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ἐμβλέπω

To look into/upon

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ἐμβλέπω G1689
Pronunciation emblépō

What does ἐμβλέπω (emblépō) mean in the Bible?

ἐμβλέπω (emblépō) is a Greek word meaning "to look into/upon". ἐμ-βλέπω [in LXX for רָאָה, 3Ki.

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Meaning

to look into/upon
Extended definition

To look intently or directly at someone/something, often with deep attention or significance.

to look at: with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.8:25; with dative of person(s) (part., before λέγει, εἶπεν, cf. Xen., Cyr., i, 3, 2), Mat.19:26, Mrk.10:21, 27 14:67, Luk.20:17 22:61 (ἐνέβλεψεν), Jhn.1:36, 43; absol., to look, Act.22:11; metaphorically, to consider: Mat.6:26.

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses
Aorist Imperfect
Voices
Active
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 7×
Aorist Active Matt 19:26 · Mark 10:21 · Mark 10:27 · Luke 20:17 · John 1:36 · John 1:42 · Mark 14:67 7×
Imperative command or strong request 1×
Aorist Active Matt 6:26 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 3×
Imperfect Active Mark 8:25 · Acts 22:11 2×
Aorist Active Luke 22:61 1×
11 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 11 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 1 imperative 1 background 2 participle 7
Tense
aorist 9 imperfect 2
Voice
active 11
Mood
participle 7 indicative 3 imperative 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 6:26 ἐμβλέψατε aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 19:26 ἐμβλέψας aorist active participle participle Mark 8:25 ἐνέβλεπεν imperfect active indicative background Mark 10:21 ἐμβλέψας aorist active participle participle Mark 10:27 ἐμβλέψας aorist active participle participle Mark 14:67 ἐμβλέψασα aorist active participle participle Luke 20:17 ἐμβλέψας aorist active participle participle Luke 22:61 ἐνέβλεψεν aorist active indicative completed John 1:36 ἐμβλέψας aorist active participle participle John 1:42 ἐμβλέψας aorist active participle participle Acts 22:11 ἐνέβλεπον imperfect active indicative background

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Witnesses
Luke 22:54–62 ἐμβλέψας emblépō
Having looked intently
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Mark 10 — The Way of the Servant King: Marriage, Children, Wealth, Cross, Ransom, and Sight Matthew 19 — Marriage from Creation, Children Received, Riches Renounced, and the Reward of Following Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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