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<div> '''A — 1: '''''Βλέπω''''' ''' (Strong'S #991 — Verb — blepo — blep'-o ) </div> <p> primarily, "to have sight, to see," then, "observe, discern, perceive," frequently implying special contemplation (cp. No. 4), is rendered by the verb "to look" in &nbsp;Luke 9:62 , "looking (back);" &nbsp;John 13:22 "(the disciples) looked (one on another);" &nbsp; Acts 1:9 , RV, "were looking" (AV, "beheld"); &nbsp;Acts 3:4 , "look (on us);" &nbsp;Acts 27:12 , RV, looking," AV, "that lieth (towards)," of the haven Phenix; &nbsp;Ephesians 5:15 , RV, "look (therefore carefully how ye walk)," AV, "see (that ye walk circumspectly);" &nbsp;Revelation 11:9; &nbsp;18:9 , Rv , "look upon" (AV, "shall see"). See Behold. </p> <div> '''A — 2: '''''Ἀναβλέπω''''' ''' (Strong'S #308 — Verb — anablepo — an-ab-lep'-o ) </div> <p> denotes (a) "to look up" (ana, "up," and No. 1), e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 14:19; &nbsp;Mark 8:24 (in some mss. ver. 25); (b) "to recover sight," e.g., &nbsp; Matthew 11:5; &nbsp;20:34 , RV, "received their sight;" &nbsp;John 9:11 . See Sight. Cp. anablepsis, "recovering of sight," &nbsp; Luke 4:18 . </p> <div> '''A — 3: '''''Περιβλέπω''''' ''' (Strong'S #4017 — Verb — periblepo — per-ee-blep'-o ) </div> <p> "to look about, or round about, on" (peri, "around," and No. 1), is used in the Middle Voice, &nbsp;Mark 3:5,34; &nbsp;5:32; &nbsp;9:8; &nbsp;10:23; &nbsp;11:11; &nbsp;Luke 6:10 . </p> <div> '''A — 4: '''''Ἀποβλέπω''''' ''' (Strong'S #578 — Verb — apoblepo — ap-ob-lep'-o ) </div> <p> signifies "to look away from" (apo) all else at one object; hence, "to look steadfastly," &nbsp;Hebrews 11:26 , RV, "he looked" (AV, "he had respect"). Cp. No. 8. </p> <div> '''A — 5: '''''Ἐμβλέπω''''' ''' (Strong'S #1689 — Verb — emblepo — em-blep'-o ) </div> <p> to look at (en, in, and No. 1), is translated "to look upon" in &nbsp;Mark 10:27; &nbsp;14:67; &nbsp;Luke 22:61; &nbsp;John 1:36 . This verb implies a close, penetrating "look," as distinguished from Nos. 6 and 9. See Behold , No. 3, [[Gaze, See]]  No. 6. </p> <div> '''A — 6: '''''Ἐπιβλέπω''''' ''' (Strong'S #1914 — Verb — epiblepo — ep-ee-blep'-o ) </div> <p> "to look upon" (epi, "upon"), is used in the NT of favorable regard, &nbsp;Luke 1:48 , RV, "he hath looked upon" (AV, "hath regarded"), of the low estate of the [[Virgin]] Mary; in &nbsp;Luke 9:38 , in a request to the Lord to "look" upon an afflicted son; in &nbsp;James 2:3 , RV, "ye have regard" (AV, "... respect"), of having a partial regard for the well-to-do. See [[Regard]] , Respect. </p> <div> '''A — 7: '''''Ὁράω''''' ''' (Strong'S #3708 — Verb — eidon — hor-ah'-o ) </div> <p> used as the aorist tense of horao, "to see," in various senses, is translated "to look," in the AV of &nbsp;John 7:52 , RV, "see;" &nbsp;Revelation 4:1 [[(Rv, "I]]  saw"); so in &nbsp; Revelation 6:8; &nbsp;14:1,14 (as in AV of ver. 6); 15:5. See Behold , [[Consider]] , [[Heed]] , No. 2, [[Perceive, See, Shew]]  </p> <div> '''A — 8: '''''Ἀφοράω''''' ''' (Strong'S #872 — Verb — aphorao — af-or-ah'-o ) </div> <p> "to look away from one thing so as to see another" (apo, "from," and No. 7), "to concentrate the gaze upon," occurs in &nbsp;Philippians 2:23 , "I shall see;" &nbsp;Hebrews 12:2 , "looking." </p> <div> '''A — 9: '''''Ἐπεῖδον''''' ''' (Strong'S #1896 — Verb — epeidon — ep-i'-don ) </div> <p> denotes "to look upon" (epi, "upon"), (a) favorably, &nbsp;Luke 1:25; (b) unfavorably, in &nbsp;Acts 4:29 . </p> <div> '''A — 10: '''''Παρακύπτω''''' ''' (Strong'S #3879 — Verb — parakupto — par-ak-oop'-to ) </div> <p> lit. and primarily, "to stoop sideways" para, "aside," kupto, "to bend forward"), denotes "to stoop to look into," &nbsp;Luke 24:12 , "stooping and looking in" (AV, "stooping down"); &nbsp;John 20:5,11; metaphorically in &nbsp;James 1:25 , of "looking" into the perfect law of liberty; in &nbsp;1—Peter 1:12 of things which the angels desire "to look" into. </p> <div> '''A — 11: '''''Ἀνακύπτω''''' ''' (Strong'S #352 — Verb — anakupto — an-ak-oop'-to ) </div> <p> "to lift oneself up" (ana, "up"), is translated "look up" in &nbsp;Luke 21:28 , of being elated in joyous expectation (followed by epairo, "to lift up"). See Lift. </p> <div> '''A — 12: '''''Σκοπέω''''' ''' (Strong'S #4648 — Verb — skopeo — skop-eh'-o ) </div> <p> "to look at, consider" (Eng., "scope"), implying mental consideration, is rendered "while we look ... at" in &nbsp;2—Corinthians 4:18; "looking to" (AV, "on") in &nbsp;Philippians 2:4 . See Heed , Mark. </p> <div> '''A — 13: '''''Ἐπισκοπέω''''' ''' (Strong'S #1983 — Verb — episkopeo — ep-ee-skop-eh'-o ) </div> <p> lit., "to look upon" (epi, and No. 12), is rendered "looking carefully" in &nbsp;Hebrews 12:15 , RV (AV, "looking diligently"), epi being probably intensive here; in &nbsp;1—Peter 5:2 , "to exercise the oversight, to visit, care for." See Oversight. </p> <div> '''A — 14: '''''Ἐπισκέπτομαι''''' ''' (Strong'S #1980 — Verb — episkeptomai — ep-ee-skep'-tom-ahee; ) </div> <p> a later form of No. 13, "to visit," has the meaning of "seeking out," and is rendered "look ye out" in &nbsp;Acts 6:3 . See Visit. </p> <div> '''A — 15: '''''Ἀτενίζω''''' ''' (Strong'S #816 — Verb — atenizo — at-en-id'-zo ) </div> <p> "to look fixedly, gaze," is translated "looking steadfastly" in &nbsp;Luke 22:56 , RV (AV, "... earnestly"), in &nbsp;Acts 1:10 , "looking steadfastly;" in &nbsp;Acts 3:12 , AV, "look ... earnestly" (RV, "fasten ye your eyes," as in &nbsp;Acts 3:4; &nbsp;11:6 ); so in the RV of &nbsp;Acts 6:15; &nbsp;10:4; &nbsp;13:9; &nbsp;14:9; in &nbsp;Acts 7:55 , "looked up steadfastly;" in &nbsp;Acts 23:1 , "looking steadfastly on" (AV, "earnestly beholding"); in 2Cor, 3:7, RV, "look steadfastly" (AV, "steadfastly behold"); in &nbsp;2—Corinthians 3:13 , RV, ditto (AV, "steadfastly look"). In &nbsp;Luke 4:20 , "were fastened" (ophthalmoi, "eyes," being used separately). See Behold , No. 10. </p> <div> '''A — 16: '''''Θεάομαι''''' ''' (Strong'S #2300 — Verb — theaomai — theh-ah'-om-ahee ) </div> <p> "to behold" (of careful contemplation), is translated "look" in &nbsp;John 4:35 , of "looking" on the fields; in &nbsp;1—John 1:1 , AV (RV, "we beheld"), of the Apostles' personal experiences of Christ in the days of His flesh, and the facts of His Godhood and Manhood. See Behold , No. 8. </p> <div> '''A — 17: '''''Θεωρέω''''' ''' (Strong'S #2334 — Verb — theoreo — theh-o-reh'-o ) </div> <p> "to look at, gaze at, behold," is translated "looking on" in &nbsp;Mark 15:40 , AV (RV, "beholding"). See Behold , No. 6. </p> <div> '''B — 1: '''''Ὅρασις''''' ''' (Strong'S #3706 — Noun [[Feminine]] — horasis — hor'-as-is ) </div> <p> akin to A, No. 7, denotes (a) a vision (so the associated noun horama, e.g., &nbsp;Acts 7:31; horasis signifies especially the act of seeing, horama that which is seen), &nbsp;Acts 2:17; &nbsp;Revelation 9:17; (b) an appearance, &nbsp;Revelation 4:3 , translated "to look upon" (twice in the RV; In the second instance the AV has "in sight"). </p>

