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Notes: In a number of contexts, ἐπιβλέπω involves not only sight but a considerable focus upon an accompanying mental activity, so that one may classify ἐπιβλέπω not only as meaning sight but as indicating paying attention to or even concerning oneself with (see 30.45: ἐπεῖδον / 30.45: ἐπιβλέπω / 30.45: ὁράω).

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: βλέπω

Sense 1: to notice especially

Semantic entry: 24.12

Semantic domains: Sensory Events and States

Subdomains: See

Definition: to notice and pay special attention to{N:001}

Notes: In the case of ἐπιβλέπω in RV JAM 2:3 · LV JAM 2:3 · Read together JAM 2:3, there is obviously a considerable measure of cognitive involvement, for not only sight but evaluation is also involved. For another interpretation of ἐπιβλέπω in RV JAM 2:3 · LV JAM 2:3 · Read together JAM 2:3, see 87.17: ἐπιβλέπω.

JAM 2:3: RV JAM 2:3 · LV JAM 2:3 · Read together JAM 2:3

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OET-RV JAM 2:3

3 and you told the well-dressed one, ‘You sit here in this good chair,’ while telling the poor man, ‘You stand over here,’ or ‘You sit here on the mat,’

OET-LV JAM 2:3

3 and you _all _may _look _at on the one wearing the clothing the splendid, and you _all _may _say:
You be _sitting here good, and to _the poor you _all _may _say:
You stand there, or:
Be _sitting under the footstool of _me,

Sense 2: to take notice of, to consider, to pay attention to, to concern oneself with

Semantic entry: 30.45

Semantic domains: Think

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

Definition: to take special notice of something, with the implication of concerning oneself

Notes: Though the terms ἐπιβλέπω, ἐπεῖδον (ἐφοράω), and ὁράω suggest as a result of their central meanings some measure of visual perception, what is involved in these specific contexts is much more than visual perception. The focus is actually upon intellectual activity and concern.|For another interpretation of ἐπιβλέπω in RV LUK 9:38 · LV LUK 9:38 · Read together LUK 9:38, see 35.8: ἐπιβλέπω.

LUK 1:48: RV LUK 1:48 · LV LUK 1:48 · Read together LUK 1:48

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OET-RV LUK 1:48

48 because he noticed his humble servant girl.
⇔ Look now, all the future generations will consider that I was blessed

OET-LV LUK 1:48

48 Because he _looked _at on the humiliation of _the handmaiden of _him.
For/Because see, from the time now all the generations will _be _counting_ me _blessed.

LUK 9:38: RV LUK 9:38 · LV LUK 9:38 · Read together LUK 9:38

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OET-RV LUK 9:38

38 Then, look, a man in the crowd shouted out, “Teacher, I implore you to come and look at my son, because he’s my only child.

OET-LV LUK 9:38

38 And see, a_man from the crowd shouted saying:
Teacher, I _am _beseeching of _you to _look _at at the son of _me, because he _is an_only _begotten to _me.

Sense 3: to help, to be concerned with, to look upon and help

Semantic entry: 35.8

Semantic domains: Help, Care For

Subdomains: Help

Definition: to provide help, with the implication of having taken special notice of

Notes: For another interpretation of ἐπιβλέπω in RV LUK 9:38 · LV LUK 9:38 · Read together LUK 9:38, see 30.45: ἐπεῖδον / 30.45: ἐπιβλέπω / 30.45: ὁράω.

LUK 9:38: RV LUK 9:38 · LV LUK 9:38 · Read together LUK 9:38

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OET-RV LUK 9:38

38 Then, look, a man in the crowd shouted out, “Teacher, I implore you to come and look at my son, because he’s my only child.

OET-LV LUK 9:38

38 And see, a_man from the crowd shouted saying:
Teacher, I _am _beseeching of _you to _look _at at the son of _me, because he _is an_only _begotten to _me.

Sense 4: to pay special respect to, to look upon as being someone to be honored

Semantic entry: 87.17

Semantic domains: Status

Subdomains: Honor or Respect in Relation to Status

Definition: to regard a person as deserving special respect

Notes: For another interpretation of ἐπιβλέπω in RV JAM 2:3 · LV JAM 2:3 · Read together JAM 2:3, see 24.12: ἐπιβλέπω.

JAM 2:3: RV JAM 2:3 · LV JAM 2:3 · Read together JAM 2:3

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OET-RV JAM 2:3

3 and you told the well-dressed one, ‘You sit here in this good chair,’ while telling the poor man, ‘You stand over here,’ or ‘You sit here on the mat,’

OET-LV JAM 2:3

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐπιβλέπω

Form 1

Sense 1: to notice especially

Sense 2: to take notice of, to consider, to pay attention to, to concern oneself with

Sense 3: to help, to be concerned with, to look upon and help

Sense 4: to pay special respect to, to look upon as being someone to be honored