Strong G2334θεωρέω
to see/experience
- Transliteration
- theōreō
- Pronunciation
- theh-o-reh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
θεωρέω, -ῶ
(θεωρός, a spectator, θεάομαι) [in LXX chiefly for רָאָה, חָזָה;] (present and imperfect only, exc. Jhn.7:3 (fut.), Mat.28:1, Luk.23:48, Jhn.8:51, Rev.11:12 (aor.); El., § 24);
1. (cl.), to look at, gaze, behold: absol., Mat.27:55, Mrk.15:40, Luk.23:35; before πῶς, Mrk.12:41; ποῦ, Mrk.15:47; with accusative of person(s), Jhn.6:40, 62 12:45 16:10-19, Act.3:16 20:38 25:24, Rev.11:11-12; id. with ptcp., Mrk.5:15, Luk.10:18, Jhn.6:19 10:12 20:12, 14, 1Jn.3:17; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.28:1, Luk.14:29 21:6 23:48, Jhn.2:23 6:2 7:3, Act.4:13 8:13; id. with ptcp., Jhn.20:6, Act.7:56 10:11; before ὅτι, Act.19:26.
2. In popular lang. (Kennedy, Sources, 155; EL, § 24, see word ὁρᾶν), in present and imperfect = ὁράω, to see, perceive, discern: before ὅτι, Mrk.16:4, Jhn.4:19 12:19, Act.19:26 27:10; πόσαι, Act.21:20; πηλίκος, Heb.7:4; with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.5:38; id. with ptcp., Act.17:16 28:6; with accusative of person(s), Mrk.3:11, Jhn.14:19, Act.9:7 17:22; πνεῦμα, Luk.24:37; τὸ π., Jhn.14:17; before ὅτι, Jhn.9:8; with ptcp., Luk.24:39.
3. Hebraistically, to experience, partake of: τ. θάνατον, Jhn.8:51 (cf. Psa.89:49); τ. δόξαν, Jhn.17:24 (cf. ἀνα-, παρα-θερρέω).†
(AS)
(θεωρός, a spectator, θεάομαι) [in LXX chiefly for רָאָה, חָזָה;] (present and imperfect only, exc. Jhn.7:3 (fut.), Mat.28:1, Luk.23:48, Jhn.8:51, Rev.11:12 (aor.); El., § 24);
1. (cl.), to look at, gaze, behold: absol., Mat.27:55, Mrk.15:40, Luk.23:35; before πῶς, Mrk.12:41; ποῦ, Mrk.15:47; with accusative of person(s), Jhn.6:40, 62 12:45 16:10-19, Act.3:16 20:38 25:24, Rev.11:11-12; id. with ptcp., Mrk.5:15, Luk.10:18, Jhn.6:19 10:12 20:12, 14, 1Jn.3:17; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.28:1, Luk.14:29 21:6 23:48, Jhn.2:23 6:2 7:3, Act.4:13 8:13; id. with ptcp., Jhn.20:6, Act.7:56 10:11; before ὅτι, Act.19:26.
2. In popular lang. (Kennedy, Sources, 155; EL, § 24, see word ὁρᾶν), in present and imperfect = ὁράω, to see, perceive, discern: before ὅτι, Mrk.16:4, Jhn.4:19 12:19, Act.19:26 27:10; πόσαι, Act.21:20; πηλίκος, Heb.7:4; with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.5:38; id. with ptcp., Act.17:16 28:6; with accusative of person(s), Mrk.3:11, Jhn.14:19, Act.9:7 17:22; πνεῦμα, Luk.24:37; τὸ π., Jhn.14:17; before ὅτι, Jhn.9:8; with ptcp., Luk.24:39.
3. Hebraistically, to experience, partake of: τ. θάνατον, Jhn.8:51 (cf. Psa.89:49); τ. δόξαν, Jhn.17:24 (cf. ἀνα-, παρα-θερρέω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2334 appears in 55 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- see29
- behold9
- seeth9
- perceive4
- ye3
- beheld2
- consider1
- look1
- shall1
- they1
- thou1
First verses
- Matthew 27:55And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
- Matthew 28:1In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
- Mark 3:11And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
- Mark 5:15And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
- Mark 5:38And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
- Mark 12:41And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
- Mark 15:40There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
- Mark 15:47And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.
