שָׁקַף

Strong’s Definition

properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e. (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

appear, look (down, forth, out).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to overlook, look down or out, overhang, look out and down
• 2.(niphal) to lean over (and look), look down
• 3.(hiphil) to look down, look down upon

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: shâqaph; Pronunciation: shaw-kaf'