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Strong's #1689 - ἐμβλέπω
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ἐμ-βλέπω,
pf. ἐμβέβλοφα PLond. 1.42.21 (ii B.C.): —
1. look in the face, look at, τινὶ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς Pl. Chrm. 155c, cf. D. 19.69; ἐ. εἰς τὸν ὀφθαλμόν Pl. Alc. 1.132e, etc.: c. acc., ἐμβλέπω σε, παῖ, Com.Adesp. 17.7 D., cf. Herod. 2.68, Revelation 11:3, Mark 8:25 : abs., X. Mem. 3.11.10, Arist. EN 1175a9. ἐ. εἰς consider, τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Matthew 6:26; look into a matter, PTeb. 28.15 (ii B.C.).
2. simply, look, ποῖ ἐμβλέψασα..; S. El. 995; δεινὸν ἐ. Pl. Ion 535e, Plu. Pyrrh. 34, etc.; πῦρ ἐ. Philostr. Im. 1.28; ἱρὰ ἐς λῷον -οντα Herod. 4.80.
ἐμ -βλέπω ,
[in LXX for H7200, 1 Kings 8:8, al.), H6437 (Job 6:28 A, al.); metaph., Isaiah 51:1 (H5027 hi.), Sirach 2:10, etc.;]
to look at: c. acc rei, Mark 8:25; c. dat. pers. (part., seq. λέγει , εἶπεν , cf. Xen., Cyr., i, 3, 2), Matthew 19:26, Mark 10:21; Mark 10:27; Mark 14:67, Luke 20:17; Luke 22:61 (ἐνέβλεψεν ), John 1:36; John 1:43; absol., to look, Acts 22:11; metaph., to consider: Matthew 6:26.†
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P Lond 42.21 (B.C. 168) (= I. p. 30, Selections, p. 10) μηδ᾽ ἐνβεβλοφέναι (for form, see s.v. βλέπω) εἰς τὴν ἡμετέραν περί <στασιν >, ";nor spared a look for our helpless state."; The figurative meaning, as in Matthew 6:26, is seen in P Tor I. 1iii. 7 (B.C. 117) διὸ ἀξιῶ ἐμβλέψαντα εἰς τὴν γεγενημένην μοι καταφθορὰν ὑπὸ ἀσεβῶν ἀνθρώπων κτλ., m";ente reputans damnum"; etc., P Tebt I. 2815 (c. B.C. 114) ἀξιοῦμεν ἐμβλέψαντα εἰς τὰ ὑποδεδειγμένα, ";we beg you to look into the matters indicated"; (Edd.).
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