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11.
$
(
"
, 352), “to lift oneself up” ( , “up”), is translated “look
up” in Luke 21:28, of being elated in joyous expectation (followed by
, “to lift
up”). See
LIFT
.
12.
(
!
, 4648), “to look at, consider” (Eng., “scope”), implying mental
consideration, is rendered “while we look … at” in 2 Cor. 4:18; “looking to” (
KJV
, “on”)
in Phil. 2:4. See
HEED
,
MARK
.
13.
(
#
!
, 1983), lit., “to look upon” ( , and No. 12), is rendered
“looking carefully” in Heb. 12:15,
RV
(
KJV
, “looking diligently”), being probably
intensive here; in 1 Pet. 5:2, “to exercise the oversight, to visit, care for.” See
OVERSIGHT
.¶
14.
(
#
!
, 1980), a later form of No. 13, “to visit,” has the
meaning of “seeking out,” and is rendered “look ye out” in Acts 6:3. See
VISIT
.
15.
(
&
, 816), “to look fixedly, gaze,” is translated “looking steadfastly”
in Luke 22:56,
RV
(
KJV
, “… earnestly”); in Acts 1:10, “looking steadfastly;” in 3:12,
KJV
,
“look … earnestly” (
RV
, “fasten ye your eyes,” as in 3:4 and 11:6); so in the
RV
of 6:15;
10:4; 13:9; 14:9; in 7:55, “looked up steadfastly,” in 23:1, “looking steadfastly on” (
KJV
,
“earnestly beholding”); in 2 Cor, 3:7,
RV
, “look steadfastly” (
KJV
, “steadfastly behold”);
in 3:13,
RV
, ditto (
KJV
, “steadfastly look”). In Luke 4:20, “were fastened” (
,
“eyes,” being used separately). See
BEHOLD
, No. 10.¶
16.
(
1
, 2300), “to behold” (of careful contemplation), is translated
“look” in John 4:35, of “looking” on the fields; in 1 John 1:1,
KJV
(
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.
17.
(
$!
, 2334), “to look at, gaze at, behold,” is translated “looking on”
in Mark 15:40,
KJV
(
RV
, “beholding”). See
BEHOLD
, No. 6.
B. Noun.
(
6$
, 3706), akin to A, No. 7, denotes (a) a vision (so the associated noun
, e.g., Acts 7:31;
signifies especially the act of seeing,
that which
is seen), Acts 2:17; Rev. 9:17; (b) an appearance, Rev. 4:3, translated “to look upon”
(twice in the
RV
; In the second instance the
KJV
has “in sight”).¶
LOOK (for), LOOKING (after, for)
A. Verbs.
1.
(
$
1
, 4328), “to await, expect” (
, “to” or “towards,”
,
“to think, be of opinion”), is translated “to look for,” e.g., in Matt. 11:3; 2 Pet. 3:12, 13,
14; the
RV
renders it by the verb “to expect, to be in expectation,” in some instances, as
does the
KJV
in Luke 3:15; Acts 3:5, See
EXPECT
.
2.
(
$ !
, 4327), “to receive favorably,” also means “to
expect,” and is rendered “to look for,” e.g., in Luke 2:38; 23:51; Acts 24:15,
RV
(
KJV
,
“allow”); Titus 2:13; Jude 21. See
ACCEPT
, A, No. 3,
ALLOW
, No. 4.