Strong G816ἀτενίζω
to gaze
- Transliteration
- atenizō
- Pronunciation
- at-en-id'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From a compound of G1 (as a particle of union) and τείνω teinō (to stretch); to gaze intently: - behold earnestly (stedfastly) fasten (eyes) look (earnestly stedfastly up stedfastly) set eyes.
Detailed definition
ἀτενίζω
(ἀτενής, strained, intent; τείνω), [in LXX: I Est.6:28, 3Ma.2:26 *;]
to look fixedly, gaze (MM, see word): with dative of person(s), gaze upon: Luk.4:20 22:56, Act.3:12 10:4 14:9 23:1; before εἰς, with accusative of person(s), Act.3:4 6:15 13:9; metaphorically, Act.1:10 7:55 11:6, 2Co.3:7 3:13.†
(AS)
(ἀτενής, strained, intent; τείνω), [in LXX: I Est.6:28, 3Ma.2:26 *;]
to look fixedly, gaze (MM, see word): with dative of person(s), gaze upon: Luk.4:20 22:56, Act.3:12 10:4 14:9 23:1; before εἰς, with accusative of person(s), Act.3:4 6:15 13:9; metaphorically, Act.1:10 7:55 11:6, 2Co.3:7 3:13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G816 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- look6
- eye3
- behold3
- stedfastly2
- can1
- fasten1
First verses
- Luke 4:20And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
- Luke 22:56But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
- Acts 1:10And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
- Acts 3:4And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.
- Acts 3:12And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
- Acts 6:15And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
- Acts 7:55But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
- Acts 10:4And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
- Acts 11:6Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
- Acts 13:9Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,
- Acts 14:9The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
- Acts 23:1And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
- 2 Corinthians 3:7But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
- 2 Corinthians 3:13And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀτεν-ίζω,
look intently, gaze earnestly, τοῖς ὄμμασιν stare, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.10; εἴς τι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 343b12; πρός τι [prev. author] “Pr.” 959a24)]; of the eyes, ἀτενίζοντες αὐτῷ[NT+2nd c.BC+ (NT.Luke.4.20, cf. NT.Act.23.1, “Placita Philosophorum” 1.7; εἴς τι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.11.12, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 5.12.3, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.75, etc.; εἴς τινα NT.Act.6.15; εἰς τὸν θεόν 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 4.51b; πρὸς τὸ ἐκείνου πρόσωπον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 11)]: absolutely, also of the eyes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 957b18)]:—passive, to be gazed upon, [Refs (Anthologia Graeca Appx. 4.204 (Praxit.).)]
II metaphorically of the mind, ἀ. τὴν διάνοιαν πρός τι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 192a15; εἰς τὴν προαίρεσιν ἀτενίζοντα πράττειν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.96 W.)]; to be obstinate, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Lynceus Comicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.313f.)]
look intently, gaze earnestly, τοῖς ὄμμασιν stare, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.10; εἴς τι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 343b12; πρός τι [prev. author] “Pr.” 959a24)]; of the eyes, ἀτενίζοντες αὐτῷ[NT+2nd c.BC+ (NT.Luke.4.20, cf. NT.Act.23.1, “Placita Philosophorum” 1.7; εἴς τι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.11.12, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 5.12.3, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.75, etc.; εἴς τινα NT.Act.6.15; εἰς τὸν θεόν 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 4.51b; πρὸς τὸ ἐκείνου πρόσωπον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 11)]: absolutely, also of the eyes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 957b18)]:—passive, to be gazed upon, [Refs (Anthologia Graeca Appx. 4.204 (Praxit.).)]
II metaphorically of the mind, ἀ. τὴν διάνοιαν πρός τι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 192a15; εἰς τὴν προαίρεσιν ἀτενίζοντα πράττειν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.96 W.)]; to be obstinate, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Lynceus Comicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.313f.)]