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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 BoxLuk 4:20 -

And He closed the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed G816 on Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:56 - And a servant-girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight and looking G816 intently G816 at him, said, “This man was with Him too.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:10 - And as they were gazing G816 intently G816 into [fn]the sky while He was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:4 - But when Peter, along with John, fixed G816 his gaze G816 on him, he said, “Look at us!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:12 - But when Peter saw this, he replied to the people, “Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this, or why do you gaze G816 at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:15 - And fixing G816 their gaze G816 on him, all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin saw his face like the face of an angel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:55

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:55 - But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed G816 intently G816 into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:4 - And looking G816 intently G816 on him and becoming afraid, he said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and [fn]alms have ascended as a memorial before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:6 - and when looking G816 closely G816 at it, I was observing it and saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild beasts and the crawling creatures and the birds of the [fn]sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:9 - But Saul, who was also known as Paul, [fn]filled with the Holy Spirit, fixed G816 his gaze G816 on him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:9 - This man listened to Paul as he spoke, who, when he fixed G816 his gaze G816 on him and saw that he had faith to be [fn]saved from being lame,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:1 -

Now Paul, looking G816 intently G816 at the Sanhedrin, said, “Brothers, I have [fn]lived my life in all good conscience before God up to this day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:7 -

But if the ministry of death, in letters having been engraved on stones, came [fn]with glory, so that the sons of Israel could not look G816 intently G816 at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, which was being brought to an end,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:13 - and are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not look G816 intently G816 at the consequence of what was being brought to an end.
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