θεωρέω

θεωρέω — theōréō

θεωρέω, θεωρῶ; imperfect ἐθεώρουν; (future θεωρήσω, Joh 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 2Ma 4:19); absolutely: Mat 27:55; Mar 15:40; Luk 23:35; followed by indirect discourse, Mar 12:41; Mar 15:47; used especially of persons and things looked upon as in some respect noteworthy: τινα, Joh 6:40; John 16:10, 16ff,19; Act 3:16; Act 25:24; Rev 11:11 f; ὁ θεωρῶν τόν υἱόν θεωρεῖ τόν πατέρα, the majesty of the Father resplendent in the Son, Joh 12:45; τινα with participle (Buttmann, 301 (258): Mar 5:15); Luk 10:18; Joh 6:19;;; (1Jn 3:17); τί, Luk 14:29; Luk 21:6; Luk 23:48; Act 4:13; τά σημεῖα, Joh 2:23; Joh 6:2 L Tr WH; Act 8:13, (θαυμαστά τέρατα, Wis 19:8); τά ἔργα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Joh 7:3; τί with participle, Joh 20:6; Act 7:56; Act 10:11; followed by ὅτι, Act 19:26; to view attentively, take a view of, survey: τί, Mat 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, Luk 24:37; τινα with a participle, Luk 24:39; τινα, ὅτι, Joh 9:8; τό πρόσωπον τίνος (after the Hebrew; see πρόσωπον, 1 a.), equivalent to to enjoy the presence of one, have contact with him, Act 20:38; οὐκέτι θεωρεῖν τινα, used of one from whose sight a person has been withdrawn, Joh 14:19; οὐ θεωρεῖ ὁ κόσμος τό πνεῦμα, i. e. so to speak, has no eyes with which it can see the Spirit; he cannot render himself visible to it, cannot give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, Joh 14:17.

b. to discern, descry: τί, Mar 5:38; τινα, Mar 3:11; Act 9:7.

c. to ascertain, find out, by seeing: τινα with a predicate accusative, Act 17:22; τί with participle, Act 17:16; Act 28:6; ὅτι, Mar 16:4; Joh 4:19; Joh 12:19; Act 19:26; Act 27:10; followed by indirect discourse, Act 21:20; Hebraistically (see εἰδῶ, I. 5) equivalent to to get knowledge of: Joh 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, Joh 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, Joh 17:24, cf. Joh 17:22. (Compare: ἀναθεωρέω, παραθεωρέω.) [SYNONYMS: θεωρεῖν, θέασθαι, ὁρᾶν, σκοπεῖν: θεωρεῖν is used primarily not of an indifferent spectator, but of one who looks at a thing with interest and for a purpose; θεωρεῖν would be used of a general officially reviewing or inspecting an army, θέασθαι of a lay spectator looking at the parade. θεωρεῖν as denoting the careful observation of details can even be contrasted with ὁρᾶν in so far as the latter denotes only perception in the general; so used θεωρεῖν quite coincides with σκοπεῖν Schmidt 1:11; see also Green, 'Critical Note' on Mat 7:3. Cf. under the words, ὁράω, σκοπέω.]