מַרְאֶה (H4758) — Hebrew Lexicon

מַרְאֶה

𐤌𐤓𐤀𐤄

marʼeh

H4758 noun

SILEX Entry

Root ראה to see, to perceive, to show

Definition

Visual aspect, appearance, or form perceived by the eye or inward vision; refers both to the act of seeing ('seeing, sight') and what is seen ('appearance, form, vision'). In different contexts, מַרְאֶה can denote physical features or attractiveness, a visible manifestation, a pattern or model to be reproduced, or a supernatural vision.

Semantic Range

appearance, outward form, visual impression, visible feature, vision (supernatural), pattern/blueprint, act of seeing, sight, countenance, model, (sometimes) attractiveness or comeliness

Root / Etymology

From the root ר-א-ה (ראה), 'to see, perceive.' מַרְאֶה is a nominal formation (pattern: מַקְטֵל), indicating the result of the action: 'that which is seen,' 'appearance,' or 'act of viewing.' The root meaning ('to see') underlies both concrete and abstract senses of the noun.

Historical & Contextual Notes

In narrative and legal texts, מַרְאֶה most often describes the outward appearance, form, or visual impression of people (e.g., attractiveness or physical stature, 1 Samuel 16:7), objects, or phenomena (e.g., rainbows, clouds). In cultic or architectural contexts, it may refer to a divinely revealed pattern or blueprint (Exodus 25:9, 'according to the appearance/model shown on the mountain'). In prophetic literature, its use as 'vision' indicates a supernatural perception, though more technical prophetic terms (e.g., חָזוֹן, מַחֲזֶה) are sometimes preferred for formal visions. מַרְאֶה contrasts with צֶלֶם (image, statue) in its emphasis on visual impression or experience over material object. The standard translation 'appearance' or 'form' generally fits, but 'vision' is preferable in prophetic or theophanic contexts. The English term 'countenance' (for facial appearance) reflects older usage and is not always appropriate. Meaning remained stable across periods, though later biblical usage increasingly associates מַרְאֶה with supernatural or extraordinary appearances.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from רָאָה; 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; [idiom] apparently, appearance(-reth), [idiom] as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.

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Root Family

ראה (r-ʾ-h) — to see, to perceive, to show

Strong's	Lemma	SIBI-P1
H1254	בָּרָא	and he saw
H3372	יָרֵא	he sees
H4179	מוֹרִיָּה	the Seen-of-Yah
H4759	מַרְאָה	in the visible-manifestation
H4760	מֻרְאָה	his prominent crop
H7200	רָאָה	I will cause you to see
H7201	רָאָה	and the sight-raptor
H7202	רָאֶה	and see
H7203	רֹאֶה	one who sees
H7204	רֹאֵה	the seeing one
H7207	רַאֲוָה	spectacle of
H7209	רְאִי	mirror
H7210	רֳאִי	visible spectacle
H7211	רְאָיָה	Yah has seen
H7212	רְאִית	you have seen
H7299	רֵו	and his visible form
H7451	רַע	and he saw
H7453	רֵעַ	See!
H7462	רָעָה	they saw
H7463	רֵעֶה	See!
H7489	רָעַע	and he saw
H883	בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי	my Seer

