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27 Look at how the lilies grow. They don’t go to work or make fabric, yet even King Shelomoh (Solomon) at the height of his fame wasn’t dressed as well as one of them.

OET-LV LUK 12:27

27 Observe the lilies how it _is _growing, neither it _is _labouring nor it _is _spinning, but I _am _saying to _you _all, not _even Solomōn/(Shəlmoh) in all the glory of _him, clothed as one of _these.

All 8 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 12:24 · RV LUK 12:27 · LV LUK 12:24 · LV LUK 12:27 · Read together LUK 12:24 · Read together LUK 12:27

ACT: RV ACT 7:31 · RV ACT 11:6 · LV ACT 7:31 · LV ACT 11:6 · Read together ACT 7:31 · Read together ACT 11:6

ROM: RV ROM 4:19 · LV ROM 4:19 · Read together ROM 4:19

HEB: RV HEB 3:1 · LV HEB 3:1 · Read together HEB 3:1

JAM: RV JAM 1:23–24 · LV JAM 1:23–24 · Read together JAM 1:23–24

Sense 2: to consider carefully, to be concerned about

Semantic entry: 30.43

Semantic domains: Think

Subdomains: To Think About, with the Implied Purpose of Responding Appropriately

Definition: to give proper and decisive thought about something

Notes: It is also possible that κατανοέω in RV ACT 27:39 · LV ACT 27:39 · Read together ACT 27:39 means simply ‘to notice’ (see 24.51: κατανοέω), but there seems to be more involved than mere seeing.

MAT 7:3: RV MAT 7:3 · LV MAT 7:3 · Read together MAT 7:3

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OET-RV MAT 7:3

3 And why are you looking at the speck of sawdust in another person’s eye when you have an entire board in your own eye?

OET-LV MAT 7:3

3 And why you _are _looking the speck which in the eye of _the brother of _you, but you _are_ not _observing the speck beam in the your eye?

LUK 6:41: RV LUK 6:41 · LV LUK 6:41 · Read together LUK 6:41

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OET-RV LUK 6:41

41 “How come you notice the speck in someone else’s eye, yet don’t even notice the log that’s in your own eye?

OET-LV LUK 6:41

41 And why are _you _looking at _the speck which in the eye of _the brother of _you, but you _are_ not _observing the beam which in your own eye?

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 7:3 · LV MAT 7:3 · Read together MAT 7:3

LUK: RV LUK 6:41 · LV LUK 6:41 · Read together LUK 6:41

ACT: RV ACT 27:39 · LV ACT 27:39 · Read together ACT 27:39

HEB: RV HEB 10:24 · LV HEB 10:24 · Read together HEB 10:24

Sense 3: to understand completely, to perceive clearly

Semantic entry: 32.12

Semantic domains: Understand

Subdomains: Come To Understand

Definition: to come to a clear and definite understanding of something

Notes: For another interpretation of κατανοέω in RV ROM 4:19 · LV ROM 4:19 · Read together ROM 4:19, see 30.4: κατανοέω.

LUK 20:23: RV LUK 20:23 · LV LUK 20:23 · Read together LUK 20:23

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OET-RV LUK 20:23

23 But having observed their craftiness, he said to them,

OET-LV LUK 20:23

23 But having _observed the craftiness of _them, he _said to them,

ACT 7:31: RV ACT 7:31 · LV ACT 7:31 · Read together ACT 7:31

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OET-RV ACT 7:31

31 Mosheh was amazed at the vision when he saw it, so he approached the bush to look more closely when he heard Yahweh’s voice saying,

OET-LV ACT 7:31

31 And the Mōsaʸs having _seen it, marvelled at _the vision.
And him approaching to _observe it, there _became the_voice of_the_master:

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 20:23 · LV LUK 20:23 · Read together LUK 20:23

ACT: RV ACT 7:31 · LV ACT 7:31 · Read together ACT 7:31

ROM: RV ROM 4:19 · LV ROM 4:19 · Read together ROM 4:19

Sense 4: to notice, to discover

Semantic entry: 24.51

Semantic domains: Sensory Events and States

Subdomains: See

Definition: to discover something through direct observation, with the implication of also thinking about it

Notes: For another interpretation of κατανοέω in RV ACT 27:39 · LV ACT 27:39 · Read together ACT 27:39, see 30.43: κατανοέω.

ACT 7:32: RV ACT 7:32 · LV ACT 7:32 · Read together ACT 7:32

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OET-RV ACT 7:32

32 ‘I am the god of your ancestors—the god of Avraham and of Yitshak (Isaac) and of Ya’akov (Jacob).’ At that point, Mosheh started trembling and was scared to go any closer to look,

OET-LV ACT 7:32

32 I am the god of _the fathers of _you, the god of _Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām), and of _Isaʼak/(Yiʦḩāq), and of_Yakōb/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ).
And Mōsaʸs having _become trembling, was_ not _daring to _observe.

ACT 27:39: RV ACT 27:39 · LV ACT 27:39 · Read together ACT 27:39

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OET-RV ACT 27:39

39 Once it became light, they saw that they were close to shore in a bay but didn’t recognise the place. After some discussion, they decided to try to save the ship

OET-LV ACT 27:39

39 And when day became, they _were_ not _recognizing the land, but were _observing a_certain bay having a_shore, on which they _were _counselling, if they _might _be _able to _preserve the ship.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κατανοέω

Form 1

Sense 1: to think about very carefully, to consider closely

Sense 2: to consider carefully, to be concerned about

Sense 3: to understand completely, to perceive clearly

Sense 4: to notice, to discover