ἀτενίζω atenizō

Greek word for “to gaze” · Strong’s G816 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

ἀτενίζω; (ἀτενής, strained, intent;

How it is translated

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

• having looked intently 9
• look intently 3
• fixed upon 1
• looking intently 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 3 (2), 2 Corinthians 3 (2), Luke 4 (1), Luke 22 (1), Acts 1 (1), Acts 6 (1), Acts 7 (1), Acts 10 (1), Acts 11 (1), Acts 13 (1)

Forms

• ἀτενίσας 6
• ἀτενίζοντες 2
• ἀτενίσαι 2
• ἀτενίσασα 1
• ἀτενίζετε 1
• ἀτενίσαντες 1
• Ἀτενίσας 1

Words used with it

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

• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 6
• πρόσωπον prosōpon “face” 3
• Παῦλος Paulos “Paul” 3
• συνέδριον sunedrion “council” 2
• καταργέω katargeō “to abate” 2
• ἀνήρ anēr “man” 3
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 3
• Ἰσραήλ Israēl “Israel” 2
• Μωϋσῆς Mōusēs, Mōsēs “Moses” 2
• σύν sun “with” 2
• δόξα doxa “glory” 2
• Πέτρος Petros “Peter” 2

Key verses

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

• Luke 4:20 — And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
• Luke 22:56 — But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
• Acts 1:10 — And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
• Acts 3:12 — And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or…
• Acts 6:15 — And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
• Acts 7:55 — But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
• Acts 10:4 — And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
• Acts 13:9 — Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,
• Acts 14:9 — The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
• Acts 23:1 — And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
• 2 Corinthians 3:7 — But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses…
• 2 Corinthians 3:13 — And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:

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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.