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(1) The uses of the simple verb in English Versions of the Bible are nearly all good modern English. In Isa 5:2, however, "He looked that it should bring forth grapes"-"look" is used in the sense of "expect." Compare the King James Version of Sirach 20:14; Ac 28:6, "They looked when he should have swollen" (the Revised Version (British and American) "They expected that he would have swollen"). In 1 Macc 4:54, the King James Version has inserted "look" (omitted in the Revised Version (British and American)) as a simple interjection, without a corresponding word in the Greek

(2) "Look upon" means "fix one's attention on," and is often so used in English Versions of the Bible without further significance (Ec 2:11; Lu 22:56, etc.); but in 2Ch 24:22 the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American), "Yahweh look upon it" means "remember." However, continual attention given to an object usually denotes that pleasure is found in it, and from this fact such uses as those of Pr 23:31, "Look not thou upon the wine when it is red," are derived. In particular, God's "looking upon" a person becomes a synonym for "showing favor unto," as in De 26:7 the King James Version; Ps 84:9 the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American); Ps 119:132 the King James Version; Lu 1:48 the Revised Version (British and American) only, etc. (the Revised Version (British and American) usually, re-words, in such passages). On the other hand, "look on" may be weakened, as in such phrases as "fair to look unon" (Ge 12:11 etc.), where it means only "fair to the sight." Or as in modern English, "look on" may describe the attitude of the passive spectator, even when applied to God. So Ps 35:17, "Lord, how long wilt thou look on?"

(3) "Look to" usually means "pay attention to," as in Pr 14:15; Jer 39:12; 2 Joh 1:8, etc., and the Revised Version (British and American) occasionally uses this phrase in place of AV's "look upon" (Php 2:4). The reverse change is made in the King James Version's 1Sa 16:12, "goodly to look to"; Eze 23:15, "all of them princes to look to," but in the latter verse a more drastic revision was needed, for the meaning is "all of them in appearance as princes." "Look out" may mean "search for" (Ge 41:33; Ac 6:3), but may also be used literally, (Ge 26:8, etc.). The King James Version's "looking after those things" in Lu 21:26 has been changed by the Revised Version (British and American) into "expectation of the things." "Look one another in the face" in 2Ki 14:8,11 means "meet in battle."

Written by Burton Scott Easton

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Look:

primarily, "to have sight, to see," then, "observe, discern, perceive," frequently implying special contemplation (cp. No. 4), is rendered by the verb "to look" in Luk 9:62, "looking (back);" Jhn 13:22 "(the disciples) looked (one on another);" Act 1:9, RV, "were looking" (AV, "beheld"); Act 3:4, "look (on us);" Act 27:12, RV, looking," AV, "that lieth (towards)," of the haven Phenix; Eph 5:15, RV, "look (therefore carefully how ye walk)," AV, "see (that ye walk circumspectly);" Rev 11:9; 18:9, RV, "look upon" (AV, "shall see").
See BEHOLD.

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denotes

(a) "to look up" (ana, "up," and No. 1), e.g., Mat 14:19; Mar 8:24 (in some mss. ver. 25);

(b) "to recover sight," e.g., Mat 11:5; 20:34, RV, "received their sight;" Jhn 9:11.
See SIGHT. Cp. anablepsis, "recovering of sight," Luk 4:18.

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"to look about, or round about, on" (peri, "around," and No. 1), is used in the Middle Voice, Mar 3:5, 34; 5:32; 9:8; 10:23; 11:11; Luk 6:10.

Look:

signifies "to look away from" (apo) all else at one object; hence, "to look steadfastly," Hbr 11:26, RV, "he looked" (AV, "he had respect"). Cp. No. 8.

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to look at (en, in, and No. 1), is translated "to look upon" in Mar 10:27; 14:67; Luk 22:61; Jhn 1:36. This verb implies a close, penetrating "look," as distinguished from Nos. 6 and 9.
See BEHOLD, No. 3, GAZE, SEE, No. 6.

