Word

ἐμβλέπω

emblépō · G1689 · Greek · 11 occurrences

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Meanings

to look straight at, to look directly at

To direct one’s vision and attention to a particular object

Examples
Matthew 19:26 And looking at them, Jesus said to them, “With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Mark 8:25 Then again He laid His hands on his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly.
to think about, to consider

To process information by giving consideration to various aspects

Examples
Matthew 6:26 “Look at the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather crops into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more important than they?

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

11 occurrences in 6 groups

Not stated (participle) 6
ἸησοῦςJesus 1
κύριοςLord 1
Not stated: I 1
Not stated: you (more than one) 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

10 occurrences in 10 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 5
Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9

To or for whomIndirect object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

εἰςto+ πετεινόνbird 1
ἀπόfrom+ δόξαglory 1

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 2 groups

οὐnot 1
τηλαυγῶςclearly 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

נָבַט nâbaṭ · H5027 · to look, to see, to gaze: Hebrew נָבַט encompasses a broader range of looking/seeing actions including mere regard or consideration, while Greek ἐμβλέπω specifically denotes fixed, intent observation or clear discernment—a more focused subset of the Hebrew semantic range.

Semantic domains 2 entries

To look straight at, to look directly at24.9: This verb describes looking intently and directly at something, used of Jesus directing His disciples to look closely at the birds of the sky as an object lesson — "Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns" (Matthew 6:26).
To think about, to consider30.1: It also describes fixing one's attention on something as a basis for reflection, used of Jesus looking at the disciples and then leading them to consider a deeper truth — "And looking at them Jesus said to them, 'With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible'" (Matthew 19:26).

Word family 10 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

βλέπω blépō · G991 · to see, to become aware of, to notice · 133×ἀναβλέπω anablépō · G308 · to look up, to gain sight, to be able to see · 25×ἐμβλέπωemblépō · G1689περιβλέπω periblépō · G4017 · to look around, to glance around · 7×διαβλέπω diablépō · G1227 · to see clearly, to be able to distinguish clearly · 3×ἐπιβλέπω epiblépō · G1914 · to notice especially, to take notice of, to consider · 3×ἀνάβλεψις anáblepsis · G309 · to gain sight, to be able to see, to regain one’s sight · 1×ἀποβλέπω apoblépō · G578 · to think about, to fix one’s attention on · 1×βλέμμα blémma · G990 · what is seen · 1×προβλέπω problépō · G4265 · to provide for, to choose beforehand, to select in advance · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (see ἐν, III. 3); imperfect ἐνέβλεπον; 1 aorist ἐνεβλεψα, participle ἐμβλέψας; to turn…

(see ἐν, III. 3); imperfect ἐνέβλεπον; 1 aorist ἐνεβλεψα, participle ἐμβλέψας; to turn one's eyes on; look at;
1. properly: with the accusative Mk 8:25 (Auth. 11, 3; the Sept. Judg 16:27 (Alex.)); τίνι (Plato, rep. 10, 608 d.; Polybius 15, 28, 3, and elsewhere), Mt 19:26; Mk 10:21, Mk 10:27; Mk 14:67; Lk 20:17; Lk 22:61; Jn 1:36, Jn 1:42 (43) (in all these passages ἐμβλέψας αὐτῷ or αὐτοῖς λέγει or εἶπεν, cf. Xenophon, Cyril 1, 3, 2 ἐμβλέπων αὐτῷ ἔλεγεν) εἰς τόν οὐρανόν Acts 1:11 R G L (εἰς τήν γῆν, Isa 5:30; Isa 8:22; εἰς ὀφθαλμόν, Plato, Alc. 1, p. 132 e.). Absol., οὐκ ἐνέβλεπον, I beheld not, i. e. the power of looking upon (namely, surrounding objects) was taken away from me, Acts 22:11 (Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading ἔβλεπον) (2 Chr 20:24 (Ald.); Xenophon, mem. 3, 11, 10).
2. figuratively, to look at with the mind, to consider: Mt 6:26 (Isa 51:1f; Sir. 2:10 Sir. 36:15 (Sirach 33:15>); with the accusative only, Isa 5:12; with the dative, 2 Macc. 12:45).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

See11 occurrences To Think, Thought1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0