Word Forms

24 distinct forms

SIDANCE	Surface	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	Occurrences
`H4758-08`	מַרְאֶ֖ה	mareeh	`HNcmsa`	appearance	visible appearance	23
`H4758-04`	כְּ/מַרְאֵ֥ה	kemareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	like the appearance	like appearance of	19
`H4758-02`	הַ/מַּרְאֶה֙	hamareeh	`HTd/Ncmsa`	the vision	the appearance	8
`H4758-16`	וּ/מַרְאֵה֙	umareeh	`HC/Ncmsc`	and the appearance	and appearance of	8
`H4758-10`	מַרְאֵ֨/הוּ֙	mareehu	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its appearance	his appearance	8
`H4758-03`	כַּ/מַּרְאֶ֗ה	kamareeh	`HRd/Ncmsa`	like-the-appearance	like the appearance	5
`H4758-05`	לְ/מַרְאֶ֖ה	lemareeh	`HR/Ncmsa`	at the sight	for appearance	4
`H4758-11`	מַרְאֵי/הֶ֣ם	mareeyhem	`HNcmsc/Sp3mp`	their appearance	their visible appearance	3
`H4758-01`	בַּ/מַּרְאֶ֖ה	bamareeh	`HRd/Ncmsa`	in the vision	in the appearance	3
`H4758-14`	מִ/מַּרְאֵ֥ה	mimareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	from appearance-of	from appearance-of	3
`H4758-19`	וּ/מַרְאֵי/הֶם֙	umareeyhem	`HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp`	and their appearances	and their visible-forms	2
`H4758-20`	וּ/מַרְאֵי/הֶ֣ן	umareeyhen	`HC/Ncmsc/Sp3fp`	and their appearance	and their appearance	2
`H4758-12`	מַרְאֵֽי/הֶ֔ן	mareeyhen	`HNcmsc/Sp3fp`	appearance-of-them	their appearance	2
`H4758-23`	וּ/מִ/מַּרְאֵ֥ה	umimareeh	`HC/R/Ncmsc`	and from appearance-of	and from appearance-of	2
`H4758-18`	וּ/מַרְאֵ֕/הוּ	umareehu	`HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms`	and his appearance	and his appearance	2
`H4758-09`	מַרְאֶ֣/הָ	mareeha	`HNcmsc/Sp3fs`	its appearance	her appearance	2
`H4758-24`	וּ/בְ/מַרְאֵ֖י	uvemareey	`HC/R/Ncmpc`	and in sight	and in appearances of	1
`H4758-15`	וּ/כְ/מַרְאֵ֨ה	ukhemareeh	`HC/R/Ncmsc`	and-like-the-appearance	and like appearance-of	1
`H4758-21`	וּ/מַרְאֵ֥י/ךְ	umareeykhe	`HC/Ncmsc/Sp2fs`	and your face	and your appearance	1
`H4758-06`	מַרְאַ֔יִ/ךְ	mareayikhe	`HNcmpc/Sp2fs`	your face	your appearances	1
`H4758-07`	מַרְאָ֣י/ו	mareayv	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	him	his appearance	1
`H4758-17`	וּ/מַרְאֶ֨/הָ֙	umareeha	`HC/Ncmsc/Sp3fs`	and its appearance	and her appearance	1
`H4758-13`	מַרְאֵ֔י/נוּ	mareeynu	`HNcmsc/Sp1cp`	our appearance	our visible form	1
`H4758-22`	וּ/מַרְא֕וֹת	umareot	`HC/Ncmpa`	and-visions	and appearances	1

