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The term "seest" is an archaic form of the verb "see," used in the second person singular, primarily found in older English translations of the Bible. It is equivalent to the modern "you see." While the Berean Standard Bible does not use "seest," understanding its usage in biblical contexts can enhance comprehension of scriptural passages where it appears in other translations.

Biblical Context and Usage

In the King James Version (KJV) and other older translations, "seest" is often used in direct speech, particularly in dialogues between God and individuals, or among people. It conveys a sense of immediacy and personal address, emphasizing the direct communication between the speaker and the listener.

Examples in Scripture

1.Divine Revelation: In instances where God reveals His will or vision to a prophet or individual, "seest" underscores the personal nature of the revelation. For example, in the context of prophetic visions, God might ask, "What seest thou?" This question invites the prophet to articulate the vision, fostering a deeper engagement with the divine message.

2.Moral and Spiritual Insight: The term is also used to challenge individuals to perceive moral or spiritual truths. In Proverbs, for instance, the phrase "seest thou" introduces observations about wisdom and folly, urging the listener to discern and apply these truths in their life.

3.Human Interaction: In dialogues between individuals, "seest" can highlight a point of contention or understanding. It serves to draw attention to a particular aspect of a situation or argument, prompting the listener to consider the speaker's perspective.

Theological Implications

The use of "seest" in Scripture often carries theological weight, as it calls the listener to a deeper level of perception. It is not merely about physical sight but involves spiritual insight and understanding. This aligns with the biblical theme that true sight is not just seeing with the eyes but perceiving with the heart and mind.

Related Concepts

·Spiritual Vision: The Bible frequently contrasts physical sight with spiritual vision. Passages that use "seest" often invite readers to look beyond the surface and seek divine wisdom and understanding.

·Divine Communication: The direct address implied by "seest" reflects the personal nature of God's communication with humanity. It underscores the belief that God desires an intimate relationship with His people, where He speaks directly to their hearts and minds.

Conclusion

While "seest" is not found in the Berean Standard Bible, its presence in other translations enriches the understanding of biblical texts by emphasizing personal engagement with divine and moral truths. Recognizing its usage can deepen one's appreciation for the nuances of scriptural language and the call to spiritual insight.

Library

Seest Thou How, at the End of the Contest...
... Some Other Fragments of the Same Methodius. IV.Seest thou how, at the end
of the contest?Seest thou how, at the end of the contest...

Seest Thou that the Spirit is Inseparable from the Divinity? and...
... Section XXIII.Seest thou that the Spirit is inseparable from the divinity?...
Seest thou that the Spirit is inseparable from the divinity?...

August 11. "All the Land which ThouSeest" (Gen. xiii. 15).
... AUGUST 11. "All the land which thouseest" (Gen. xiii. 15). "All the land
which thouseest" (Genesis 13:15). The actual provisions...

Seest Thou that all through Scripture the Spirit is Preached...
...Seest thou that all through Scripture the Spirit is preached?Seest thou that all
through Scripture the Spirit is preached, and yet nowhere named a creature?...

"Thou, God,Seest Me. " --Gen. xvi. 13
... ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN XXX. "Thou, God,seest me.""Gen. xvi. 13.... James Montgomery.
"Thou, God,seest me.""Genesis 16:13. O God, unseen, but not unknown,....

Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen
... But, whosoever thou art who wilt not believe save what thouseest, lo, bodies that
are present thouseest with the eyes of the body, wills and thoughts of...

There are those who Think that the Christian Religion is what we...
... But, whosoever thou art who wilt not believe save what thouseest, lo, bodies that
are present thouseest with the eyes of the body, wills and thoughts of...

John Chapter vi. 14-Jan
... When thou hast seen a picture, to have seen and praised it is the whole thing; when
thouseest a writing, this is not the whole, since thou art reminded also...

Homilies of St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, on...
... For hear what James says to him, "Thouseest, brother, how many thousands of Jews
there are which believe...and these all have been informed of thee that thou...

On the Words of the Gospel, John i. 1, "In the Beginning was the...
... If thouseest a man's face, thou dost not see his back at the time thouseest the
face; and when thouseest the back, thou dost not at that time see the face....

Thesaurus

Seest (52 Occurrences)
...Seest (52 Occurrences). Mark 5:31 And his disciples said unto him, Thouseest
the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?...

Triest (7 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 12:3 But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thouseest me, and triest my heart
toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for...

Takest (17 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 21:11 and thouseest among the captives a woman of beautiful form,
and hast a desire unto her, and takest her as thy wife; (DBY)....

Sayest (66 Occurrences)
... (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT). Mark 5:31 And his disciples said unto him, Thouseest
the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?...

Pardon (31 Occurrences)
... For he is small." (See NAS). Amos 7:8 And Jehovah said unto me, Amos, whatseest
thou? And I said, A plumb-line.... Amos 8:2 And he said, Amos, whatseest thou?...

