Quick Definition
ἐπεῖδεν v. 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
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb
30.45 · Think · To Think About, with the Implied Purpose of Responding Appropriately
to take notice of, to consider, to pay attention to, to concern oneself with to take special notice of something, with the implication of concerning oneself Though the terms ἐπιβλέπω, ἐπεῖδον (ἐφοράω), and ὁράω suggest as a result of their central meanings some measure of visual perception, what is involved in these specific contexts is much more than visual perception. The focus is actually upon intellectual activity and concern.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπ-εῖδον [ Tdf. 7 ἐφεῖδον] ; impv. ἔπιδε (Lchm. ἔφιδε, cf. W.§5,1d.14; B. 7; [reff. 5. v. apetSov]; besides see εἴδω, I.); to look upon, to regard: foll. by a telie inf., ἐπεῖδεν ἀφελεῖν τὸ ὄνειδός pov ([R. V. looked upon me to take away ete.], Germ. hat hergeblickt), Lk. i. 25; ἐπί τι, to look upon (for the purpose of punishing, ef. Lat. animadvertere), Acts iv. 29.
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 רָאָה ;] to regard with attention, look upon (in cl., of the gods)
with a view to bless: c. inf., Lk 1:25 (cf. DB, 136 b).
To punish: seq. ἐπί, Ac 4:29.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπεῖδον. P Tebt II. 286° (a.p. 121--38) ἐκ τῆς α[ὑ]τοψ[ας ἣν ἐγὼ ἐπεῖδον, ‘of my own personal observation” (Edd.), P Flor II. 1188(A.D. 254) γίνομαι εἰς τὸν νομὸν ἐποψόμενος τὰ παρ᾽ ὑμῖν ἔργα, 2 ,ετήσξε 1817 (a wall scribble) N. ὁ ἐπιδὼν καὶ ὃ γράψας [ 1. For the aspirated form (see s.v. ἀφοράω) cf. P Oxy I. 441) (late i/A.D.) ἀντιγράψαντος οὖν αὐτοῦ μοι περὶ τοῦ ἐφιδόντα τὰς πίρο]τέρας μισθώσεις, ‘he replied requesting me to examine the terms under which the taxes had previously been farmed” (Edd.), 76. 517 (A.D. 173) ἐφιδεῖν σῶμα νεκρὸν ἀπηρτημένον, “to inspect the body of aman who had been found hanged” (Edd.), and BGU II. 6475 (A.D. 130) παρηνγέλη ἡμεῖν. . ἐφιδεῖν τὴν ὑπὸ | Μυσθαρίωνα Kapelous διάθεσιν. ἔπειμι 231
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπεῖδον (epeidon) — to look upon. ἐπεῖδον, aorist 2, infinitive ἐπιδεῖν, with no present in use, ἐφοράω being used instead, look upon, behold, see, of evils, κακὰ πόλλ᾽ ἐπιδόντα [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, ἐπιδόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. especially of the gods, look upon human affairs, Ζεὺς ἐπίδοι προφρόνως στόλον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; νιν Ζεὺς ἐπίδοι κοταίνων [NT]
3. remain seeing, i.e. live to see, τὰ τέκνα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; experience, χαλεπά [Refs]: with participle added, μηδ᾽ ἐπίδοιμι τάνδ᾽ ἀστυδρομουμέναν πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτὸς λωβηθεὶς καὶ τοὺς αὑτοῦ ἐπιδὼν παῖδας [λωβηθέντας] [Refs 5th c.BC+]