θεωρέω

θεωρῶ; imperfect ἐθεώρουν; (future θεωρήσω, Jn 7:3 T Tr WH); 1 aorist ἐθεώρησα; (θεωρός a spectator, and this from θεάομαι, which see (cf. Vanicek, p. 407; Liddell and Scott, under the word; Allen in the American Journ. of Philol. i., p. 131f)); (from Aeschylus and Herodotus down); the Sept. for רָאָה and Chaldean חָזָה;
1. to he a spectator, look at, behold, German schauen (the θεωροι were men who attended the games or the sacrifices as public deputies; cf. Grimm on 2 Macc. 4:19); absolutely: Mt 27:55; Mk 15:40; Lk 23:35; followed by indirect discourse, Mk 12:41; Mk 15:47; used especially of persons and things looked upon as in some respect noteworthy: τινα, Jn 6:40; Jn 16:10, Jn 16:16ff,19; Acts 3:16; Acts 25:24; Rev 11:11f; ὁ θεωρῶν τόν υἱόν θεωρεῖ τόν πατέρα, the majesty of the Father resplendent in the Son, Jn 12:45; τινα with participle (Buttmann, 301 (258): Mk 5:15); Lk 10:18; Jn 6:19; (); Jn 20:12, Jn 20:14; (1 Jn 3:17); τί, Lk 14:29; Lk 21:6; Lk 23:48; Acts 4:13; τά σημεῖα, Jn 2:23; Jn 6:2 L Tr WH; Acts 8:13, (θαυμαστά τέρατα, Wis. 19:8); τά ἔργα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Jn 7:3; τί with participle, Jn 20:6; Acts 7:56; Acts 10:11; followed by ὅτι, Acts 19:26; to view attentively, take a view of, survey: τί, Mt 28:1; to view mentally, consider: followed by orat. obliq., Heb 7:4.
2. to see; i. e.
a. to perceive with the eyes: πνεῦμα, Lk 24:37; τινα with a participle, Lk 24:39; τινα, ὅτι, Jn 9:8; τό πρόσωπον τίνος (after the Hebrew; see πρόσωπον, 1 a.), equivalent to to enjoy the presence of one, have contact with him, Acts 20:38; οὐκέτι θεωρεῖν τινα, used of one from whose sight a person has been withdrawn, Jn 14:19; οὐ θεωρεῖ ὁ κόσμος τό πνεῦμα, i. e. so to speak, has no eyes with which it can see the Spirit; he cannot render himself visible to it, cannot give it his presence and power, Jn 14:17.
b. to discern, descry: τί, Mk 5:38; τινα, Mk 3:11; Acts 9:7.
c. to ascertain, find out, by seeing: τινα with a predicate accusative, Acts 17:22; τί with participle, Acts 17:16; Acts 28:6; ὅτι, Mk 16:4; Jn 4:19; Jn 12:19; Acts 19:26; Acts 27:10; followed by indirect discourse, Acts 21:20; Hebraistically (see εἰδῶ, I. 5) equivalent to to get knowledge of: Jn 6:62 (τόν υἱόν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἀναβαίνοντα the Son of Man by death ascending; cf. Lücke, Meyer (yet cf. Weiss in the 6te Aufl.), Baumg.-Crusius, in the place cited); τόν θάνατον i. e. to die, Jn 8:51; and on the other hand, τήν δόξαν τοῦ Χριστοῦ, to be a partaker of the glory, i. e. the blessed condition in heaven, which Christ enjoys, Jn 17:24, cf. Jn 17:22. (Compare: ἀναθεωρέω, παραθεωρέω.)