<p> <b> [[Look (Christ’S]] ) </b> —The [[Gospels]] give no direct information as to the look of our Lord, if the word ‘look’ he regarded as a synonym for His outward appearance. The first natural request of a child—‘You are going to tell me about Jesus, then tell me what He was like’—puts a question the [[Evangelists]] do not even begin to answer; and in a tale generally so frank and childlike this fact is not without significance. No description of Jesus’ ‘face’ is ever given in the Gospels, except when, in the story of the Transfiguration, it is said that the fashion of His face was altered (ἐγένετο τὸ εἶδος τοῦ προσώπου αὐτοῦ ἔτερον, &nbsp;Luke 9:29). Even then, it is stated to have become like the sun (&nbsp;Matthew 17:2); and, as it happens, the figure is of something which, though it lights the world, is not in itself directly to be gazed upon (cf. &nbsp;Revelation 1:16). While it may be possible, therefore, to deduce from the [[Epistles]] a message figuratively termed ‘the [[Gospel]] of the Face’ (see Bushnell, <i> Sermons on Living Subjects </i> , 73 ff.), the Evangelists afford no opportunity of making this study of Christ ‘after the flesh.’ See art. Christ in Art. </p> <p> It is further to be observed, in the same connexion, that even the more vivid words for looking, as a synonym for ‘seeing,’ ‘beholding,’ are never used of Christ so as to draw attention to the <i> manner </i> of His look. Such a word, <i> e.g. </i> , as ἀτενίζω, ‘to gaze fixedly’ (employed to describe a congregation gazing <i> at </i> Jesus, &nbsp;Luke 4:20; the maid staring at St. Peter, &nbsp;Luke 22:56; St. Paul flashing an indignant look at [[Elymas]] the sorcerer, &nbsp;Acts 13:9), is never associated with our Lord. Even διαβλέπω, a milder though still pietorial word, is not connected with Him. It is as though every mental image of Christ’s outward appearance were designedly excluded. We must be content, therefore, to study Christ’s look in the more objective sense in which it expresses simply the act of vision. Here we may roughly divide the references into four classes. </p> <p> <b> 1. </b> The look of Christ is sometimes disclosed as an <i> upward </i> look, expressing dependence on the Father. This uplifted glance is recorded on four occasions—during the miracle of the feeding of the 5000, while giving thanks and blessing the loaves (&nbsp;Matthew 14:19); in the healing of a man deaf and dumb, when Christ looked up to heaven and sighed (&nbsp;Mark 7:34 [in both passages ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν]); in the raising of [[Lazarus]] (&nbsp;John 11:41 ἦρεν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοῦς ἄνω); and during the great High-Priestly prayer (&nbsp;John 17:1 ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν). In all these instances the action and gesture must have imprinted themselves very deeply on the memory of the disciples. They were an outward sign of a lifelong inward attitude. They evidenced the direction of the appeal which Christ made in His human nature to God. Of Him the words are preeminently true, ‘Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord’ (&nbsp;Psalms 25:15). </p> <p> <b> 2. </b> The look of Christ is often disclosed as an <i> outward </i> look of calm clear-eyed discernment on the world around Him. ‘He beheld (ἐθεώρει) how the people cast money into the treasury’ (&nbsp;Mark 12:41)—appreciating not only the matter of their gift, but the manner of it. He ‘entered into the temple, and looked round about upon all things’ (&nbsp;Mark 11:11 περιβλεψάμενος πάντα); and it appeared on the following day how piercing and comprehensive His glance had been (&nbsp;Mark 11:15 ff.). ‘He looked up’ (ἀναβλέψας) and saw [[Zacchaeus]] in his post in the tree (&nbsp;Luke 19:5). When the scribes brought Him a crafty question, ‘He perceived (κατανοήσας) their craftiness’ (&nbsp;Luke 20:23)—‘saw at a glance,’ the word might be rendered. If there were space to offer a complete list of those things which Jesus is said in the Gospels to have beheld or seen, the impression would at least be strong that those calm eyes <i> missed </i> nothing. Retaining God continually in the field of vision, Jesus’ sight was not thereby