Occurrences in Scripture

104 total occurrences

SIDANCE	Reference	Word	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1
`H4758-05`	Genesis 2:9	לְ/מַרְאֶ֖ה	lemareeh	`HR/Ncmsa`	to the sight	for appearance
`H4758-08`	Genesis 12:11	מַרְאֶ֖ה	mareeh	`HNcmsa`	in appearance	visible appearance
`H4758-08`	Genesis 24:16	מַרְאֶה֙	mareeh	`HNcmsa`	in appearance	visible appearance
`H4758-08`	Genesis 26:7	מַרְאֶ֖ה	mareeh	`HNcmsa`	of appearance	visible appearance
`H4758-08`	Genesis 29:17	מַרְאֶֽה	mareeh	`HNcmsa`	in appearance	visible appearance
`H4758-08`	Genesis 39:6	מַרְאֶֽה	mareeh	`HNcmsa`	in appearance	visible appearance
`H4758-08`	Genesis 41:2	מַרְאֶ֖ה	mareeh	`HNcmsa`	in appearance	visible appearance
`H4758-08`	Genesis 41:3	מַרְאֶ֖ה	mareeh	`HNcmsa`	of appearance	visible appearance
`H4758-02`	Genesis 41:4	הַ/מַּרְאֶה֙	hamareeh	`HTd/Ncmsa`	in appearance	the appearance
`H4758-02`	Genesis 41:4	הַ/מַּרְאֶ֖ה	hamareeh-2	`HTd/Ncmsa`	in appearance	the appearance
`H4758-20`	Genesis 41:21	וּ/מַרְאֵי/הֶ֣ן	umareeyhen	`HC/Ncmsc/Sp3fp`	and their appearance	and their appearance
`H4758-02`	Exodus 3:3	הַ/מַּרְאֶ֥ה	hamareeh	`HTd/Ncmsa`	this great	the appearance
`H4758-16`	Exodus 24:17	וּ/מַרְאֵה֙	umareeh	`HC/Ncmsc`	and the appearance	and appearance of
`H4758-16`	Leviticus 13:3	וּ/מַרְאֵ֤ה	umareeh	`HC/Ncmsc`	and the appearance	and appearance of
`H4758-09`	Leviticus 13:4	מַרְאֶ֣/הָ	mareeha	`HNcmsc/Sp3fs`	its appearance	her appearance
`H4758-08`	Leviticus 13:12	מַרְאֵ֖ה	mareeh	`HNcmsc`	appearance	visible appearance
`H4758-09`	Leviticus 13:20	מַרְאֶ֨/הָ֙	mareeha	`HNcmsc/Sp3fs`	its appearance	her appearance
`H4758-17`	Leviticus 13:25	וּ/מַרְאֶ֨/הָ֙	umareeha	`HC/Ncmsc/Sp3fs`	and its appearance	and her appearance
`H4758-10`	Leviticus 13:30	מַרְאֵ֨/הוּ֙	mareehu	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its appearance	his appearance
`H4758-10`	Leviticus 13:31	מַרְאֵ֨/הוּ֙	mareehu	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its appearance	his appearance
`H4758-16`	Leviticus 13:32	וּ/מַרְאֵ֣ה	umareeh	`HC/Ncmsc`	and the appearance	and appearance of
`H4758-18`	Leviticus 13:34	וּ/מַרְאֵ֕/הוּ	umareehu	`HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms`	its appearance	and his appearance
`H4758-04`	Leviticus 13:43	כְּ/מַרְאֵ֥ה	kemareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	like the appearance	like appearance of
`H4758-20`	Leviticus 14:37	וּ/מַרְאֵי/הֶ֥ן	umareeyhen	`HC/Ncmpc/Sp3fp`	and their appearance	and their appearance
`H4758-03`	Numbers 8:4	כַּ/מַּרְאֶ֗ה	kamareeh	`HRd/Ncmsa`	according to the pattern	like the appearance
`H4758-04`	Numbers 9:15	כְּ/מַרְאֵה	kemareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	like the appearance of	like appearance of
`H4758-16`	Numbers 9:16	וּ/מַרְאֵה	umareeh	`HC/Ncmsc`	and the appearance	and appearance of
`H4758-16`	Numbers 12:8	וּ/מַרְאֶה֙	umareeh	`HC/Ncmsa`	and-appearance	and appearance of
`H4758-14`	Deuteronomy 28:34	מִ/מַּרְאֵ֥ה	mimareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	from the sight	from appearance-of
`H4758-23`	Deuteronomy 28:67	וּ/מִ/מַּרְאֵ֥ה	umimareeh	`HC/R/Ncmsc`	and from sight	and from appearance-of
`H4758-05`	Joshua 22:10	לְ/מַרְאֶֽה	lemareeh	`HR/Ncmsa`	to be seen	for appearance
`H4758-18`	Judges 13:6	וּ/מַרְאֵ֕/הוּ	umareehu	`HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms`	and his appearance	and his appearance
`H4758-04`	Judges 13:6	כְּ/מַרְאֵ֛ה	kemareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	like the appearance	like appearance of
`H4758-10`	1 Samuel 16:7	מַרְאֵ֛/הוּ	mareehu	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	his appearance	his appearance
`H4758-08`	1 Samuel 17:42	מַרְאֶֽה	mareeh	`HNcmsa`	countenance	visible appearance
