θεάομαι
theaomai
to look at
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word "θεάομαι" (theaomai) is a verb that means "to look at." This simple definition belies a rich range of usage in the Bible, where it appears 23 times. The word is often used to describe the act of gazing or beholding something, whether it be a physical object, a person, or an experience. In its various occurrences, "theaomai" is used to convey a sense of attention, observation, or contemplation. It can describe the act of looking at something with wonder, awe, or curiosity, as well as the act of paying attention to someone or something. The word is often used in contexts where the speaker is describing a moment of insight, revelation, or spiritual experience. The significance of "theaomai" lies in its emphasis on the importance of attention and observation in understanding the world around us. By looking at something with care and attention, we can gain a deeper understanding of its nature and significance. This word encourages us to slow down, pay attention, and behold the world with wonder and curiosity.
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Occurrences in Scripture
23 total occurrences across the text
“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 11:7As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
Matthew 22:11But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’t have on wedding clothing,
Matthew 23:5But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,
Mark 16:11When they heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her, they disbelieved.
Mark 16:14Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn’t believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
Luke 5:27After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, “Follow me!”
Luke 7:24When John’s messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
Luke 23:55The women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid.
John 1:14The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:32John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.
John 1:38Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), “where are you staying?”
John 4:35Don’t you say, ‘There are yet four months until the harvest?’ Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.
John 6:5Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?”
John 8:10Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, “Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?”
John 11:45Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did believed in him.
Acts 1:11who also said, “You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky, will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky.”
Acts 21:27When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,
Acts 22:9“Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn’t understand the voice of him who spoke to me.
Romans 15:24whenever I travel to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.
1 John 1:1That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life
1 John 4:12No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
1 John 4:14We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.