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Lexicon :: Strong's G816 - atenizō

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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

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

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