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:
Luke 24:12: "sepulcher; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves,"
John 1:29: "The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him,"
John 5:19: "himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for"
John 9:7: "washed, and came seeing."
John 9:15: "and I washed, and do see."
John 9:19: "how then doth he now see?"
John 9:21: "But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who"
John 9:25: "whereas I was blind, now I see."
John 9:39: "this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see"
John 9:39: "that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind."
John 9:39: "not might see; and that they which see might be made blind."
John 9:41: "sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin"
John 11:9: "he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world."
John 13:22: "Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of"
John 20:1: "the sepulcher, and seeth the stone taken away"
John 20:5: "And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in."
John 21:9: "As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and"
John 21:20: "Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus"
Acts 1:9: "when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received"
Acts 2:33: "which ye now see and hear."
Acts 3:4: "with John, said, Look on us."
Acts 4:14: "And beholding the man which was healed standing with them,"
Acts 8:6: "spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did."
Acts 9:8: "when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand,"
Acts 9:9: "three days without sight, and neither did eat nor"
Acts 12:9: "angel; but thought he saw a vision."
Acts 13:11: "thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for"
Acts 13:40: " Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in"
Acts 27:12: "Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the southwest and"
Acts 28:26: "shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:"
Acts 28:26: "understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:"
Romans 7:23: "But I see another law in my members, warring against"
Romans 8:24: "by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for"
Romans 8:24: "for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?"
Romans 8:25: "if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for"
Romans 11:8: "of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;)"
Romans 11:10: "eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back"
1 Corinthians 1:26: "For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many"
1 Corinthians 3:10: "buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon."
1 Corinthians 8:9: "But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock"
1 Corinthians 10:12: "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall."
1 Corinthians 10:18: " Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the"
1 Corinthians 13:12: "For now we see through a glass, darkly; but"
1 Corinthians 16:10: "if Timothy come, see that he may be with you"
2 Corinthians 4:18: "While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for"
2 Corinthians 4:18: "look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen"
2 Corinthians 4:18: "the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but"
2 Corinthians 4:18: "at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal."
2 Corinthians 7:8: "repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same"
2 Corinthians 10:7: " Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is"
