Quick Definition
I looked upon, regarded
Strong's Definition
to regard (favorably or otherwise)
Derivation: and other moods and persons of the same tense; from G1909 (ἐπί) and G1492 (εἴδω);
KJV Usage: behold, look upon
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπεῖδόν (Tdf.7ἐφειδον); imperative ἔπιδε (Lachmann ἐφιδε, cf. Winers Grammar, § 5, 1 d. 14; Buttmann, 7; (references under the word ἀφειδον); besides see εἰδῶ, I.); to look upon, to regard: followed by a telic infinitive, ἐπεῖδεν ἀφελεῖν τό ὄνειδος μου ((R. V. looked upon me to take away etc.), German hathergeblickt), Luk_1:25; ἐπί τί, to look upon (for the purpose of punishing, cf. Latinanimadvertere), Act_4:29.
STRONGS NT 1896a: ἔπειμιἔπειμι; (ἐπί, and εἰμί to go); to come upon, approach; of time, to come on, be at hand; participle ἐπιών, Ἕπουσα, ἐπον, next, following: τῇ σπιουση, namely, ἡμέρα, on the following day, Act_16:11; Act_20:15; Act_21:18 (Polybius 2, 25, 11; 5, 13, 10; Josephus, Antiquities 3, 1, 6; (Pro_27:1); etc.); with ἡμέρα added (as in the earlier writings from Herodotus down), Act_7:26; τῇ ἐπιούσῃ νυκτί, Act_23:11. Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 464.
STRONGS NT 1896: ἐφειδονἐφειδον, see ἐπεῖδόν.
STRONGS NT 1896: ἐφιδεἐφιδε, see ἐπεῖδόν.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐφοράω ephoraō 2x
a proposed lexical form for the second aorist ἐπεῖδον
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἐπ -εῖδον ,
2 aor. without Pres . in use;
[in LXX chiefly for H7200 ;] to regard with attention, look upon (in cl ., of the gods);
1. with a view to bless: c . inf ., Luk_1:25 ( cf. DB , 136b).
2. To punish: seq . ἐπί , Act_4:29 .†
ἐφεῖδον , see ἐπεῖδον .
ἔφιδε , see ἐπεῖδον .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπεῖδον [page 230]
P Tebt II. 286 .20 (A.D. 121 38) ἐκ τῆς α [ὐ ]τ̣οψ [ί ]ας ἣν ἐγὼ ἐπεῖδον , of my own personal observation (Edd.), P Flor II. I 118 .6 (A.D. 254) γίνομαι εἰς τὸν νομὸν ἐποψόμενος τὰ παρ᾽ ὑμῖν ἔργα , Preisigke 1817 (a wall scribble) N. ὁ ἐπιδὼν καὶ ὁ γράψας [ ]. For the aspirated form (see s.v. ἀφοράω ) cf. P Oxy I. 44 .12 (late i/A.D.) ἀντιγράψαντος οὖν αὐτοῦ μοι περὶ τοῦ ἐφιδόντα τὰς π [ρο ]τέρας μισθώσεις , he replied requesting me to examine the terms under which the taxes had previously been farmed (Edd.), ib. 51 .7 (A.D. 173) ἐφιδεῖν σῶμα νεκρὸν ἀπηρτημένον , to inspect the body of a man who had been found hanged (Edd.), and BGU II. 647 .6 (A.D. 130) παρηνγέλη ἡμεῖν . . ἐφιδεῖν τὴν ὑπὸ Μυσθαρίωνα Καμείους διάθεσιν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐπεῖδον inf. ἐπ-ιδεῖν [Etym: aor2 with no pres. in use, ἐφοράω being used instead.] "to look upon, behold", Il. ; also in Mid., Eur. , Ar. :—of the gods, "to look upon" human affairs, Aesch. "to continue to see", i. e. "to live to see", Hdt. : "to experience", χαλεπά Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐπ-εῖδον 2 aor. without Pres. in use;
[in LXX chiefly for רָאָה ;] to regard with attention, look upon (in cl., of the gods)
__1. with a view to bless: with inf., Luk.1:25 (cf. DB, 136b).
__2. To punish: before ἐπί, Act.4:29.†
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