Strong's #991: blepo (pronounced blep'-o)
a primary verb; to look at (literally or figuratively):--behold, beware, lie, look (on, to), perceive, regard, see, sight, take heed. Compare 3700.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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blepō
1) to see, discern, of the bodily eye
1a) with the bodily eye: to be possessed of sight, have the power of seeing
1b) perceive by the use of the eyes: to see, look descry
1c) to turn the eyes to anything: to look at, look upon, gaze at
1d) to perceive by the senses, to feel
1e) to discover by use, to know by experience
2) metaphorically to see with the mind' s eye
2a) to have (the power of) understanding
2b) to discern mentally, observe, perceive, discover, understand
2c) to turn the thoughts or direct the mind to a thing, to consider, contemplate, to look at, to weigh carefully, examine
3) in a geographical sense of places, mountains, buildings, etc. turning towards any quarter, as it were, facing it
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primary word
Citing in TDNT: 5:315, 706
Usage:
This word is used 135 times:
Matthew 5:28: "unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery"
Matthew 6:4: "and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward"
Matthew 6:6: "and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee"
Matthew 6:18: "and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee"
Matthew 7:3: "And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy"
Matthew 11:4: "and show John again those things which ye do hear and see:"
Matthew 12:22: "both spake and saw."
Matthew 13:13: "I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and"
Matthew 13:13: "in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing"
Matthew 13:14: "shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:"
Matthew 13:14: "understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:"
Matthew 13:16: "are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for"
Matthew 13:17: "men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and"
Matthew 14:30: "But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning"
Matthew 15:31: "the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole,"
Matthew 15:31: "to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God"
Matthew 18:10: "their angels do always behold the face of my"
Matthew 22:16: "thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person"
Matthew 24:2: "Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily"
Matthew 24:4: "answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you."
Mark 4:12: "That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing"
Mark 4:12: "That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing"
Mark 4:24: "And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what"
Mark 5:31: "disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee,"
Mark 8:15: "them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the"
Mark 8:18: "Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear"
Mark 8:23: "and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw aught."
Mark 8:24: "And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking."
Mark 12:14: "carest for no man: for thou regardest not the"
Mark 12:38: "in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love"
Mark 13:2: "answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not"
Mark 13:5: "them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:"
Mark 13:9: "But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils;"
Mark 13:23: "But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things."
Mark 13:33: " Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when"
Luke 6:41: "And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy"
Luke 6:42: "thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that"
Luke 7:21: "unto many that were blind he gave sight."
Luke 7:44: "woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into"
Luke 8:10: "in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing"
Luke 8:10: "that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand."
Luke 8:16: "a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light."
Luke 8:18: " Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath,"
Luke 9:62: "to the plow, and looking back, is fit"
Luke 10:23: "privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:"
Luke 10:23: "are the eyes which see the things that ye see:"
Luke 10:24: "to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and"
Luke 11:33: "a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light."
Luke 21:8: "And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many"
Luke 21:30: "When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that"