dimmed, but only purged and purified for all other exercise. On one occasion His disciples were permitted to share a deeper gaze into the world behind the veil—‘And He said unto them, I beheld (ἐθεώρουν) Satan as lightning fall from heaven’ (&nbsp;Luke 10:18). </p> <p> <b> 3. </b> A special look of Christ is recorded as directed to a man or an audience during the utterance of some <i> statement </i> or <i> address </i> . The simplest record of this is when it is said that He ‘looked round’ before speaking (&nbsp;Mark 3:34; &nbsp;Mark 10:23 περιβλεψάμενος); or that ‘he beheld (ἐμβλέψας) them and said’ (&nbsp;Matthew 19:26); or when more fully St. Luke states in reporting the [[Sermon]] on the Mount, ‘And he lifted up his eyes (ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς) on his disciples, and said’ (&nbsp;Luke 6:20). This is the look of the sower scrutinizing the field. It is a look adding personality to the word spoken. It is a silent ‘Verily, verily, I say unto you.’ More individual instances of this look are when Jesus ‘beheld’ (ἐμβλέψας) Peter, and said, ‘Thou art Simon … thou shalt be called Cephas’ (&nbsp;John 1:42)—a look sealing the new name upon Peter’s heart; or when He ‘beheld’ (ἐμβλέψας) the chief priests and scribes, ‘and said, What is this then that is written?’ (&nbsp;Luke 20:17)—a grave look of reproach, ‘to add solemnity to His reference to their own Scriptures.’ Christ and His words can never be separated. He is Himself the Word made flesh—the greatest utterance in the greatest Person; and the language of the [[Apostles]] is ‘what we have <i> seen </i> and heard declare we unto you’ (&nbsp;1 John 1:3). </p> <p> <b> 4. </b> A few passages form a group by themselves, wherein strong <i> feeling </i> is expressed or implied as accompanying some look of Christ. The most notable instance of this is when ‘the Lord turned and looked upon (ἐνέβλεψεν) Peter’ (&nbsp;Luke 22:61), ‘No word, no gesture of reproach’; but </p> <p> ‘Oh to render plain, </p> <p> By help of having loved a little and mourned, </p> <p> That look of sovran love and sovran pain’ </p> <p> (Mrs. Browning, <i> Sonnets </i> ). </p> <p> Akin to this is the look directed by Jesus upon the young ruler, ‘And Jesus beholding (ἐμβλέψας) him loved him’ (&nbsp;Mark 10:21); or the look of the King upon Jerusalem, on ‘what should have been the City’s bridal day,’ ‘He beheld (ἰδών) the city, and wept over it’ (&nbsp;Luke 19:41). As a last instance, though expressing a very different emotion, we may adduce &nbsp;Mark 3:5 ‘He looked round about on them (περιβλεψάμενος αὐτούς) with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts.’ Of Christ, too, might the words have been written, He </p> <p> ‘loved well because he hated, </p> <p> [[Hated]] wickedness that hinders loving’ (Browning). </p> <p> R. Stevenson. </p>

<p> <em> Nâbaṭ </em> ( '''''נָבַט''''' , Strong'S #5027), “to look, regard, behold.” This verb is found in both ancient and modern Hebrew. It occurs approximately 70 times in the Old Testament. The first use of this term is in Gen. 15:5, where it is used in the sense of “take a good look,” as God commands Abraham: “Look now toward heaven, and [number] the stars.…” </p> <p> While <em> nâbaṭ </em> is commonly used of physical “looking” (Exod. 3:6), the word is frequently used in a figurative sense to mean a spiritual and inner apprehension. Thus, Samuel is told by God: “Look not on his countenance …” (1 Sam. 16:7) as he searched for a king among Jesse’s sons. The sense of “consider” (with insight) is expressed in Isa. 51:1-2: “… Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn.… Look unto [[Abraham]] your father.…” “Pay attention to” seems to be the meaning in Isa. 5:12: “… they regard not the work of the Lord.…” </p>