Quick Definition
ἀφοράω v. I look away from
Strong's Definition
from 575 and 3708; to consider attentively
KJV Usage: look
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor.subj. ἀφίδω | ὁράω
30.31 · Think · To Think, Thought
to think about, to fix one’s attention on to keep thinking about, without having one’s attention distracted
27.6 · Learn · Learn
to learn about, to find out about to acquire information, with focus presumably upon the source of such information
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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
ἀφ-οράω, -ῶ,
[in LXX: IV Mac 17:10 (είς θεόν)*;]
to look away from all else at, fix one's gaze upon: metaph. (MM, s.v.), He 12:2;
simply, to see: ἀφίδω (v.s. ἀπεