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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 rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down; and the eyes of all the people in the synagogue were intently G816 directed G816 at Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:56 - And a slave woman, seeing him as he sat in the firelight, and staring G816 at him, said, “This man was with Him as well.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:10 - And as they were gazing G816 intently G816 into the sky while He was going, then 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 Peter, along with John, looked G816 at him intently G816 and 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 are you amazed at this, or why are you staring G816 at 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 - And all who were sitting in the [fn]Council stared G816 at him, and they saw his face, which was like 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 Holy Spirit, looked 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 he looked G816 at him intently G816 and became terrified, and said, “What is it, lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and charitable gifts have ascended as a memorial offering before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:6 - and I stared G816 at it and was thinking about it, and I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, the wild animals, the [fn]crawling creatures, and the birds of the 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, stared G816 at him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:9 - This man was listening to Paul as he spoke. Paul looked G816 at him intently G816 and saw that he had faith to be [fn]made well,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:1 -

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

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But if the ministry of death, engraved in letters 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, fading as it was,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:13 - and we are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not stare G816 at the end of what was fading away.
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