H4758 — מַרְאֶה (mar'eh)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H4758
Original: מַרְאֶה
Transliteration: mar'eh
Pronunciation: mar-eh
Part of Speech: Masculine noun
Root: H7200 רָאָה (ra'ah) — to see (primitive root)
Unique verses: 82 (token count: 110)
Books: 18
First Occurrence: Gen 2:9 — "every tree that is pleasant to the sight"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

From H7200 (ra'ah); 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:— apparently, appearance(-reth), as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translations are highly fragmented (phrase-level); major consolidated groupings:

Category	Verse-instances	Notes
appearance (any form)	~33	"as the appearance of," "their appearance," etc.
sight / in sight	~16	esp. Leviticus priestly inspection
vision / visions	~12	prophetic context, Daniel and Ezekiel
countenance / countenances	~11	facial look
favoured (well / ill)	7	"tob mar'eh" = good of appearance
to look upon / to see	~5	verbal phrasing of the noun
form, visage, beauty, fair, goodly	~5	isolated renderings

Dominant KJV phrase-forms: "as the appearance of" (9 verses, 11%), "favoured" (7v, 9%), "in sight" (7v, 9%), "the vision" (4v, 5%), "to look upon" (4v, 5%).

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Daniel	11	3.1
Esther	4	2.4
Nahum	1	2.1
Ezekiel	20	1.6
Joel	1	1.4
Leviticus	11	1.3
Ecclesiastes	2	0.9
Genesis	10	0.7
2 Samuel	3	0.4
Numbers	4	0.3
Exodus	2	0.2
Deuteronomy	2	0.2
Joshua	1	0.2
Judges	1	0.2
1 Samuel	2	0.2
Job	2	0.2
Isaiah	3	0.2
Song of Solomon	2	—

Concentrated in: Daniel (prophetic vision language), Ezekiel (theophanic descriptions), Leviticus (priestly diagnostics), and Genesis/Esther (beauty/appearance of persons).

Semantic Categories¶

1. Physical Attractiveness of Persons¶

The phrase tob mar'eh ("good of appearance" → "well favoured") expresses outward beauty. Applied to women, men, livestock — any visually assessed subject. - Gen 12:11 — "Behold now, I know that thou [art] a fair woman to look upon" - Gen 29:17 — "Rachel was beautiful and well favoured" - Gen 41:2 — "seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed" - Esther 2:7 — "the maid [was] fair and beautiful" (Esther before the king)

2. Facial Countenance¶

The look or expression of a person's face — assessed visually, carrying social/spiritual weight. - Judg 13:6 — "his countenance [was] like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible" - 1 Sam 16:7 — "Look not on his countenance... for the LORD looketh on the heart" - Dan 1:13 — "let our countenances be looked upon before thee" - Song 2:14 — "let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for... thy countenance is comely"

3. Clinical Visual Inspection (Leviticus Skin Laws)¶

Ten occurrences in Leviticus 13 use mar'eh as a technical term for the visual depth and color of a skin lesion as assessed by the priest. Entirely a physical, diagnostic sense. - Lev 13:3 — "the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight [be] deeper than the skin" - Lev 13:4 — "if the bright spot [be] white... and in sight [be] not deeper than the skin" - Lev 13:30 — "if it [be] in sight deeper than the skin; [and there be] in it a yellow thin hair" - Lev 14:37 — "plague [be] in the walls... with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight [are] lower"

4. Theophanic / Angelic Appearances¶

Divine beings and glory appear in a visible form described with mar'eh. Ezekiel uses it repeatedly to describe what the vision looked like, always with comparative hedging. - Exod 24:17 — "the sight of the glory of the LORD [was] like devouring fire" - Num 9:16 — "the appearance of fire by night" over the tabernacle - Ezek 1:26–28 — "the appearance of the brightness round about... as the appearance of the bow" - Dan 10:6 — "his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire"

