βλέπω blepō

Greek word for “to see” · Strong’s G991 · used 132 times in 116 verses

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Meaning

βλέπω; 1. of bodily sight;

How it is translated

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

• see 30
• seeing 20
• do take heed 15
• sees 9
• looking 7
• may see 6
• being seen 6
• do beware 4
• will look 2
• look 2
• do you see 2
• should take heed 2

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

John 9 (7), Mark 13 (5), Matthew 13 (4), Mark 8 (4), Matthew 6 (3), Luke 8 (3), Hebrews 11 (3), Matthew 24 (2), Mark 4 (2), Mark 12 (2)

Forms

• βλέπετε 24
• βλέπων 12
• βλέποντες 11
• βλέπεις 10
• βλέπειν 10
• βλέπει 10
• Βλέπετε 9
• βλέπωσιν 7
• βλέπουσιν 5
• βλέπω 5

Words used with it

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

• ὀφθαλμός ophthalmos “eye” 13
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 18
• τυφλός tuphlos “blind” 9
• οὐδείς oudeis “none” 10
• περιπατέω peripateō “to walk” 7
• πῶς pōs “how?!” 7
• συνίημι suniēmi “to understand” 5
• εἰ ei “if” 10
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 8
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 8
• κόσμος kosmos “world” 6
• πρόσωπον prosōpon “face” 5

Key verses

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

• Matthew 18:10 — Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in…
• Matthew 22:16 — And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest…
• John 1:29 — The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
• John 9:39 — And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
• Acts 2:33 — Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see…
• Hebrews 2:9 — But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should…
• Hebrews 3:12 — Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
• Hebrews 11:7 — By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world,…
• Hebrews 12:25 — See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him…
• Revelation 1:11 — Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto…
• Revelation 3:18 — I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy…
• Revelation 9:20 — And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of…

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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.