To gaze
ἀτενίζωStrong’s G0816atenizō
Appears in 14 verses of the New Testament
In short
Atenizō is the Greek word usually translated “having looked intently”, “look intently” and “fixed upon”. It appears in 14 verses of the New Testament.
“And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.”
Meaning
Usually translated “having looked intently”, “look intently” and “fixed upon”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- having looked intently 9
- to look intently 2
- fixed upon 1
- looking intently 1
- you look intently 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 10
- Luke 2
- 2 Corinthians 2
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 22:56But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
- Acts 1:10And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
- Acts 3:4And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.
- Acts 3:12And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
- Acts 6:15And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
- Acts 7:55But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
Greek dictionary
ἀτενίζω atenizō · to gaze
ἀτενίζω (ἀτενής, strained, intent; τείνω), [in LXX: I Est.6:28, 3Ma.2:26 * ;] to look fixedly, gaze (MM, see word): with dative of person(s), gaze upon: Luk.4:20 22:56, Act.3:12 10:4 14:9 23:1; before εἰς, with accusative of person(s), Act.3:4 6:15 13:9; metaphorically, Act.1:10 7:55 11:6, 2Co.3:7 3:13.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “gaze” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GAZE, verb intransitive
[Gr. to be astonished, and Heb. to see or look, that is, to fix the eye or to reach with the eye.]
All definitions and other forms of “gaze”
GAZE, verb transitive
To view with fixed attention.
GAZE, noun
A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder or admiration; a continued look of attention.
- The object gazed on; that which causes one to gaze
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.