`H4758-08`	2 Samuel 11:2	מַרְאֶ֖ה	mareeh	`HNcmsa`	appearance	visible appearance
`H4758-08`	2 Samuel 14:27	מַרְאֶֽה	mareeh	`HNcmsa`	appearance	visible appearance
`H4758-08`	2 Samuel 23:21	מַרְאֶ֗ה	mareeh	`HNcmsa`	of appearance	visible appearance
`H4758-05`	Isaiah 11:3	לְ/מַרְאֵ֤ה	lemareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	to-appearance-of	for appearance
`H4758-10`	Isaiah 52:14	מַרְאֵ֑/הוּ	mareehu	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	his appearance	his appearance
`H4758-08`	Isaiah 53:2	מַרְאֶ֖ה	mareeh	`HNcmsa`	appearance	visible appearance
`H4758-12`	Ezekiel 1:5	מַרְאֵֽי/הֶ֔ן	mareeyhen	`HNcmsc/Sp3fp`	appearance-of-them	their appearance
`H4758-11`	Ezekiel 1:13	מַרְאֵי/הֶ֣ם	mareeyhem	`HNcmsc/Sp3mp`	their-appearances	their visible appearance
`H4758-04`	Ezekiel 1:13	כְּ/מַרְאֵ֣ה	kemareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	like-appearance	like appearance of
`H4758-04`	Ezekiel 1:14	כְּ/מַרְאֵ֖ה	kemareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	like the appearance	like appearance of
`H4758-08`	Ezekiel 1:16	מַרְאֵ֨ה	mareeh	`HNcmsc`	appearance	visible appearance
`H4758-19`	Ezekiel 1:16	וּ/מַרְאֵי/הֶם֙	umareeyhem	`HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp`	and their appearances	and their visible-forms
`H4758-04`	Ezekiel 1:26	כְּ/מַרְאֵ֥ה	kemareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	as-appearance-of	like appearance of
`H4758-04`	Ezekiel 1:26	כְּ/מַרְאֵ֥ה	kemareeh-2	`HR/Ncmsc`	like-the-appearance-of	like appearance of
`H4758-04`	Ezekiel 1:27	כְּ/מַרְאֵה	kemareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	like appearance-of	like appearance of
`H4758-14`	Ezekiel 1:27	מִ/מַּרְאֵ֥ה	mimareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	from appearance-of	from appearance-of
`H4758-23`	Ezekiel 1:27	וּ/מִ/מַּרְאֵ֤ה	umimareeh	`HC/R/Ncmsc`	and from appearance-of	and from appearance-of
`H4758-04`	Ezekiel 1:27	כְּ/מַרְאֵה	kemareeh-2	`HR/Ncmsc`	like appearance-of	like appearance of
`H4758-04`	Ezekiel 1:28	כְּ/מַרְאֵ֣ה	kemareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	like-the-appearance	like appearance of
`H4758-08`	Ezekiel 1:28	מַרְאֵ֤ה	mareeh	`HNcmsc`	appearance	visible appearance
`H4758-08`	Ezekiel 1:28	מַרְאֵ֖ה	mareeh-2	`HNcmsc`	appearance	visible appearance
`H4758-04`	Ezekiel 8:2	כְּ/מַרְאֵה	kemareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	as the appearance	like appearance of
`H4758-14`	Ezekiel 8:2	מִ/מַּרְאֵ֥ה	mimareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	from the appearance	from appearance-of
`H4758-04`	Ezekiel 8:2	כְּ/מַרְאֵה	kemareeh-2	`HR/Ncmsc`	as the appearance	like appearance of
`H4758-03`	Ezekiel 8:4	כַּ/מַּרְאֶ֕ה	kamareeh	`HRd/Ncmsa`	like the vision	like the appearance
`H4758-04`	Ezekiel 10:1	כְּ/מַרְאֵ֖ה	kemareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	in appearance	like appearance of
`H4758-16`	Ezekiel 10:9	וּ/מַרְאֵה֙	umareeh	`HC/Ncmsc`	and appearance	and appearance of
`H4758-19`	Ezekiel 10:10	וּ/מַ֨רְאֵי/הֶ֔ם	umareeyhem	`HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp`	As for their appearances	and their visible-forms
`H4758-11`	Ezekiel 10:22	מַרְאֵי/הֶ֖ם	mareeyhem	`HNcmsc/Sp3mp`	their appearances	their visible appearance
`H4758-01`	Ezekiel 11:24	בַּ/מַּרְאֶ֖ה	bamareeh	`HRd/Ncmsa`	in-vision	in the appearance
`H4758-02`	Ezekiel 11:24	הַ/מַּרְאֶ֖ה	hamareeh	`HTd/Ncmsa`	the-vision	the appearance
`H4758-08`	Ezekiel 23:15	מַרְאֵ֥ה	mareeh	`HNcmsc`	appearance	visible appearance
`H4758-05`	Ezekiel 23:16	לְ/מַרְאֵ֣ה	lemareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	at the sight	for appearance
