Dictionary entry

θεωρέω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament with Strong's

θεωρέω, -ῶ

(< θεωρός, a spectator, < θεάομαι), [in LXX chiefly for ראה, חזה;] (pres. and impf. only, exc. Jo 7:3 (fut.), Mt 28:1, Lk 23:48, Jo 8:51, Re 11:12 (aor.); Bl., §24);

1. (cl.), to look at, gaze, behold: absol., Mt 27:55, Mk 15:40, Lk 23:35; seq. πῶς, Mk 12:41; ποῦ, Mk 15:47; c. acc. pers., Jo 6:40, 6212:4516:10-19, Ac 3:1620:3825:24, Re 11:11, 12; id. c. ptcp., Mk 5:15, Lk 10:18, Jo 6:1910:1220:12, 14, I Jo 3:17; c. acc. rei, Mt 28:1, Lk 14:2921:623:48, Jo 2:236:27:3, Ac 4:138:13; id. c. ptcp., Jo 20:6, Ac 7:5610:11; seq. ὅτι, Ac 19:26.

2. In popular lang. (Kennedy, Sources, 155; Bl., §24, s.v. ὁρᾶν), in pres. and impf. = ὁράω, to see, perceive, discern: seq. ὅτι, Mk 16:4, Jo 4:1912:19, Ac 19:2627:10; πόσαι, Ac 21:20; πηλίκος, He 7:4; c. acc. rei, Mk 5:38; id. c. ptcp., Ac 17:1628:6; c. acc. pers., Mk 3:11, Jo 14:19, Ac 9:717:22; πνεῦμα, Lk 24:37; τὸ π., Jo 14:17; seq. ὅτι, Jo 9:8; c. ptcp., Lk 24:39.

3. Hebraistically, to experience, partake of: τ. θάνατον, Jo 8:51 (cf. Ps 88(89):49); τ. δόξαν, Jo 17:24 (cf. ἀνα-, παρα-θερρέω).†