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Lexicon :: Strong's G816 - atenizō

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ἀτενίζω
Transliteration
atenizō (Key)
Pronunciation
at-en-id'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a compound of ἄλφα (G1) (as a particle of union) and teino (to stretch)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἀτενίζω atenízō, at-en-id'-zo; from a compound of G1 (as a particle of union) and τείνω teínō (to stretch); to gaze intently:—behold earnestly (stedfastly), fasten (eyes), look (earnestly, stedfastly, up stedfastly), set eyes.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G816 in the following manner: look steadfastly (2x), behold steadfastly (2x), fasten (one's) eyes (2x), look earnestly on (1x), look earnestly upon (1x), look up steadfastly (1x), behold earnestly (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G816 in the following manner: look steadfastly (2x), behold steadfastly (2x), fasten (one's) eyes (2x), look earnestly on (1x), look earnestly upon (1x), look up steadfastly (1x), behold earnestly (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. to fix the eyes on, gaze upon

  2. to look into anything

  3. metaph. to fix one's mind on one as an example

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀτενίζω atenízō, at-en-id'-zo; from a compound of G1 (as a particle of union) and τείνω teínō (to stretch); to gaze intently:—behold earnestly (stedfastly), fasten (eyes), look (earnestly, stedfastly, up stedfastly), set eyes.
STRONGS G816:
ἀτενίζω; 1 aorist ἠτένισα; (from ἀτενής stretched, intent, and this from τείνω and α intensive; [yet cf. Winers Grammar, § 16, 4; Buttmann, a. at the end, and under the word Α, α, 3]); to fix the eyes on, gaze upon: with the dative of person, Luke 4:20; Luke 22:56; Acts 3:12; Acts 10:4; Acts 14:9; Acts 23:1; followed by εἰς with an accusative of person, Acts 3:4; Acts 6:15; Acts 13:9; metaphorically, to fix one's mind on one as an example, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 9, 2; εἴς τι, Acts 1:10; Acts 7:55; 2 Corinthians 3:7, 13; εἴς τι, to look into anything, Acts 11:6. (3 Macc. 2:26. [Aristotle], Polybius 6, 11, 5 [i. e. 6, 11a, 12 Dindorf]; Diodorus 3, 39 [Dindorf ἐνατ.]; Josephus, b. j. 5, 12, 3; Lucian, cont. 16, others)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
4:20; 22:56
Acts
1:10; 3:4; 3:12; 6:15; 7:55; 10:4; 11:6; 13:9; 14:9; 23:1
2 Corinthians
3:7; 3:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G816 matches the Greek ἀτενίζω (atenizō),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:20 - He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:56 - A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently at him, said, "This man also was with him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:10 - While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:4 - Rock, fastening his eyes on him, with Yochanan, said, "Look at us."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:12 - When Rock saw it, he responded to the people, "You men of Yisra'el, why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:15 - All who sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face like it was the face of an angel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:55

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:55 - But he, being full of the Ruach HaKodesh, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Yeshua standing on the right hand of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:4 - He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, "What is it, Lord?" He said to him, "Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:6 - When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the eretz, wild animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:9 - But Sha'ul, who is also called Sha'ul, filled with the Ruach HaKodesh, fastened his eyes on him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:9 - He was listening to Sha'ul speaking, who, fastening eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:1 - Sha'ul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, "Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:7 - But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Yisra'el could not look steadfastly on the face of Moshe for the glory of his face; which was passing away:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:13 - and not as Moshe, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Yisra'el wouldn't look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
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