ἀποβλέπω
apoblépō · G578 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to think about, to fix one’s attention on
To keep thinking about, without having one’s attention distracted
ExamplesHebrews 11:26 considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.
How it’s used In 2 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰςto+ μισθαποδοσίαreward 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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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἀφοράω aphoráō · G872 · to think about, to fix one’s attention on, to learn about
- Both terms denote intensive, focused attention — fixing one's regard on something to the exclusion of distraction. They converge directly on this shared sense of concentrated attention.
In the other Testament 1 word
- פָּנָה pânâh · H6437 · to turn, to turn around, to follow (one's own) interests
- פָּנָה (pânâh, H6437) פָּנָה denotes the physical act of turning or directing one's face/attention toward something (with broad semantic range including 'regard, look, turn'), while ἀποβλέπω (apoblépō, G578) ἀποβλέπω specifically emphasizes the intensity and exclusivity of looking away from all else to focus intently on a single object (figurative sense of undivided regard).
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To think about, to fix one’s attention on30.31
- In Hebrews 11:26, Moses considered the reproach of Christ greater riches than Egypt's treasures, “for he was looking (apéblepen) to the reward,” describing a fixed, forward-looking attention rather than ordinary sight.
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : (imperfect ἀπεβλεπον); to turn the eyes away from other things and fix them on some one…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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