θεάομαιtheáomai
to look closely at, i.e. (by implication) perceive (literally or figuratively); by extension to visit
Greek (New Testament) · G2300
Meanings
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": with accusative of thing, Matthew 11:7, Luke 7:24, Luke 23:55, John 1:14, John 1:32, John 4:35, John 11:45, Acts 22:9, 1 John 1:1; with accusative of person, Matthew 22:11, Acts 21:27, Romans 15:24, 1 John 4:12; with participle, Mark 16:14, Luke 5:27, John 1:38, Acts 1:11; followed by ὅτι, John 6:5, 1 John 4:14; passive, Matthew 6:1, Matthew 23:5, Mark 16:11.
Synonyms
see θεωρέω.
Same root
- θαῦμαthaûma · G2295wonder (properly concrete; but by implication, abstract)
- θεωρέωtheōréō · G2334to be a spectator of, i.e. discern, (literally, figuratively (experience) or intensively (acknowledge))
- θέατρονthéatron · G2302a place for public show ("theatre"), i.e. general audience-room; by implication, a show itself (figuratively)
Where it appears
Appears 20 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 6:1 “Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.
- Matthew 11:7 As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began talking about him to the crowds. “What kind of man did you go into the wilderness to see? Was he a weak reed, swayed by every breath of wind?
- Matthew 22:11 “But when the king came in to meet the guests, he noticed a man who wasn’t wearing the proper clothes for a wedding.
- Matthew 23:5 “Everything they do is for show. On their arms they wear extra wide prayer boxes with Scripture verses inside, and they wear robes with extra long tassels.
- Luke 5:27 Later, as Jesus left the town, he saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him.
- Luke 7:24 After John’s disciples left, Jesus began talking about him to the crowds. “What kind of man did you go into the wilderness to see? Was he a weak reed, swayed by every breath of wind?
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.