emblepō · look at intently

What it means

emblepō (ἐμβλέπω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “look at intently”.

Look straight at, fix one's eyes on.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To look at someone directly and attentively, resting one's eyes on them.
2. To have sight.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• looked ×4
• looking at ×4
• Look ×1
• he was seeing ×1
• see ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×4
• Luke×2
• John×2
• Acts×1

• Matthew 6:26

  Look at the birds of the sky: they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

• Matthew 19:26

  But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men 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 he was seeing everything clearly.

• Mark 10:21

  And Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

• Mark 10:27

  Looking at them, Jesus says, “With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”

• Mark 14:67

  and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and says, “You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.”

• Luke 20:17

  But he looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written: ‘The stone that the builders rejected, this has become the head of the corner’?

• Luke 22:61

  And the Lord turned and looked at Peter; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.”

• John 1:36

  And looking at Jesus as he walked by, he says, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

• John 1:42

  He brought him to Jesus. Looking at him, Jesus said, “You are Simon the son of John; you will be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).

• Acts 22:11

  And since I could not see because of the glory of that light, being led by the hand by those who were with me, I came into Damascus.