Greek Word Study · Strong’s G2300
θεάομαι
theaomai · “to look at”
Used 22 times across 7 books
Definition
θεάομαι, -ῶμαι
[in LXX; 2Ch.22:6 (רָאָה), Tob.2:2 13:6, 14, Jdth.15:8, 2Ma.2:4 2Mac 3:36, 3Ma.5:47 * ;]
to behold, look upon, contemplate, view (in early writers with a sense of wondering), in NT apparently always in literal, physical sense of "careful and deliberate vision which interprets . . . its object": with accusative of thing(s), Mat.11:7, Luk.7:24 23:55, Jhn.1:14, 32 4:35 11:45, Act.22:9, 1Jn.1:1; with accusative of person(s), Mat.22:11, Act.21:27, Rom.15:24, 1Jn.4:12; with ptcp., Mrk.16:14, Luk.5:27, Jhn.1:38, Act.1:11; before ὅτι, Jhn.6:5, 1Jn.4:14; pass., Mat.6:1 23:5, Mrk.16:11.†
SYN.: see: θεωρέω
[in LXX; 2Ch.22:6 (רָאָה), Tob.2:2 13:6, 14, Jdth.15:8, 2Ma.2:4 2Mac 3:36, 3Ma.5:47 * ;]
to behold, look upon, contemplate, view (in early writers with a sense of wondering), in NT apparently always in literal, physical sense of "careful and deliberate vision which interprets . . . its object": with accusative of thing(s), Mat.11:7, Luk.7:24 23:55, Jhn.1:14, 32 4:35 11:45, Act.22:9, 1Jn.1:1; with accusative of person(s), Mat.22:11, Act.21:27, Rom.15:24, 1Jn.4:12; with ptcp., Mrk.16:14, Luk.5:27, Jhn.1:38, Act.1:11; before ὅτι, Jhn.6:5, 1Jn.4:14; pass., Mat.6:1 23:5, Mrk.16:11.†
SYN.: see: θεωρέω
Where it appears
Matthew4
Mark2
Luke3
John6
Acts3
Romans1
1 John3
In the text
Matthew 6:1Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.Matthew 11:7And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?Matthew 22:11And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:Matthew 23:5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,Mark 16:11And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.Mark 16:14Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.Luke 5:27And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.Luke 7:24And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?Luke 23:55And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.John 1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
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