to stoop

Greek Verb

παρα-κύπτω [in LXX chiefly for שָׁקַף ni, hi;] 1) to stoop sideways. 2) to stoop to look: Luk.24:12 (R, txt.), Jhn.20:5, 11, Metaphorical (see Hort, Ja., in l), to look into: before εἰς, Jas.1:25, 1Pe.1:12. (AS)

to stoop

Greek Verb

παρα-κύπτω, poetry παρκύπτω, stoop sideways, of the attitude of a bad harp-player, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; lean over a railing, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II) stoop for the purpose of looking, and so, II.1) look sideways at, cast a careless glance on a thing, παρακύψαντ᾽ ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς πόλεως πόλεμον [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.2) peep out of a door or window, ἐκ θυρίδος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of girls peeping after a lover, [LXX+3rd c.BC+]; π. τὸν ἐραστὴν ἰδεῖν so as to see him, [Refs 1st c.AD+] a hope of safety peeped out, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀδόντων παρακυψάντων, of the first teeth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: followed by an interrogative clause, peep out and see, π. τίς ἄνεμος πνεῖ [Refs 2nd c.AD+] — passive, θυρίδες παρακυπτόμεναι probably out of which people look, [LXX] II.3) of persons outside a place, peep in, look in, εἰς οἰκίαν[LXX+NT]; παρακύψας βλέπει[NT+2nd c.AD+]; of a thing, appear in, ἐς ἀρχόν [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.4) meddle with, πράγματι [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

Greek

Verb

to bend beside, i.e. lean over (so as to peer within); look (into), stoop down; from g3844 (παρά) and g2955 (κύπτω)