Quick Definition
to fix one's eyes
Strong's Definition
to see fully
Derivation: from G575 (ἀπό) and the same as G1492 (εἴδω);
KJV Usage: see
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀφ-οράω, -@; to turn the eyes away from other things and fix them on something; cf. ἀποβλέπω. trop. to turn one’s mind to: eis τινα, Heb. xii. 2 [W. § 66, 2 d.], (εἰς θεόν, 4 Mace. xvii. 10; for exx. fr. Grk. writ. ef. Bleek on Heb. vol. ii. 2 p. 862). Further, ef. ἀπεῖδον." ad-opitw; impf. ἀφώριζον ; Attic fut. ἀφοριῶ Mt. xxv. 32 (T WH adopiow); xiii. 49, [W. § 13,1 ο.; B.37 (32)]; 1 aor. ἀφώρισα; Pass., pf. ptep. ἀφωρισμένος ; 1 aor. impv. ἀφορίσθητε ; (ὁρίζω to make a ὅρος or boundary) ; to mark off from (amo) others by boundaries, to limit, to separate: ἑαυτόν, from others, Gal. ii. 12; τοὺς μαθητάς, from thosé unwilling to obey the gospel, Acts xix. 9; ἐκ μέσου τινῶν, Mt. xiii. 49; ἀπό twos, xxv. 32. Pass. in a reflex. sense: 2 Co. vi. 17. absol.: in a bad sense, to exclude as disreputable, Lk. vi. 22; in a good sense, τινὰ εἴς τι, (0 appoint, set apart, one for some purpose (to do something), Acts xiii. 2; Ro. i. 1; τινά foll. by a telic inf., Gal. i. 15 [(?) seethe Comm. adloc.]. ({Soph.], Eur., Plat., Isocr., Dem., Polyb., al.; very often in Sept. esp. for S337, PI, OG, 0, etc.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀφοράω aphoraō 2x
to view with undivided attention by looking away from every other object; to regard fixedly and earnestly, Heb. 12:2; to see distinctly, Phil. 2:23*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπ-εῖδον (WH, ἀφ-, ν. Bl., § 4, 3),
2 aor. without present in use (cf. εἶδον), serving as aor. to ἀφοράω, q.v.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπεῖδον (apeidon) — to fix one's eyes. ἀπεῖδον, infinitive ἀπῐδεῖν, aorist 2 with no present in use, ἀφοράω being used instead:— look away from other things at, and so simply, look at, πρός or ἔς τι[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. look away from, and so, despise, [NT+1st c.AD+]