5. Prophetic Visions (Daniel and Ezekiel)¶

Mar'eh used for the content of a prophetic vision — what was seen, the thing revealed. Interchangeable with chazon (H2377) in these contexts, but mar'eh emphasizes the visual impression received. - Ezek 8:4 — "the glory of the God of Israel [was] there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain" - Dan 8:15–16 — "when I, [even] I Daniel, had seen the vision... Gabriel, make this [man] to understand the vision" - Dan 8:26 — "the vision of the evening and the morning which was told [is] true" - Dan 9:23 — "I am come to shew [thee]; for thou [art] greatly beloved... understand the vision"

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
רָאָה (ra'ah)	H7200	31x (38%)	"I saw the appearance / vision" (seeing the mar'eh)
עַיִן (ayin)	H5869	17x (21%)	"pleasant to the eyes / sight of the eyes"
הִנֵּה (hinneh)	H2009	17x (21%)	"behold, the appearance was like..."
טוֹב (tob)	H2896	11x (13%)	tob mar'eh — "well favoured / good of appearance"
דְּמוּת (demuth)	H1823	10x (12%)	"the likeness / appearance of..." (Ezekiel theophany)
כֹּהֵן (kohen)	H3548	10x (12%)	priestly inspection context (Leviticus 13–14)
נֶגַע (nega')	H5061	10x (12%)	"the plague in sight / appearance of the sore"
עוֹר ('or)	H5785	10x (12%)	"the skin in sight / appearance of the skin"
יָפֶה (yapheh)	H3303	8x (10%)	"fair / beautiful of appearance" (beauty descriptions)

Word Family (from H7200 ra'ah)¶

H7200 רָאָה (ra'ah) — root verb: to see (primitive root; 1,300+ occurrences)
H4759 מַרְאָה (mar'ah) — feminine cognate: vision; mirror (12 occurrences)

Synonyms¶

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Antonyms¶

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Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared KJV Translation	Key Difference
מַרְאָה (mar'ah)	H4759	vision	Feminine form of H4758; narrower — primarily prophetic visions and mirrors; H4758 covers physical beauty, skin inspection, countenance, theophany
חָזוֹן (chazon)	H2377	vision	From H2372 (chazah, to behold prophetically); exclusively prophetic revelation; H4758 covers both visual appearance and vision
תֹּאַר (to'ar)	H8389	favoured	Outline/shape/figure; focuses on physical contour; H4758 is the visual impression, not just the shape
פָּנִים (panim)	H6440	countenance	Literally "face / presence"; H4758 is the visible appearance or expression of the face, not the face itself

UBS Semantic Domains¶

Code	Domain Label	Notes
002004001005	See	Core domain for mar'eh as visible appearance, sight, and the thing seen.
002001001007	Bad	Secondary association from ill-favoured appearance language such as the "evil-favoured" cattle in Genesis 41.
002001003005	Easy	Minor secondary domain surfaced by the relationship tool for what is plainly visible; not an independent gloss.
002001001029	Good	Secondary association from tob mar'eh and related beauty / favor descriptions.
002001001034	Large	Secondary association from size/form descriptions within visible-appearance contexts; not a stand-alone lexical sense.
002004002015	Vision	Core revelatory domain for prophetic and theophanic vision usage in Ezekiel and Daniel.

LXX Mapping¶

Greek Equivalent	Strong's	Count	PMI	Notes
ὄψις (opsis)	G3799	23	7.63	Highest specificity; sight/appearance/visage — John 7:24; Rev 1:16
ὅρασις (horasis)	G3706	24	6.40	Vision-focused rendering; Acts 2:17; Rev 4:3
εἶδος (eidos)	G1491	16	6.88	Form/appearance; 2 Cor 5:7 ("sight"); Luke 3:22
ὁμοίωμα (homoioma)	G3667	8	6.38	Likeness/resemblance — Ezekiel theophany passages

The LXX splits H4758's two senses: opsis renders physical appearance/countenance; horasis renders prophetic visions. Eidos captures abstract form.