Lexical Definition
θεάομαι theáomai (theh-ah'-om-ahee) to look at G:V
a prolonged form of a primary verb
behold, look (upon), see.
- to look closely at, i.e. (by implication) perceive (literally or figuratively)
- by extension to visit
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| ἐθεασάμεθα | we beheld | John.1.14 |
| we have gazed upon | 1John.1.1 | |
| ἐθεάσατο | He saw | Luke.5.27 |
| ἐθεάσασθε | you beheld | Acts.1.11 |
| ἐθεάσαντο | beheld | Acts.22.9 |
| saw | Luke.23.55 | |
| ἐθεάθη | He has been seen | Mark.16.11 |
| τεθεάμεθα | have seen | 1John.4.14 |
| τεθέαται | has seen | 1John.4.12 |
| τεθέαμαι | I have beheld | John.1.32 |
| θεασαμένοισ | having seen | Mark.16.14 |
| θεασάμενοσ | having beheld | John.1.38 |
| having seen | John.6.5 • John.8.10 | |
| θεασάμενοι | having seen | John.11.45 • Acts.21.27 |
| θεαθῆναι | to be seen | Matt.6.1 • Matt.23.5 |
| θεάσασθε | do see | John.4.35 |
| θεάσασθαι | to see | LXX.2Chr.22.6 • Matt.11.7 • Matt.22.11 • Luke.7.24 • Rom.15.24 |
Abbott-Smith
θεάομαι, -ῶμαι, [in LXX: II Ch 22:6 (ראה), To 2:2 13:6, 14, Jth 15:8, II Mac 2:4 3:36, III Mac 5:47*;]
to behold, look upon, contemplate, view (in early writers with a sense of wondering), in NT apparently always in literal, physical sense of "careful and deliberate vision which interprets . . . its object": c. acc. rei, Mt 11:7, Lk 7:24 23:55, Jo 1:14, 32 4:35 11:45, Ac 22:9, I Jo 1:1; c. acc. pers., Mt 22:11, Ac 21:27, Ro 15:24, I Jo 4:12; c. ptcp., [14](/btb/interlinear/41%20-%20Mark/16/Mark.16.14.html)], Lk 5:27, Jo 1:38, Ac 1:11; seq. ὅτι, Jo 6:5, I Jo 4:14; pass., Mt 6:1 23:5, [11](/btb/interlinear/41%20-%20Mark/16/Mark.16.11.html)].†
SYN.: v.s. θεωρέω.
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| 2 Chronicles | 22:6 |
| Matthew | 6:1 · 11:7 · 22:11 · 23:5 |
| Mark | 16:11 · 16:14 |
| Luke | 5:27 · 7:24 · 23:55 |
| John | 1:14 · 1:32 · 1:38 · 4:35 · 6:5 · 11:45 |
| Acts | 1:11 · 21:27 · 22:9 |
| Romans | 15:24 |
| 1 John | 1:1 · 4:12 · 4:14 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
θεάομαι,
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect θηέομαι (see. below), Doric dialect θᾱέομαι, Θάομαι (which see), imperative θεῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; optative θηοῖο (for Attic dialect θεῷο) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle θηεύμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]imperfect ἐθηεῖτο, ἐθηεῦντο, [Refs]; Epic dialect θηεῖτο [Refs 8th c.BC+] poetical cited in [Refs 1st c.BC+]future θεάσομαι [ᾱ], Ionic dialect -ήσομαι: aorist ἐθεᾱσάμην, Epic dialect optative θηήσαιο, θηήσαιτο, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural ἐθηήσαντο [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Ionic dialect infinitive θεήσασθαι (variant{θεάσ-}) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: Attic dialect perfect τεθέαμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] is found in θησαίατ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—gaze at, behold, mostly with a sense of wonder, θηεῦντο μέγα ἔργον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐθεᾶτο.. τὴν θέσιν τῆς πόλεως.., ὡς ἔχοι reconnoitred it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; do you see? [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 of the mind, contemplate, τὸ ἀληθές [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b see clearly, ἵν᾽ ἴδητε καὶ θεάσησθε ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 view as spectators, especially in the theatre, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ θεώμενοι the spectators, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (but also, onlookers, bystanders, [Refs 5th c.BC+] to be spectators of the war, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 θ. τὸ στράτευμα to review it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II active θεάω, late, Baillet Tombeaux des rois à Thèbes [Refs 4th c.AD+]aorist ἐθεάθην in passive sense, Ps. -Callisth.[NT+1st c.AD+]: present θεῶνται [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
LSJ Scripture Refs: Mark.16.11