θεωρέω theōreō
Greek word for “to see/experience” · Strong’s G2334 · used 58 times in 56 verses
Meaning
θεωρέω, -ῶ; (θεωρός, a spectator, θεάομαι) (present and imperfect only, exc.
How it is translated
Glosses given for theōreō in context, with how often each is used:
- see 14
- beholding 8
- seeing 6
- sees 5
- beholds 3
- do behold 3
- looking on 2
- watching 2
- having seen 2
- understand 2
- behold 2
- experiencing 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John | 24 | 1.5 | |
| Acts | 14 | 0.8 | |
| Mark | 7 | 0.6 | |
| Luke | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Matthew | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Revelation | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Hebrews | 1 | 0.2 | |
| 1 John | 1 | 0.5 |
Chapters where it is used most
John 6 (4), John 16 (4), John 20 (3), Mark 5 (2), Mark 15 (2), Luke 23 (2), Luke 24 (2), John 12 (2), John 14 (2), Acts 17 (2)
Forms
- θεωρεῖ 9
- θεωρεῖτε 6
- θεωρεῖτέ 5
- ἐθεώρουν 4
- θεωροῦντες 4
- θεωρῶν 4
- θεωρῶ 4
- θεωροῦσιν 3
- θεωροῦσαι 2
- θεωρεῖν 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with theōreō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- μικρός mikros “small” 5
- ἵστημι histēmi “to stand” 6
- πολύς polus “much” 7
- κόσμος kosmos “world” 5
- Μαγδαληνή Magdalēnē “Magdalene” 3
- πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 6
- μέγας megas “great” 5
- Ἰωσῆς Iōsēs “Joseph” 2
- Μαρία Maria “Mary” 3
- ὄχλος ochlos “crowd” 4
- ὀπτάνομαι optanomai “to appear” 3
- τε te “and/both” 4
Key verses
The verses using theōreō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Luke 23:35 — And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
- John 6:40 — And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the…
- John 14:17 — Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be…
- John 14:19 — Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
- John 16:16 — A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
- John 17:24 — Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me…
- Acts 3:16 — And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in…
- Acts 4:13 — Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them,…
- Acts 10:11 — And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
- Acts 19:26 — Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be…
- Acts 21:20 — And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all…
- 1 John 3:17 — But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
See all 56 verses in the Word Atlas
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.