ATS Bible Dictionary
PeepIn Isaiah 8:19, denotes the stifles, piping voice of necromancers.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PEEPpep (tsphaph; the King James Version Isaiah 8:19; Isaiah 10:14 (the Revised Version (British and American) "chirp")): In 10:14, the word describes the sound made by a nestling bird; in 8:19, the changed (ventriloquistic?) voice of necromancers uttering sounds that purported to come from the feeble dead. The modern use of "peep" equals "look" is found in Sirach 21:23, as the translation of parakupto: "A foolish man peepeth in from the door of another man's house."
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v. i.) To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep.
2. (v. i.) To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.
3. (v. i.) To look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a crevice; to pry.
4. (n.) The cry of a young chicken; a chirp.
5. (n.) First outlook or appearance.
6. (n.) A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment.
7. (n.) Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper (Trigna minutilla).
8. (n.) The European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).
Strong's Hebrew
6850. tsaphaph -- to chirp, peep... << 6849, 6850. tsaphaph. 6851 >>. to chirp,
peep. Transliteration: tsaphaph Phonetic
Spelling: (tsaw-faf') Short Definition: whisper.
... chirp, chatter,
peep, whisper
... /hebrew/6850.htm - 6k 6692b. tsuts -- to gaze, peep
... tsuts. 6693 >>. to gaze, peep. Transliteration: tsuts Short Definition: peering.
Word Origin a prim. root Definition to gaze, peep NASB Word Usage peering (1). ...
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8259. shaqaph -- to overhang, look out or down
... A primitive root; properly, to lean out (of a window), ie (by implication) peep
or gaze (passively, be a spectacle) -- appear, look (down, forth, out). ...
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7688. shagach -- to gaze
... look narrowly. A primitive root; to peep, ie Glance sharply at -- look
(narrowly). << 7687, 7688. shagach. 7689 >>. Strong's Numbers.
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