Strong G1896ἐπεῖδον
to look upon
- Transliteration
- epeidon
- Pronunciation
- ep-i'-don
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπ-εῖδον 2 aor. without Pres. in use;
[in LXX chiefly for רָאָה;] to regard with attention, look upon (in cl., of the gods)
1. with a view to bless: with inf., Luk.1:25 (cf. DB, 136b).
2. To punish: before ἐπί, Act.4:29.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for רָאָה;] to regard with attention, look upon (in cl., of the gods)
1. with a view to bless: with inf., Luk.1:25 (cf. DB, 136b).
2. To punish: before ἐπί, Act.4:29.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1896 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- behold1
- look1
First verses
- Luke 1:25Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
- Acts 4:29And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπεῖδον,
aorist 2, infinitive ἐπιδεῖν, with no present in use, ἐφοράω being used instead, look upon, behold, see, of evils, κακὰ πόλλ᾽ ἐπιδόντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.61)]:—middle, ἐπιδόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 646 (Lyric poetry); ἐπιδέσθαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1414 (_anapaest meter_); ἐπιδώμεθα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 289 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 especially of the gods, look upon human affairs, Ζεὺς ἐπίδοι προφρόνως στόλον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1 (_anapaest meter_), compare 145 (Lyric poetry), 1030 (Lyric poetry))]; νιν Ζεὺς ἐπίδοι κοταίνων [NT ([prev. author] “Th.” 485 (Lyric poetry); Κύριε, ἔπιδε ἐπὶ τὰς ἀπειλὰς αὐτῶν NT.Act.4.29.)]
3 remain seeing, i.e. live to see, τὰ τέκνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.52, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 6.1)]; experience, χαλεπά [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 3.1.13)]: with participle added, μηδ᾽ ἐπίδοιμι τάνδ᾽ ἀστυδρομουμέναν πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 220 (Lyric poetry), compare “Ag.” 1539 (Lyric poetry); ἐπιδεῖν ἐρήμην τὴν πόλιν γενομένην 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.96; τὴν πατρίδα ἐπιδεῖν δουλεύουσαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.205)]; αὐτὸς λωβηθεὶς καὶ τοὺς αὑτοῦ ἐπιδὼν παῖδας [λωβηθέντας] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 473c.)]
aorist 2, infinitive ἐπιδεῖν, with no present in use, ἐφοράω being used instead, look upon, behold, see, of evils, κακὰ πόλλ᾽ ἐπιδόντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.61)]:—middle, ἐπιδόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 646 (Lyric poetry); ἐπιδέσθαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1414 (_anapaest meter_); ἐπιδώμεθα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 289 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 especially of the gods, look upon human affairs, Ζεὺς ἐπίδοι προφρόνως στόλον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1 (_anapaest meter_), compare 145 (Lyric poetry), 1030 (Lyric poetry))]; νιν Ζεὺς ἐπίδοι κοταίνων [NT ([prev. author] “Th.” 485 (Lyric poetry); Κύριε, ἔπιδε ἐπὶ τὰς ἀπειλὰς αὐτῶν NT.Act.4.29.)]
3 remain seeing, i.e. live to see, τὰ τέκνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.52, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 6.1)]; experience, χαλεπά [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 3.1.13)]: with participle added, μηδ᾽ ἐπίδοιμι τάνδ᾽ ἀστυδρομουμέναν πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 220 (Lyric poetry), compare “Ag.” 1539 (Lyric poetry); ἐπιδεῖν ἐρήμην τὴν πόλιν γενομένην 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.96; τὴν πατρίδα ἐπιδεῖν δουλεύουσαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.205)]; αὐτὸς λωβηθεὶς καὶ τοὺς αὑτοῦ ἐπιδὼν παῖδας [λωβηθέντας] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 473c.)]