:12 Old Testament, KJV
And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;
Leviticus 13:20 Old Testament, KJV
And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
Leviticus 13:25 Old Testament, KJV
Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
Leviticus 13:30 Old Testament, KJV
Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.
Leviticus 13:31 Old Testament, KJV
And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:
Leviticus 13:32 Old Testament, KJV
And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;
Leviticus 13:34 Old Testament, KJV
And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
Leviticus 13:43 Old Testament, KJV
Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
Leviticus 14:37 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall;
Numbers 8:4 Old Testament, KJV
And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
Numbers 9:15 Old Testament, KJV
And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
Numbers 9:16 Old Testament, KJV
So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
Numbers 12:8 Old Testament, KJV
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
Deuteronomy 28:34 Old Testament, KJV
So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Deuteronomy 28:67 Old Testament, KJV
In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Joshua 22:10 Old Testament, KJV
And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.
Judges 13:6 Old Testament, KJV
Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
1 Samuel 16:7 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Samuel 17:42 Old Testament, KJV
And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
2 Samuel 11:2 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
2 Samuel 14:27 Old Testament, KJV
And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
2 Samuel 23:21 Old Testament, KJV
And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
Esther 1:11 Old Testament, KJV
To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
Esther 2:2 Old Testament, KJV
Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
Esther 2:3 Old Testament, KJV
And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
Esther 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
Job 4:16 Old Testament, KJV
It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
Job 41:9 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Ecclesiastes 6:9 Old Testament, KJV
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 11:9 Old Testament, KJV
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Song of Solomon 2:14 Old Testament, KJV
O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Song of Solomon 5:15 Old Testament, KJV
His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
Isaiah 11:3 Old Testament, KJV
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
Isaiah 52:14 Old Testament, KJV
As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
Isaiah 53:2 Old Testament, KJV
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Ezekiel 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
Ezekiel 1:13 Old Testament, KJV
As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
Ezekiel 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
Ezekiel 1:16 Old Testament, KJV
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
Ezekiel 1:26 Old Testament, KJV
And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
Ezekiel 1:27 Old Testament, KJV
And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
Ezekiel 1:28 Old Testament, KJV
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
Ezekiel 8:2 Old Testament, KJV
Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
Ezekiel 8:4 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
Ezekiel 10:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
Ezekiel 10:9 Old Testament, KJV
And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.
Ezekiel 10:10 Old Testament, KJV
And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.
Ezekiel 10:22 Old Testament, KJV
And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.
Ezekiel 11:24 Old Testament, KJV
Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
Ezekiel 23:15 Old Testament, KJV
Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:
Ezekiel 23:16 Old Testament, KJV
And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
Ezekiel 40:3 Old Testament, KJV
And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
Ezekiel 41:21 Old Testament, KJV
The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.
Ezekiel 42:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.
Ezekiel 43:3 Old Testament, KJV
And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.
Daniel 1:4 Old Testament, KJV
Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
Daniel 1:13 Old Testament, KJV
Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.
Daniel 1:15 Old Testament, KJV
And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.
Daniel 8:15 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
Daniel 8:16 Old Testament, KJV
And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
Daniel 8:26 Old Testament, KJV
And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
Daniel 8:27 Old Testament, KJV
And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.
Daniel 9:23 Old Testament, KJV
At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.
Daniel 10:1 Old Testament, KJV
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
Daniel 10:6 Old Testament, KJV
His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
Daniel 10:18 Old Testament, KJV
Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
Joel 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
Nahum 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4758, grouped by book.

Genesis 10 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 11 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 4 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
Esther 4 usages, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 2 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 20 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 11 usages, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H4758 FAQ

What does mareh (מַרְאֶה) mean?

Mareh (Strong's H4758) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "vision". mar'eh (mar-eh') n-m. 1. a view (the act of seeing) 2. also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness

How many times is mareh (מַרְאֶה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 82 linked usages for Strong's H4758 across 18 books.

Where can I study mareh (מַרְאֶה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4758 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate mareh (מַרְאֶה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as appearance, saw, see, also, things, and seen. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.