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Strong's #2029 - ἐποπτεύω
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- to be an overseer
- to look upon, view attentively
- to watch
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ἐποπτ-εύω,
(ἐπόπτης)
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1. overlook, watch, of an overseer, ἔργα τ' ἐποπτεύεσκε Od. 16.140, cf. Hes. Op. 767; Ἑρμῆ..πατρῶ' ἐποπτεύων κράτη A. Ch. 1; ἐ. μάχην ib. 489; ὁ πάντ' ἐ. τάδε ἥλιος ib. 993(985); δίκας Id. Eu. 224; ἄλλοτε δ' ἄλλον ἐποπτεύει Χάρις φόρμιγγι Pi. O. 7.11; αἰῶνας -εύουσα χελιδών IGRom. 4.235 (hex.).
2. visit, punish, κότῳ A. Eu. 220.
3. abs., keep watch, οἱ περὶ τοὺς νόμους ἐποπτεύοντες Pl. Lg. 951d.
II become an ἐπόπτης, be admitted to the highest gkade at the mysteries, Id. 333e, Plu. Demetr. 26: c. acc., view as an ἐπόπτης, Pl. Phdr. 250c: prov., of attaining to the highest earthly happiness, ἐποπτεύειν δοκῶ Ar. Ra. 745.
III study, meditate on, c. dat., καθαρῇσιν ἐ. μελέτῃσιν Emp. 110.2. (Cf. ἐπιοπτεύω.)
ἐποπτεύω (participle 1 Peter 2:12 L T Tr WH); 1 aorist participle ἐποπτεύσαντες;
1. to be an overseer (Homer, Hesiod).
2. universally, to look upon, view attentively; to watch (Aeschylus, Demosthenes, others): τί, 1 Peter 3:2; ἐκ τίνος, namely, τήν ἀναστροφήν, 1 Peter 2:12.
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** ἐπ -οπτεύω ,
[in Sm.: Psalms 10:14; Psalms 33:13*;]
to watch (in Hom., as an overseer; cf Ps, ll. c.), look upon: 1 Peter 2:12; 1 Peter 3:2.†
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ἐποπτεύω occurs in an inscr. of Imperial times erected in memory of their daughter by a man and his wife, who describe themselves as Καίσαρος δοῦλ (οι), Cagnat IV. 235.5—
ἧ γὰρ ἐμοὺς αἰῶνας ἐποπτεύουσα χελιδὼν
τὸ τρίτον ἡ ξείνη μύρατ᾽ ἀποιχομένην.
In the astrological PSI III. 157.83 (iii/A.D. ?) the verb is used of the sun.
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