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Lexicon :: Strong's G816 - atenizō

Aa
ἀτενίζω
Transliteration
atenizō (Key)
Pronunciation
at-en-id'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a compound of ἄλφα (G1) (as a particle of union) and teino (to stretch)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἀτενίζω atenízō, at-en-id'-zo; from a compound of G1 (as a particle of union) and τείνω teínō (to stretch); to gaze intently:—behold earnestly (stedfastly), fasten (eyes), look (earnestly, stedfastly, up stedfastly), set eyes.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G816 in the following manner: look steadfastly (2x), behold steadfastly (2x), fasten (one's) eyes (2x), look earnestly on (1x), look earnestly upon (1x), look up steadfastly (1x), behold earnestly (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G816 in the following manner: look steadfastly (2x), behold steadfastly (2x), fasten (one's) eyes (2x), look earnestly on (1x), look earnestly upon (1x), look up steadfastly (1x), behold earnestly (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. to fix the eyes on, gaze upon

  2. to look into anything

  3. metaph. to fix one's mind on one as an example

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀτενίζω atenízō, at-en-id'-zo; from a compound of G1 (as a particle of union) and τείνω teínō (to stretch); to gaze intently:—behold earnestly (stedfastly), fasten (eyes), look (earnestly, stedfastly, up stedfastly), set eyes.
STRONGS G816:
ἀτενίζω; 1 aorist ἠτένισα; (from ἀτενής stretched, intent, and this from τείνω and α intensive; [yet cf. Winers Grammar, § 16, 4; Buttmann, a. at the end, and under the word Α, α, 3]); to fix the eyes on, gaze upon: with the dative of person, Luke 4:20; Luke 22:56; Acts 3:12; Acts 10:4; Acts 14:9; Acts 23:1; followed by εἰς with an accusative of person, Acts 3:4; Acts 6:15; Acts 13:9; metaphorically, to fix one's mind on one as an example, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 9, 2; εἴς τι, Acts 1:10; Acts 7:55; 2 Corinthians 3:7, 13; εἴς τι, to look into anything, Acts 11:6. (3 Macc. 2:26. [Aristotle], Polybius 6, 11, 5 [i. e. 6, 11a, 12 Dindorf]; Diodorus 3, 39 [Dindorf ἐνατ.]; Josephus, b. j. 5, 12, 3; Lucian, cont. 16, others)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
4:20; 22:56
Acts
1:10; 3:4; 3:12; 6:15; 7:55; 10:4; 11:6; 13:9; 14:9; 23:1
2 Corinthians
3:7; 3:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G816 matches the Greek ἀτενίζω (atenizō),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:20 - And shutting the book he gave it back to the servant and took his seat: and the eyes of all in the Synagogue were fixed on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:56 - And a certain woman-servant, seeing him in the light of the fire, and looking at him with attention, said, This man was with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:10 - And while they were looking up to heaven with great attention, two men came to them, in white clothing,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:4 - And Peter, looking at him, with John, said, Keep your eyes on us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:12 - And when Peter saw it he said to the people, You men of Israel, why are you so greatly surprised at this man? or why are you looking at us as if by our power or virtue we had given him the use of his legs?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:15 - And all those who were in the Sanhedrin, looking at him, saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:55

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:55 - But he was full of the Holy Spirit, and looking up to heaven, he saw the glory of God and Jesus at the right hand of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:4 - And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:6 - And looking on it with attention I saw in it all sorts of beasts and birds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:9 - But Saul, whose other name is Paul, being full of the Holy Spirit, looking hard at him, said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:9 - This man was giving ear to the preaching of Paul, who, looking at him, and seeing that he had faith to be made well,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:1 - And Paul, looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin, said, My brothers, my life has been upright before God till this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:7 - For if the operation of the law, giving death, recorded in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the eyes of the children of Israel had to be turned away from the face of Moses because of its glory, a glory which was only for a time:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:13 - And are not like Moses, who put a veil on his face, so that the children of Israel might not see clearly to the end of the present order of things:
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