- Mark 16:4And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.
- Luke 10:18And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
- Luke 14:29Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
- Luke 21:6As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
- Luke 23:35And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
- Luke 23:48And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.
- Luke 24:37But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
- Luke 24:39Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
- John 2:23Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
- John 4:19The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
- John 6:19So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
- John 6:40And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
θεωρ-έω:—
passive, future -ηθήσομαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.280)]: future middle in passivesense,[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 1.70, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 7.10)]: (θεωρός):—to be a θεωρός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1 (which see), μαντεύεσθαι καὶ θ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.18; ἐγὼ δὲ τεθεώρηκα πώποτ᾽ οὐδαμοῖ πλὴν ἐς Πάρον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1188)]; of the states which sent θεωροί, οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι ἐθεώρουν ἐς τὰ Ἴσθμια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.10.)]
2 to be sent to consult an oracle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 315b.)]
II of spectators at games, τὰ Ὀλύμπια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.59; ἀγῶνα [prev. author] 8.26, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.10)]; θ. τινά to see him act, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 11.3: _absolutely_, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.20, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.265)]; to go as a spectator, ἐς τὰ Ἐφέσια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.104; ἐς Ὀλυμπίαν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 50)]; see entry ὀβολός [Refs (1.)]
III look at, behold, γῆν πολλήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.76; τύχας τινός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 304; τὰ περὶ τὸν πόλεμον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 467c)]; inspect, review soldiers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.16, “HG” 4.5.6)]: absolutely, gaze, gape, ἑστηκὼς θ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 4.5: Astrology texts, ={ἐπιθεωρέω} 5, τὴν σελήνην 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.542.)]
III.2 of the mind, contemplate, consider, αὐτῇ τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτὴν τὴν ψυχὴν θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 523e; τὰ ὄντα ᾗ ὄντα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1003b15, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.12, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 2.6, etc.)]: followed by an interrogative, τοῦτο θ., εἰ τἀληθῆ λέγω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.3; θ. τινά, ὁποτέρου τοῦ βίου ἐστίν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.168; πόσας ἔχουσι διαφοράς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 761a11; θ. τίνας λέγομεν τοὺς φρονίμους [prev. author] “EN” 1140a24)]; θ. τι ἔκ τινος to judge of one thing by another, τὴν ἔννοιαν ἐκ τῶν ἔργων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 1.13, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.160)]; θ. τι πρός τι compare one thing with another, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.17; πρὸς τοὺς πρὸ ἐμαυτοῦ.. κρίνωμαι καὶ θεωρῶμα; [prev. work]315; τοὺς πρέσβεις θ. πρὸς τὸν καιρὸν καθ᾽ ὃν ἐπρές βευον 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.80)]; θ. [τι τεκμηρίοις] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.199.)]
III.2.b observe, θ. μᾶλλον τοὺς πέλας δυνάμεθα ἢ ἑαυτούς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1169b33, compare “Pol.” 1263b25, +others; ταῦτα ἐμοῦ ἐθεωρήσατε, ὡς.. ποιουμένου 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 28)]:—passive, τεθεώρηται τοῦτο μάλιστα ἐπὶ τῶν περιστερῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 562a23, compare 540b19, +others)]; λόγῳ θεωρεῖσθαι, of objects not accessible to sense, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3.10: _absolutely_, ὡς καὶ ἐπ᾽ ἄλλων θεωρεῖται [prev. work]1.13.)]
III.2.c perceive, with infinitive, ἀναγκαῖον ὑπάρχειν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.88.)]
