Strong G2300θεάομαι
to look at
- Transliteration
- theaomai
- Pronunciation
- theh-ah'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A prolonged form of a primary verb; to look closely at that is (by implication) to perceive (literally or figuratively); by extension to visit : - behold look (upon) see. Compare G3700 .
Detailed 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 (AS)
[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 (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2300 appears in 24 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- see20
- look2
- beheld1
- behold1
First verses
- 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.
- John 1:32And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
- John 1:38Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
- John 4:35Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
- John 6:5When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
- John 8:10When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
- John 11:45Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
- Acts 1:11Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
- Acts 8:18And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
- Acts 21:27And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,
- Acts 22:9And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
θεάομαι,
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect θηέομαι (see. below), Doric dialect θᾱέομαι, Θάομαι (which see), imperative θεῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 262)]; optative θηοῖο (for Attic dialect θεῷο) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.418)]; participle θηεύμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.146: _Ionic dialect_)]imperfect ἐθηεῖτο, ἐθηεῦντο, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.10, 3.136)]; Epic dialect θηεῖτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.75, etc., θηεῦντο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.444, +others, ἐθηεύμεσθα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.218, ἐθεῆτο 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 13, θηέσκετο)] poetical cited in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 21.2:)]future θεάσομαι [ᾱ], Ionic dialect -ήσομαι: aorist ἐθεᾱσάμην, Epic dialect optative θηήσαιο, θηήσαιτο, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.315, 5.74)]; 3rd.pers. plural ἐθηήσαντο [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euphorio Epicus 51.15)]; Ionic dialect infinitive θεήσασθαι (variant{θεάσ-}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8)]: Attic dialect perfect τεθέαμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.7: codices of 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus vary between θεη- and θηη-: a rare _Ionic dialect_ _contraction_ of θηη- to θη-)] is found in θησαίατ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.191, θησάμενος “IG” 12.826)]:—gaze at, behold, mostly with a sense of wonder, θηεῦντο μέγα ἔργον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.444, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.13; λαοὶ δ᾽ αὖ θηεῦντό τε θάμβησάν τε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.728, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8, 11, etc.; θ. τὰ καλά 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 194; πάντες ὥσπερ ἄγαλμα ἐθεῶντο αὐτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 154c; θ. ὄμμασι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 232 (Lyric poetry); ζητεῖ τὸ κακὸν τεθεᾶσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 797 codices)]; ἐθεᾶτο.. τὴν θέσιν τῆς πόλεως.., ὡς ἔχοι reconnoitred it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.7; θ. κύκλῳ τὴν πόλιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.7: _absolutely_, θεᾷ)]; do you see? [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 564.)]
2 of the mind, contemplate, τὸ ἀληθές [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 84b, +others)]
2.b see clearly, ἵν᾽ ἴδητε καὶ θεάσησθε ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.3, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 352a; with _relative_ clause, ὅση δεινότης ἦν ἐν τῷ Φιλίππῳ θεάσεσθε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.144.)]
3 view as spectators, especially in the theatre, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.44)]; οἱ θεώμενοι the spectators, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 2, compare “Nu.” 518, +others)] (but also, onlookers, bystanders, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.7): _metaphorically_, θ. τὸν πόλεμον)] to be spectators of the war, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.116.)]
4 θ. τὸ στράτευμα to review it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.1.)]
II active θεάω, late, Baillet Tombeaux des rois à Thèbes [Refs 4th c.AD+ (1080: elsewhere in _imperative_ θέα 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 3.44b, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Epistulae” 89b, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus:)]aorist ἐθεάθην in passive sense, Ps. -Callisth.[NT+1st c.AD+ (2.42, NT.Mark.16.11, 1st c.AD: Apollonius Tyanensis Epistolographus “Epistulae” 49, 6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 133.3.1)]: present θεῶνται [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 2.9. (Orig. probably θᾱϝ έομαι and θᾱϝάομαι, compare θαῦ-μα.))]
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect θηέομαι (see. below), Doric dialect θᾱέομαι, Θάομαι (which see), imperative θεῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 262)]; optative θηοῖο (for Attic dialect θεῷο) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.418)]; participle θηεύμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.146: _Ionic dialect_)]imperfect ἐθηεῖτο, ἐθηεῦντο, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.10, 3.136)]; Epic dialect θηεῖτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.75, etc., θηεῦντο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.444, +others, ἐθηεύμεσθα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.218, ἐθεῆτο 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 13, θηέσκετο)] poetical cited in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 21.2:)]future θεάσομαι [ᾱ], Ionic dialect -ήσομαι: aorist ἐθεᾱσάμην, Epic dialect optative θηήσαιο, θηήσαιτο, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.315, 5.74)]; 3rd.pers. plural ἐθηήσαντο [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euphorio Epicus 51.15)]; Ionic dialect infinitive θεήσασθαι (variant{θεάσ-}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8)]: Attic dialect perfect τεθέαμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.7: codices of 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus vary between θεη- and θηη-: a rare _Ionic dialect_ _contraction_ of θηη- to θη-)] is found in θησαίατ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.191, θησάμενος “IG” 12.826)]:—gaze at, behold, mostly with a sense of wonder, θηεῦντο μέγα ἔργον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.444, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.13; λαοὶ δ᾽ αὖ θηεῦντό τε θάμβησάν τε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.728, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8, 11, etc.; θ. τὰ καλά 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 194; πάντες ὥσπερ ἄγαλμα ἐθεῶντο αὐτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 154c; θ. ὄμμασι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 232 (Lyric poetry); ζητεῖ τὸ κακὸν τεθεᾶσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 797 codices)]; ἐθεᾶτο.. τὴν θέσιν τῆς πόλεως.., ὡς ἔχοι reconnoitred it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.7; θ. κύκλῳ τὴν πόλιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.7: _absolutely_, θεᾷ)]; do you see? [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 564.)]
2 of the mind, contemplate, τὸ ἀληθές [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 84b, +others)]
2.b see clearly, ἵν᾽ ἴδητε καὶ θεάσησθε ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.3, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 352a; with _relative_ clause, ὅση δεινότης ἦν ἐν τῷ Φιλίππῳ θεάσεσθε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.144.)]
3 view as spectators, especially in the theatre, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.44)]; οἱ θεώμενοι the spectators, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 2, compare “Nu.” 518, +others)] (but also, onlookers, bystanders, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.7): _metaphorically_, θ. τὸν πόλεμον)] to be spectators of the war, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.116.)]
4 θ. τὸ στράτευμα to review it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.1.)]
II active θεάω, late, Baillet Tombeaux des rois à Thèbes [Refs 4th c.AD+ (1080: elsewhere in _imperative_ θέα 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 3.44b, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Epistulae” 89b, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus:)]aorist ἐθεάθην in passive sense, Ps. -Callisth.[NT+1st c.AD+ (2.42, NT.Mark.16.11, 1st c.AD: Apollonius Tyanensis Epistolographus “Epistulae” 49, 6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 133.3.1)]: present θεῶνται [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 2.9. (Orig. probably θᾱϝ έομαι and θᾱϝάομαι, compare θαῦ-μα.))]