`H4758-10`	Ezekiel 40:3	מַרְאֵ֨/הוּ֙	mareehu	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	whose appearance	his appearance
`H4758-04`	Ezekiel 40:3	כְּ/מַרְאֵ֣ה	kemareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	like appearance	like appearance of
`H4758-02`	Ezekiel 41:21	הַ/מַּרְאֶ֖ה	hamareeh	`HTd/Ncmsa`	the-appearance	the appearance
`H4758-03`	Ezekiel 41:21	כַּ/מַּרְאֶֽה	kamareeh	`HRd/Ncmsa`	like-the-appearance	like the appearance
`H4758-04`	Ezekiel 42:11	כְּ/מַרְאֵ֣ה	kemareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	like the appearance of	like appearance of
`H4758-15`	Ezekiel 43:3	וּ/כְ/מַרְאֵ֨ה	ukhemareeh	`HC/R/Ncmsc`	and-like-the-appearance	and like appearance-of
`H4758-02`	Ezekiel 43:3	הַ/מַּרְאֶ֜ה	hamareeh	`HTd/Ncmsa`	the-appearance	the appearance
`H4758-03`	Ezekiel 43:3	כַּ/מַּרְאֶ֤ה	kamareeh	`HRd/Ncmsa`	like-the-appearance	like the appearance
`H4758-22`	Ezekiel 43:3	וּ/מַרְא֕וֹת	umareot	`HC/Ncmpa`	and-visions	and appearances
`H4758-03`	Ezekiel 43:3	כַּ/מַּרְאֶ֕ה	kamareeh-2	`HRd/Ncmsa`	like-the-appearance	like the appearance
`H4758-04`	Joel 2:4	כְּ/מַרְאֵ֥ה	kemareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	like the appearance	like appearance of
`H4758-10`	Joel 2:4	מַרְאֵ֑/הוּ	mareehu	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	of them	his appearance
`H4758-12`	Nahum 2:5	מַרְאֵי/הֶן֙	mareeyhen	`HNcmsc/Sp3fp`	their appearances	their appearance
`H4758-10`	Job 4:16	מַרְאֵ֗/הוּ	mareehu	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its appearance	his appearance
`H4758-07`	Job 41:1	מַרְאָ֣י/ו	mareayv	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	him	his appearance
`H4758-06`	Song of Songs 2:14	מַרְאַ֔יִ/ךְ	mareayikhe	`HNcmpc/Sp2fs`	your face	your appearances
`H4758-21`	Song of Songs 2:14	וּ/מַרְאֵ֥י/ךְ	umareeykhe	`HC/Ncmsc/Sp2fs`	and your face	and your appearance
`H4758-10`	Song of Songs 5:15	מַרְאֵ֨/הוּ֙	mareehu	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	his countenance	his appearance
`H4758-08`	Ecclesiastes 6:9	מַרְאֵ֥ה	mareeh	`HNcmsc`		visible appearance
`H4758-24`	Ecclesiastes 11:9	וּ/בְ/מַרְאֵ֖י	uvemareey	`HC/R/Ncmpc`	and in sight	and in appearances of
`H4758-08`	Esther 1:11	מַרְאֶ֖ה	mareeh	`HNcmsa`	appearance	visible appearance
`H4758-08`	Esther 2:2	מַרְאֶֽה	mareeh	`HNcmsa`	of appearance	visible appearance
`H4758-08`	Esther 2:3	מַרְאֶ֜ה	mareeh	`HNcmsa`	of appearance	visible appearance
`H4758-08`	Esther 2:7	מַרְאֶ֔ה	mareeh	`HNcmsa`	in appearance	visible appearance
`H4758-08`	Daniel 1:4	מַרְאֶ֜ה	mareeh	`HNcmsa`	appearance	visible appearance
`H4758-13`	Daniel 1:13	מַרְאֵ֔י/נוּ	mareeynu	`HNcmsc/Sp1cp`	our appearance	our visible form
`H4758-16`	Daniel 1:13	וּ/מַרְאֵה֙	umareeh	`HC/Ncmsc`	and the appearance	and appearance of
`H4758-11`	Daniel 1:15	מַרְאֵי/הֶם֙	mareeyhem	`HNcmsc/Sp3mp`	their appearance	their visible appearance
`H4758-04`	Daniel 8:15	כְּ/מַרְאֵה	kemareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	like appearance	like appearance of
`H4758-02`	Daniel 8:16	הַ/מַּרְאֶֽה	hamareeh	`HTd/Ncmsa`	the vision	the appearance
`H4758-16`	Daniel 8:26	וּ/מַרְאֵ֨ה	umareeh	`HC/Ncmsc`	and-the-vision	and appearance of
`H4758-02`	Daniel 8:27	הַ/מַּרְאֶ֖ה	hamareeh	`HTd/Ncmsa`	the vision	the appearance
`H4758-01`	Daniel 9:23	בַּ/מַּרְאֶֽה	bamareeh	`HRd/Ncmsa`	the vision	in the appearance
`H4758-01`	Daniel 10:1	בַּ/מַּרְאֶֽה	bamareeh	`HRd/Ncmsa`	in the vision	in the appearance
`H4758-04`	Daniel 10:6	כְּ/מַרְאֵ֤ה	kemareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	like appearance	like appearance of
`H4758-04`	Daniel 10:18	כְּ/מַרְאֵ֥ה	kemareeh	`HR/Ncmsc`	like the appearance	like appearance of

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