Quick Definition
ἀτενίζω v. I direct my gaze, look steadily
Strong's Definition
from a compound of 1 (as a particle of union) and teino (to stretch); to gaze intently
KJV Usage: behold earnestly (stedfastly), fasten (eyes), look (earnestly, stedfastly, up stedfastly), set eyes
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | τείνω (stretch, reach)
24.49 · Sensory Events and States · See
to look straight at, to stare at, to keep one’s eyes fixed on to fix one’s eyes on some object continually and intensely The expression ‘could not keep their eyes fixed on’ may be rendered as ‘could not keep looking at’ or ‘could not continue to look at.’
LUK 4:20 · LUK 22:56 · ACT 1:10 · ACT 3:4 · ACT 3:12 · ACT 6:15 · ACT 7:55 · ACT 10:4 · ACT 11:6 · ACT 13:9 · ACT 14:9 · ACT 23:1 · 2CO 3:7 · 2CO 3:13
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀτενίζω atenizō 14x
to fix one’s eyes upon, look steadily, gaze intently, Lk. 4:20
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀτενίζω
(< ἀτενής, strained, intent; < τείνω), [in LXX: I Es 6:28, III Mac 2:26*;]
to look fixedly, gaze (MM, s.v.): c. dat. pers., gaze upon: Lk 4:20 22:56, Ac 3:12 10:4 14:9 23:1; seq. εἰς, c. acc. pers., Ac 3:4 6:15 13:9; metaph., Ac 1:10 7:55 11:6, II Co 3:7, 13.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀτενίζω. For this characteristically Lukan word cf. the Leiden occult papyrus Ws"! 8 Ε εἰσελθόντος δὲ τοῦ θεοῦ μὴ ἐνατένιζε τῇ ὄψει, ἀλλὰ τῆς ((. τοῖς) ποσί, The intensive meaning, which underlies the NT usage, comes out in the description of Thecla’s rapt attention to Paul’s teaching—arevi{ovra ὡς πρὸς evppactay (Acta Pauli Viii.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀτενίζω (atenizō) — to gaze. ἀτεν-ίζω, look intently, gaze earnestly, τοῖς ὄμμασιν stare, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the eyes, ἀτενίζοντες αὐτῷ[NT+2nd c.BC+]: absolutely, also of the eyes, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, to be gazed upon, [Refs]
II. metaphorically of the mind, ἀ. τὴν διάνοιαν πρός τι[Refs 4th c.BC+]; to be obstinate, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]