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"to look upon" (epi, "upon"), is used in the NT of favorable regard, Luk 1:48, RV, "he hath looked upon" (AV, "hath regarded"), of the low estate of the Virgin Mary; in Luk 9:38, in a request to the Lord to "look" upon an afflicted son; in Jam 2:3, RV, "ye have regard" (AV, "... respect"), of having a partial regard for the well-to-do.
See REGARD, RESPECT.

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used as the aorist tense of horao, "to see," in various senses, is translated "to look," in the AV of Jhn 7:52, RV, "see;" Rev 4:1 (RV, "I saw"); so in Rev 6:8; 14:1, 14 (as in AV of ver. 6); 15:5.
See BEHOLD, CONSIDER, HEED, No. 2, PERCEIVE, SEE, SHEW.

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"to look away from one thing so as to see another" (apo, "from," and No. 7), "to concentrate the gaze upon," occurs in Phl 2:23, "I shall see;" Hbr 12:2, "looking."

Look:

denotes "to look upon" (epi, "upon"),

(a) favorably, Luk 1:25;

(b) unfavorably, in Act 4:29.

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lit. and primarily, "to stoop sideways" (para, "aside," kupto, "to bend forward"), denotes "to stoop to look into," Luk 24:12, "stooping and looking in" (AV, "stooping down"); Jhn 20:5, 11; metaphorically in Jam 1:25, of "looking" into the perfect law of liberty; in 1Pe 1:12 of things which the angels desire "to look" into.

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"to lift oneself up" (ana, "up"), is translated "look up" in Luk 21:28, of being elated in joyous expectation (followed by epairo, "to lift up").
See LIFT.

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"to look at, consider" (Eng., "scope"), implying mental consideration, is rendered "while we look... at" in 2Cr 4:18; "looking to" (AV, "on") in Phl 2:4.
See HEED, MARK.

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lit., "to look upon" (epi, and No. 12), is rendered "looking carefully" in Hbr 12:15, RV (AV, "looking diligently"), epi being probably intensive here; in 1Pe 5:2, "to exercise the oversight, to visit, care for."
See OVERSIGHT.

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a later form of No. 13, "to visit," has the meaning of "seeking out," and is rendered "look ye out" in Act 6:3.
See VISIT.

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"to look fixedly, gaze," is translated "looking steadfastly" in Luk 22:56, RV (AV, "... earnestly"), in Act 1:10, "looking steadfastly;" in Act 3:12, AV, "look... earnestly" (RV, "fasten ye your eyes," as in Act 3:4; 11:6); so in the RV of Act 6:15; 10:4; 13:9; 14:9; in Act 7:55, "looked up steadfastly;" in Act 23:1, "looking steadfastly on"(AV, "earnestly beholding"); in 2 Cor 3:7, RV, "look steadfastly" (AV, "steadfastly behold"); in 2Cr 3:13, RV, ditto (AV, "steadfastly look"). In Luk 4:20, "were fastened" (ophthalmoi, "eyes," being used separately).
See BEHOLD, No. 10.

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"to behold" (of careful contemplation), is translated "look" in Jhn 4:35, of "looking" on the fields; in 1Jo 1:1, AV (RV, "we beheld"), of the Apostles' personal experiences of Christ in the days of His flesh, and the facts of His Godhood and Manhood.
See BEHOLD, No. 8.

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"to look at, gaze at, behold," is translated "looking on" in Mar 15:40, AV (RV, "beholding").
See BEHOLD, No. 6.

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akin to A, No. 7, denotes

(a) a vision (so the associated noun horama, e.g., Act 7:31; horasis signifies especially the act of seeing, horama that which is seen), Act 2:17; Rev 9:17;

(b) an appearance, Rev 4:3, translated "to look upon" (twice in the RV; in the second instance the AV has "in sight").