Definition:
θεωρέω, -ῶ (θεωρός, a spectator, θεάομαι) [in LXX chiefly for רָאָה, חָזָה;] (present and imperfect only, exc. Jhn.7:3 (fut.), Mat.28:1, Luk.23:48, Jhn.8:51, Rev.11:12 (aor.); El, § 24); 1) (cl.), to look at, gaze, behold: absol, Mat.27:55, Mrk.15:40, Luk.23:35; before πῶς, Mrk.12:41; ποῦ, Mrk.15:47; with accusative of person(s), Jhn.6:40, 62 12:45 16:10-19, Act.3:16 20:38 25:24, Rev.11:11-12; id. with ptcp, Mrk.5:15, Luk.10:18, Jhn.6:19 10:12 20:12, 14, 1Jn.3:17; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.28:1, Luk.14:29 21:6 23:48, Jhn.2:23 6:2 7:3, Act.4:13 8:13; id. with ptcp, Jhn.20:6, Act.7:56 10:11; before ὅτι, Act.19:26. 2) In popular lang. (Kennedy, Sources, 155; EL, § 24, see word ὁρᾶν), in present and imperfect = ὁράω, to see, perceive, discern: before ὅτι, Mrk.16:4, Jhn.4:19 12:19, Act.19:26 27:10; πόσαι, Act.21:20; πηλίκος, Heb.7:4; with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.5:38; id. with ptcp, Act.17:16 28:6; with accusative of person(s), Mrk.3:11, Jhn.14:19, Act.9:7 17:22; πνεῦμα, Luk.24:37; τὸ π, Jhn.14:17; before ὅτι, Jhn.9:8; with ptcp, Luk.24:39. 3) Hebraistically, to experience, partake of: τ. θάνατον, Jhn.8:51 (cf. Psa.89:49); τ. δόξαν, Jhn.17:24 (cf. ἀνα, παρα-θερρέω). (AS)
Definition:
θεωρ-έω:—
passive,
future -ηθήσομαι[
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future middle in
passivesense,[
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to be a θεωρός [
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2)
to be sent to consult an oracle, [
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II) of spectators at games, τὰ Ὀλύμπια [
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to see him
act, [
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to go as a spectator, ἐς τὰ Ἐφέσια [
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III)
look at, behold, γῆν πολλήν [
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inspect, review soldiers, [
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absolutely,
gaze, gape, ἑστηκὼς θ. [
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III.2) of the mind,
contemplate, consider, αὐτῇ τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτὴν τὴν ψυχὴν θ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: followed by an
interrogative, τοῦτο θ, εἰ τἀληθῆ λέγω [
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to judge of one thing by another, τὴν ἔννοιαν ἐκ τῶν ἔργων [
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compare one thing
with another, [
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III.2.b)
observe, θ. μᾶλλον τοὺς πέλας δυνάμεθα ἢ ἑαυτούς [
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passive, τεθεώρηται τοῦτο μάλιστα ἐπὶ τῶν περιστερῶν [
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III.2.c)
perceive, with
infinitive, ἀναγκαῖον ὑπάρχειν [
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III.2.d)
absolutely,
speculate, theorize, ἀκριβῶς, φορτικῶς, [
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to conclude by observation from,[
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passive, ἡ παρὰ τοῖς Ἕλλησι τεθεωρημένη μάθησις Ael.Tact.[
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