ἀτενίζω

ἀτενίζω — atenízō

ἀτενίζω; 1 aorist ἠτενισα; (from ἀτενής stretched, intent, and this from τείνω and ἆ intensive; (yet cf. Winers Grammar, § 16, 4; Buttmann, a. at the end, and under the word Alfa Α, ἆ, 3)); to fix the eyes on, gaze upon: with the dative of person, Luk 4:20; Luk 22:58; Act 3:12; Act 10:4; Act 14:9; Act 23:1; followed by εἰς with an accusative of person, Act 3:4; Act 6:15; Act 13:9; metaphorically, to fix one's mind on one as an example, Clement of Rome, 1Co 9:1-27; 1Co 2:1-16 [ET]; εἰς τί, Act 1:10; Act 7:55; 2Co 3:7; 2Co 3:13; εἰς τί, to look into anything, Act 11:6. (3Ma 2:26. (Aristotle), Polybius 6, 11, 5 (i. e. 6, 11a, 12 Dindorf); Diodorus 3, 39 (Dindorf ἐνατενίζω); Josephus, b. j. 5, 12, 3; Lucian, cont. 16, others.)