Strong's Lexicon
G2300 — θεάομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2300 |
|---|---|
| Word: | θεάομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a prolonged form of a primary verb |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 22 |
| Transliteration: | theaomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | theh-ah'-om-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to look closely at 2. (by implication) to perceive 3. (by extension) to visit {perceive literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | behold, look (upon), see |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θεάομαι, θεωμαι: 1 aorist ἐθεασάμην; perfect τεθέαμαι; 1 aorist passive ἐθεαθην in passive sense (Mat 6:1; Mat 23:5; Mar 16:11; Thucydides 3, 38, 3; cf. Krüger, § 40, under the word; (but Krüger himself now reads δρασθεν in Thucydides, the passage cited; see Veitch, under the word; Winers Grammar, § 38, 7 c.; Buttmann, 52 (46))); deponent verb; (from θεά, ΘΑΟΜΑΙ, with which θαῦμα is connected, which see); to behold, look upon, view attentively, contemplate, (in Greek writings often used of public shows; cf. θεά, θέαμα, θέατρον, θεατρίζω, etc. (see below)): τί, Mat 11:7; Luk 7:24; Joh 4:35; Joh 11:45; of august things and persons that are looked on with admiration: τί, Joh 1:14; Joh 1:32; 1Jn 1:1; Act 22:9 (2Ma 3:36); τινα, with a participle, Mar 16:14 : Act 1:11; followed by ὅτι, 1Jn 4:14; θεαθῆναι ὑπό τίνος, Mar 16:11; πρός τό θεαθῆναι αὐτοῖς, in order to make a show to them, Mat 6:1; Mat 23:5; to view, take a view of: τί, Luk 23:55; τινα, Mat 22:11; in the sense of visiting, meeting with a person, Rom 15:24 (2Ch 22:6; Josephus, Antiquities 16, 1, 2); to learn by looking: followed by ὅτι, Act 8:18 Rec.; to see with the eyes, 1Jn 4:12; equivalent to (Latinconspicio) to perceive: τινα, Joh 8:10 R G; Act 21:27; followed by an accusative with participle, Luk 5:27 (not L marginal reading); Joh 1:38; followed by ὅτι, Joh 6:5. Cf. O. F. Fritzsche, in Fritzschiorum Opuscc., p. 295ff (According to Schmidt, Syn., i., chapter 11, θέασθαι in its earlier classic use denotes often a wondering regard (cf. even in Strabo 14, 5, τά ἑπτά θέματα equivalent to θαυματα). This specific shade of meaning, however, gradually faded out, and left the more general signification of such a looking as seeks merely the satisfaction of the sense of sight. Cf. θεωρέω.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
θεάομαι (behold)
Matthew 6:1
- KJV: 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
- GK: προσέχετε την ελεημοσύνην υμών μη ποιείν έμπροσθεν των ανθρώπων προς το θεαθήναι αυτοίς ει μισθόν ουκ έχετε παρά τω πατρί υμών τω εν τοις ουρανοίς
Matthew 11:7
- KJV: And as they departed Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John What went ye out into the wilderness to see A reed shaken with the wind
- GK: τούτων δε πορευομένων ήρξατο ο Ιησούς λέγειν τοις όχλοις περί Ιωάννου τι εξήλθετε εις την έρημον θεάσασθαι κάλαμον υπό ανέμου σαλευόμενον
Matthew 22:11
- KJV: And when the king came in to see the guests he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment
- GK: εισελθών δε ο βασιλεύς θεάσασθαι τους ανακειμένους είδεν εκεί άνθρωπον ουκ ενδεδυμένον ένδυμα γάμου
Matthew 23:5
- KJV: But all their works they do for to be seen of men they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments
- GK: πάντα δε τα έργα αυτών ποιούσι προς το θεαθήναι τοις ανθρώποις πλατύνουσι δε τα φυλακτήρια αυτών και μεγαλύνουσιν τα κράσπεδα των ιματίων αυτών
Mark 16:11
- KJV: And they when they had heard that he was alive and had been seen of her believed not
- GK: κακείνοι ακούσαντες ότι ζη και εθεάθη υπ΄ αυτής ηπίστησαν
Mark 16:14
- KJV: 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 had seen him after he was risen
- GK: ύστερον ανακειμένοις αυτοίς τοις ένδεκα εφανερώθη και ωνείδισε την απιστίαν αυτών και σκληροκαρδίαν ότι τοις θεασσαμένοις αυτόν εγηγερμένον ουκ επίστευσαν
Luke 5:27
- KJV: And after these things he went forth and saw a publican named Levi sitting at the receipt of custom and he said unto him Follow me
- GK: και μετά ταύτα εξήλθε και εθεάσατο τελώνην ονόματι Λευϊν καθήμενον επί το τελώνιον και είπεν αυτώ ακολούθει μοι
Luke 7:24
- KJV: And when the messengers of John were departed he began to speak unto the people concerning John What went ye out into the wilderness for to see A reed shaken with the wind
- GK: απελθόντων δε των αγγέλων Ιωάννου ήρξατο λεγείν τοις όχλοις περί Ιωάννου τι εξεληλύθατε εις την έρημον θεάσασθαι κάλαμον υπό ανέμου σαλευόμενον
Luke 23:55
- KJV: And the women also which came with him from Galilee followed after and beheld the sepulchre and how his body was laid
- GK: κατακολουθήσασαι δε και γυναίκες αίτινες ήσαν συνεληλυθυίαι αυτώ εκ της Γαλιλαίας εθεάσαντο το μνημείον και ως ετέθη το σώμα αυτού