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C. Noun.
$
(
% !$
, 5303), akin to B. 1, denotes “that which is lacking,” 1 Cor.
16:17; Phil. 2:30; Col. 1:24 (
KJV
, “that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ”),
RV
,
“that which is lacking”; 1 Thess. 3:10. For the other meaning, want, see
LACK
,
PENURY
,
WANT
.
BEHOLD, BEHELD
1.
(
3$1
, 3708), with its aorist form
, “to see” (in a few places the
KJV
uses the verb “to behold”), is said (a) of bodily vision, e.g., Mark 6:38; John 1:18, 46; (b)
of mental perception, e.g., Rom. 15:21; Col. 2:18; (c) of taking heed, e.g., Matt. 8:4; 1
Thess. 5:15; (d) of experience, as of death, Luke 2:26; Heb. 11:5; life, John 3:36;
corruption, Acts 2:27; (e) of caring for, Matt. 27:4; Acts 18:15 (here the form
is
used). See
APPEAR
,
HEED
,
LOOK
,
PERCEIVE
,
SEE
,
SHEW
.
2.
(
!
, 991) is also used of (a) bodily and (b) mental vision, (a) “to
perceive,” e.g., Matt. 13:13; (b) “to take heed,” e.g., Mark 13:23, 33; it indicates greater
vividness than
, expressing a more intent, earnest contemplation; in Luke 6:41, of
“beholding” the mote in a brother’s eye; Luke 24:12, of “beholding” the linen clothes in
the empty tomb; Acts 1:9, of the gaze of the disciples when the Lord ascended. The
greater earnestness is sometimes brought out by the rendering “regardest,” Matt. 22:16.
See
BEWARE
,
HEED
,
LIE
,
LOOK
,
PERCEIVE
,
REGARD
,
SEE
,
SIGHT
.
3.
(
# !
, 1689), from , “in” (intensive), and No. 2, (not to be rendered
literally), expresses “earnest looking,” e.g., in the Lord’s command to “behold” the birds
of the heaven, with the object of learning lessons of faith from them, Matt. 6:26. See also
19:26; Mark 8:25; 10:21, 27; 14:67; Luke 20:17; 22:61; John 1:36; of the Lord’s looking
upon Peter, John 1:42; Acts 1:11; 22:11. See
GAZE
,
LOOK
,
SEE
.¶
4. and
$
(
5
, 2396 and
5
, 2400) are imperative moods, active and middle
voices, respectively, of
, “to see,” calling attention to what may be seen or heard or
mentally apprehended in any way. These are regularly rendered “behold.” See especially
the Gospels, Acts and the Apocalypse. See
LO
,
SEE
.
5.
(
#
, 1896**), a strengthened form of No. 4 (with , “upon,” prefixed),
is used in Acts 4:29 of the entreaty made to the Lord to “behold” the threatenings of
persecutors.¶
6.
(
$!
, 2334), from
, “a spectator,” is used of one who looks at a
thing with interest and for a purpose, usually indicating the careful observation of details;
this marks the distinction from No. 2; see, e.g., Mark 15:47; Luke 10:18; 23:35; John
20:6 (
RV
, “beholdeth,” for
KJV
, “seeth”); so in verses 12 and 14; “consider,” in Heb. 7:4.
It is used of experience, in the sense of partaking of, in John 8:51; 17:24. See
CONSIDER
,
LOOK
,
PERCEIVE
,
SEE
. Cf.
, “sight,” Luke 23:48, only.
** Differing gender, number, or verb forms (for instance, infinitive or participle) of other
words not listed in
Strong’s
are indicated with a double asterisk (for instance,
, from
, is 3798**).