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Lexicon :: Strong's G1689 - emblepō

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ἐμβλέπω
Transliteration
emblepō (Key)
Pronunciation
em-blep'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἐμβλέπω emblépō, em-blep'-o; from G1722 and G991; to look on, i.e. (relatively) to observe fixedly, or (absolutely) to discern clearly:—behold, gaze up, look upon, (could) see.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G1689 in the following manner: behold (5x), look upon (4x), see (1x), gaze up (1x), can see (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G1689 in the following manner: behold (5x), look upon (4x), see (1x), gaze up (1x), can see (1x).

  1. to turn one's eyes on

  2. look at

  3. metaph. to look at with the mind, to consider

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐμβλέπω emblépō, em-blep'-o; from G1722 and G991; to look on, i.e. (relatively) to observe fixedly, or (absolutely) to discern clearly:—behold, gaze up, look upon, (could) see.
STRONGS G1689:
ἐμβλέπω [see ἐν, III. 3]; imperfect ἐνέβλεπον; 1 aorist ἐνεβλεψα, participle ἐμβλέψας; to turn one's eyes on; look at;
1. properly: with the accusative Mark 8:25, (Anth. 11, 3; Sept. Judges 16:27 [Alex.]); τινί (Plato, rep. 10, 608 d.; Polybius 15, 28, 3, and elsewhere), Matthew 19:26; Mark 10:21, 27; Mark 14:67; Luke 20:17; Luke 22:61; John 1:36, 42 (43), (in all these passages ἐμβλέψας αὐτῷ or αὐτοῖς λέγει or εἶπεν, cf. Xenophon, Cyril 1, 3, 2 ἐμβλέπων αὐτῷ ἔλεγεν). εἰς τ. οὐρανόν, Acts 1:11 R G L, (εἰς τ γῆν, Isaiah 5:30; Isaiah 8:22; εἰς ὀφθαλμόν, Plato, Alc. 1, p. 132 e.). Absol., οὐκ ἐνέβλεπον, I beheld not, i. e. the power of looking upon (namely, surrounding objects) was taken away from me, Acts 22:11 [Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading ἔβλεπ.], (2 Chronicles 20:24 [Ald.]; Xenophon, mem. 3, 11, 10).
2. figuratively, to look at with the mind, to consider: Matthew 6:26, (Isaiah 51:1f; Sir. 2:10; Sir. 36:15 (Sirach 33:15); with the accusative only, Isaiah 5:12; with the dative, 2 Macc. 12:45).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Judges
16:27
2 Chronicles
20:24
Isaiah
5:12; 5:30; 8:22; 51:1
Matthew
6:26; 19:26
Mark
8:25; 10:21; 10:27; 14:67
Luke
20:17; 22:61
John
1:36; 1:42
Acts
1:11; 22:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1689 matches the Greek ἐμβλέπω (emblepō),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:27 - And the house was full of men and women, and there were all the chiefs of the Philistines, and on the roof were about three thousand men and women looking at the sports of Sampson.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:7 - But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his [fn]appearance, nor on his stature, for I have rejected him; for God [fn]sees not as a man looks; for man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:8 - And the [fn]holy staves projected, and the ends of the holy staves appeared out of the holy places in front of the oracle, and were not seen without.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - But he looked on her, and said to her, Thou hast spoken like one of the foolish women. If we have received good things of the hand of the Lord, shall we not endure evil things? In all these things that happened to him, Job sinned not at all with his lips before God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:4 - (LXX 39:5) Blessed is the man whose hope is the name of the Lord, and who has not regarded vanities and false frenzies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:12 - For they drink wine with harp, and psaltery, and drums, and pipes: but they regard not the works of the Lord, and consider not the works of his hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:30 - And he shall roar on account of them in that day, as the sound of the swelling sea; and they shall look to the land, and, behold, there shall be thick darkness in their perplexity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22 - and they shall look on the earth below, and behold severe distress, and darkness, affliction, and [fn]anguish, and darkness so that one cannot see; and he that is in anguish shall not be distressed only for a time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:7 - In that day a man shall trust in him that made him, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:8 - And they shall uncover the gates of Juda, and they shall look in that day on the choice houses of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:11 - And ye procured to yourselves water between the two walls within the ancient pool: but ye looked not to him that made it from the beginning, and regarded not him that created it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 - Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, and seek the Lord: look to the solid rock, which ye have hewn, and to the hole of the pit which ye have dug.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:2 - Look to Abraam your father, and to Sarrha that bore you: for he was alone when I called him, and blessed him, and loved him, and multiplied him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:6 - Lift up your eyes to the sky, and look on the earth beneath: for the sky was darkened like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and the inhabitants shall die in like manner: but my righteousness shall not fail.
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