III.2.d absolutely, speculate, theorize, ἀκριβῶς, φορτικῶς, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1280b28, “Metaphorical” 1001b14)]; λογικῶς, φυσικῶς, [Refs ([prev. author] “APo.” 88a19, “Cael.” 304a25; περί τινος [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1004b1, 983a33 (_passive_))]; θ. ἔκ τινος to conclude by observation from..,[Refs ([prev. work] 1029a26; διά τινος [prev. author] “Mete.” 353b18:)] —passive, ἡ παρὰ τοῖς Ἕλλησι τεθεωρημένη μάθησις Ael.Tact.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Prooem.” (θεωρήσασα is probably corrupt for ἐωρ- in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1084 (Lyric poetry).))]
passive, future -ηθήσομαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.280)]: future middle in passivesense,[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 1.70, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 7.10)]: (θεωρός):—to be a θεωρός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1 (which see), μαντεύεσθαι καὶ θ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.18; ἐγὼ δὲ τεθεώρηκα πώποτ᾽ οὐδαμοῖ πλὴν ἐς Πάρον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1188)]; of the states which sent θεωροί, οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι ἐθεώρουν ἐς τὰ Ἴσθμια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.10.)]
2 to be sent to consult an oracle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 315b.)]
II of spectators at games, τὰ Ὀλύμπια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.59; ἀγῶνα [prev. author] 8.26, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.10)]; θ. τινά to see him act, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 11.3: _absolutely_, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.20, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.265)]; to go as a spectator, ἐς τὰ Ἐφέσια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.104; ἐς Ὀλυμπίαν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 50)]; see entry ὀβολός [Refs (1.)]
III look at, behold, γῆν πολλήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.76; τύχας τινός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 304; τὰ περὶ τὸν πόλεμον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 467c)]; inspect, review soldiers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.16, “HG” 4.5.6)]: absolutely, gaze, gape, ἑστηκὼς θ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 4.5: Astrology texts, ={ἐπιθεωρέω} 5, τὴν σελήνην 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.542.)]
III.2 of the mind, contemplate, consider, αὐτῇ τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτὴν τὴν ψυχὴν θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 523e; τὰ ὄντα ᾗ ὄντα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1003b15, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.12, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 2.6, etc.)]: followed by an interrogative, τοῦτο θ., εἰ τἀληθῆ λέγω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.3; θ. τινά, ὁποτέρου τοῦ βίου ἐστίν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.168; πόσας ἔχουσι διαφοράς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 761a11; θ. τίνας λέγομεν τοὺς φρονίμους [prev. author] “EN” 1140a24)]; θ. τι ἔκ τινος to judge of one thing by another, τὴν ἔννοιαν ἐκ τῶν ἔργων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 1.13, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.160)]; θ. τι πρός τι compare one thing with another, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.17; πρὸς τοὺς πρὸ ἐμαυτοῦ.. κρίνωμαι καὶ θεωρῶμα; [prev. work]315; τοὺς πρέσβεις θ. πρὸς τὸν καιρὸν καθ᾽ ὃν ἐπρές βευον 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.80)]; θ. [τι τεκμηρίοις] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.199.)]
III.2.b observe, θ. μᾶλλον τοὺς πέλας δυνάμεθα ἢ ἑαυτούς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1169b33, compare “Pol.” 1263b25, +others; ταῦτα ἐμοῦ ἐθεωρήσατε, ὡς.. ποιουμένου 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 28)]:—passive, τεθεώρηται τοῦτο μάλιστα ἐπὶ τῶν περιστερῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 562a23, compare 540b19, +others)]; λόγῳ θεωρεῖσθαι, of objects not accessible to sense, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3.10: _absolutely_, ὡς καὶ ἐπ᾽ ἄλλων θεωρεῖται [prev. work]1.13.)]
III.2.c perceive, with infinitive, ἀναγκαῖον ὑπάρχειν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.88.)]
III.2.d absolutely, speculate, theorize, ἀκριβῶς, φορτικῶς, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1280b28, “Metaphorical” 1001b14)]; λογικῶς, φυσικῶς, [Refs ([prev. author] “APo.” 88a19, “Cael.” 304a25; περί τινος [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1004b1, 983a33 (_passive_))]; θ. ἔκ τινος to conclude by observation from..,[Refs ([prev. work] 1029a26; διά τινος [prev. author] “Mete.” 353b18:)] —passive, ἡ παρὰ τοῖς Ἕλλησι τεθεωρημένη μάθησις Ael.Tact.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Prooem.” (θεωρήσασα is probably corrupt for ἐωρ- in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1084 (Lyric poetry).))]