θεάομαι theaomai

Greek word for “to look at” · Strong’s G2300 · used 23 times in 23 verses

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Meaning

θεάομαι, -ῶμαι; to behold, look upon, contemplate, view (in early writers with a sense of wondering), in NT apparently always in literal, physical sense of "careful and deliberate vision which interprets...

How it is translated

Glosses given for theaomai in context, with how often each is used:

• having seen 5
• beheld 3
• seen 2
• see? 2
• see 2
• saw 2
• has been seen 1
• have beheld 1
• having beheld 1
• do see 1
• have gazed upon 1
• has seen 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 1 (3), Mark 16 (2), 1 John 4 (2), Matthew 6 (1), Matthew 11 (1), Matthew 22 (1), Matthew 23 (1), Luke 5 (1), Luke 7 (1), Luke 23 (1)

Forms

• θεάσασθαι 4
• θεασάμενος 3
• θεαθῆναι 2
• ἐθεάσαντο 2
• ἐθεασάμεθα 2
• θεασάμενοι 2
• ἐθεάθη 1
• θεασαμένοις 1
• ἐθεάσατο 1
• τεθέαμαι 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with theaomai more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ὄχλος ochlos “crowd” 4
• ὑπό hupo “by/under” 4
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 5
• ὀφθαλμός ophthalmos “eye” 3
• μένω menō “to stay” 3
• κάλαμος kalamos “reed/stick/pen” 2
• ἀνάκειμαι anakeimai “to recline” 2
• σαλεύω saleuō “to shake” 2
• Ἰωάννης Iōannēs “John” 3
• ἐπαίρω epairō “to lift up” 2
• πορεύω poreuō “to travel” 3
• ἄνεμος anemos “wind” 2

Key verses

The verses using theaomai that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 6:1 — Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
• Matthew 22:11 — And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
• Matthew 23:5 — But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
• Mark 16:14 — Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which…
• John 1:14 — And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• John 1:38 — Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where…
• John 6:5 — When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
• Acts 1:11 — Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner…
• Acts 21:27 — And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,
• 1 John 1:1 — That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of…
• 1 John 4:12 — No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
• 1 John 4:14 — And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.