Shouldst (61 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 4:19 And lest thou shouldst lift up thy eyes to heaven, and when thou
seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven...

Homeless (6 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 58:7 Is it not to deal to the hungry thy bread, And the mourning poor bring
home, That thouseest the naked and cover him, And from thine own flesh hide...

Noticed (19 Occurrences)
... Proverbs 7:7 I saw among the young men one without sense, (See NIV). Isaiah
58:3 Wherefore have we fasted, and Thouseest not? Wherefore...

Observe (216 Occurrences)
... representing various words, but chiefly shamar, "to keep," "to watch" etc.): Properly
means "to take heed to," as in Isaiah 42:20, "Thouseest many things, but...

Jehoshua (4 Occurrences)
... and charge Jehoshua, and strengthen him, and harden him, for he doth pass over before
this people, and he doth cause them to inherit the land which thouseest....

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Concordance

Seest (52 Occurrences)

Mark 5:31
And his disciples said unto him, Thouseest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Mark 8:23
And he took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village; and when he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands upon him, he asked him,Seest thou aught?
(ASV)

Mark 13:2
And Jesus answering said unto him,Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Luke 7:44
And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon,Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Acts 21:20
And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thouseest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

James 2:22
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Revelation 1:11
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thouseest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Genesis 13:15
For all the land which thouseest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Genesis 16:13
And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou Godseest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
(KJV WBS)

Genesis 31:43
And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thouseest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Exodus 10:28
And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thouseest my face thou shalt die.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Exodus 23:5
when thouseest the ass of him who is hating thee crouching under its burden, then thou hast ceased from leaving 'it' to it -- thou dost certainly leave 'it' with him.
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 3:28
and charge Jehoshua, and strengthen him, and harden him, for he doth pass over before this people, and he doth cause them to inherit the land which thouseest.
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 4:19
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thouseest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Deuteronomy 12:13
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thouseest:
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Deuteronomy 20:1
When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, andseest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Deuteronomy 21:11
Andseest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Deuteronomy 28:67
in the morning thou sayest, O that it were evening! and in the evening thou sayest, O that it were morning! from the fear of thy heart, with which thou art afraid, and from the sight of thine eyes which thouseest.
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 32:52
but over-against thouseest the land, and thither thou dost not go in, unto the land which I am giving to the sons of Israel.'
(YLT)

Judges 9:36
And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thouseest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

1 Samuel 28:13
And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what seest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I see a god coming up out of the earth.
(See JPS ASV)

2 Samuel 15:27
The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art thou not a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
(See JPS)

1 Kings 21:29
Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Job 10:4
Hast thou eyes of flesh? orseest thou as man seeth?
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Psalms 37:34
Look unto Jehovah, and keep His way, And He doth exalt thee to possess the land, In the wicked being cut off -- thouseest!
(YLT)

Psalms 91:8
But with thine eyes thou lookest, And the reward of the wicked thouseest,
(YLT)

Proverbs 22:29
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Proverbs 26:12
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Proverbs 29:20
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Ecclesiastes 5:8
If thouseest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Isaiah 33:19
The strong people thouseest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.
(YLT)

Isaiah 42:20
Thouseest many things, but thou observest not; his ears are open, but he heareth not.
(ASV)

Isaiah 58:3
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thouseest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Isaiah 58:7
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thouseest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Isaiah 60:5
Then thouseest, and hast become bright, And thine heart hath been afraid and enlarged, For turn unto thee doth the multitude of the sea, The forces of nations do come to thee.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 1:11
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, whatseest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 1:13
And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, Whatseest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 7:17
Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 12:3
But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
(See JPS ASV YLT RSV)

Jeremiah 20:12
But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, andseest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Jeremiah 24:3
Then said the LORD unto me, Whatseest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 32:24
Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thouseest it.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Ezekiel 8:6
He said furthermore unto me, Son of man,seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Ezekiel 8:15
And he said unto me,Seest thou, son of man? Thou shalt yet again see greater abominations than these.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 8:17
And he said unto me,Seest thou, son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here, that they yet fill the land with violence, and keep provoking me afresh to anger? And behold, they put the branch to their nose.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 40:4
And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thouseest to the house of Israel.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Daniel 1:13
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 thouseest, deal with thy servants.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Amos 7:8
And the LORD said unto me, Amos, whatseest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Amos 8:2
And he said, Amos, whatseest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Zephaniah 3:15
Jehovah hath turned aside thy judgments, He hath faced thine enemy, The king of Israel, Jehovah, 'is' in thy midst, Thouseest evil no more.
(YLT)

Zechariah 4:2
And said unto me, Whatseest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Zechariah 5:2
And he said unto me, Whatseest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

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