Strong's #2334: theoreo (pronounced theh-o-reh'-o)
from a derivative of 2300 (perhaps by addition of 3708); to be a spectator of, i.e. discern, (literally, figuratively (experience) or intensively (acknowledge)):--behold, consider, look on, perceive, see. Compare 3700.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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theōreō
1) to be a spectator, look at, behold
1a) to view attentively, take a view of, survey
1a1) to view mentally, consider
2) to see
2a) to perceive with the eyes, to enjoy the presence of one
2b) to discern, descry
2c) to ascertain, find out by seeing
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: from a derivative of G2300 (perhaps by add. of G3708)
Citing in TDNT: 5:315, 706
Usage:
This word is used 57 times:
Acts 25:24: "men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all"
Acts 27:10: "And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be"
Acts 28:6: "had looked a great while, and saw no harm come"
Hebrews 7:4: "Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch"
1 John 3:17: "hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have"
Revelation 11:11: "fear fell upon them which saw them."
Revelation 11:12: "and their enemies beheld them."
