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blepō G991

βλέπω (blepō) means “to see” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

βλέπω Greek · G991 132 tagged occurrences in 116 verses

Pronunciation guide: blep'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G0991

βλέπω · blepō · to see

βλέπω, [in LXX chiefly for ראה, also for פּנה, etc. ;] 1. of bodily sight; (a) to see, have sight (opposite to τυφλὸς): Mat.12:22, Jhn.9:7, Act.9:9, Rom.11:8, Rev.3:18, al.; (b) to perceive, look (at), see: absol., Act.1:9; with accusative, Mat.7:3, Mrk.5:31, Luk.6:41, Jhn.1:29, al.; ὅραμα, Act.12:9; γυναῖκα, Mat.5:28; βιβλίον, Rev.5:3, 4; τ. βλεπόμενα, 2Co.4:18. 2. Metaphorical, of mental vision; (a) to see, perceive, discern: absol., Mat.13:13, Luk.8:10; δι ̓ ἐσόπτρου, 1Co.13:12; with accusative, Heb.2:9 10:25; before ὅτι, Heb.3:19, Jas.2:22; (b) to consider, look to, take heed: absol., Mrk.13:23, 33; with accusative, 1Co.1:26, al.; before πῶς, with indic., Luk.8:18, 1Co.3:10, Eph.5:15; before τί, with indic., Mrk.4:24; before εἰς πρόσωπον, of partiality, Mat.22:16, Mrk.12:14. Colloq. (for ex. from π., V. Deiss., LAE, 122; M, Pr., 107; MM, Exp., x; Milligan, NTD, 50), β. ἑαυτόν: Mrk.13:9; before ἵνα μή, II Jo 8; β. ἀπό, Mrk.8:15 12:38; before μή (cl. ὁρᾶν), with fut. indic., Col.2:8, Heb.3:12; id. with aor. subj., Mat.24:4, Mrk.13:5. 3. Of situation and direction (Lat. specto), to look, face (towards), places, etc. (before πρός, Xen, Hell., vii, 1, 17; Eze.40:23, 24): before κατά, with accusative, Act.27:12 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, δια-, ἐμ-, ἐπι-, περ-, προ-βλέπω), see DCG, i, 446; ii, 596. (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern.

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How translators render G991

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
see 8
see to it 7
you see 5
seeing 4
be on your guard 3
do you see 3
he sees 3
is seen 3
watch out 3
we see 3
you can see 3
can see 2
consider 2
do you look at 2
he can now see 2
i can see 2
i see 2
is unseen 2
look inside 2
sees 2
sight 2
they saw 2
to see 2
you will be ever seeing 2
and looked in at 1
and saw 1
and seeing 1
at the sight 1
attention 1
be careful 1
be exposed 1
beware 1
can you see 1
could not see 1
do you not see 1
facing 1
fail to see 1
for i see 1
he can already see 1
he could not see 1
he was only seeing 1
john saw 1
look 1
looked 1
looking 1
looks 1
may see 1
must be careful 1
pay attention 1
pay attention to 1
saw 1
saw that 1
see to it that 1
seen 1
seen them 1
should be careful 1
so they cannot see 1
that is seen 1
the blind 1
the sight of 1
they do not see 1
they may be ever seeing 1
they may not see 1
they see 1
though seeing 1
unable to see 1
vvv 1
watch 1
watch out for 1
watched as 1
we do not see 1
we do not yet see 1
when he saw 1
when they saw 1
when they see 1
who looks at 1
who sees 1
will view 1
you are impartial 1
you are looking 1
you may see 1
you pay no attention 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
see 16
seeing 8
take heed 8
beware 6
seen 5
seeth 5
ye see 5
we see 4
he saw 3
i see 3
saw 3
seest thou 3
which seeth 3
beholdest thou 2
beholding 2
he seeth 2
look 2
may see 2
see ye 2
sight 2
take heed that 2
they see 2
thou regardest 2
thou seest 2
to look 2
to see 2
which are 2
which are seen 2
ye shall see 2
and lieth 1
behold 1
beholdest 1
do 1
do see 1
do ye look 1
doth he 1
he 1
he beheld 1
heed 1
i perceive 1
let 1
looked 1
looketh 1
looking 1
might see 1
shall see 1
take 1
take heed to 1
take ye heed 1
that is seen 1
that they may 1
that they should 1
they 1
they may see 1
they might 1
they saw 1
they shall see 1
things 1
things which are seen 1
thou mayest see 1
when he saw 1
when they behold 1
when they saw 1
when thou 1
which see 1
while they beheld 1
ye 1

Verses containing G991

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  1. Hebrews 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

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  2. Hebrews 12:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?

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  3. James 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did.

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  4. 2 John 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.

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  5. Revelation 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

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  6. Revelation 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands,

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  7. Revelation 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

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  8. Revelation 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.

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  9. Revelation 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.

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  10. Revelation 9:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.

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  11. Revelation 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.

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  12. Revelation 16:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”

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  13. Revelation 17:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.

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  14. Revelation 18:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.

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  15. Revelation 18:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim.

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  16. Revelation 22:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown me these things.

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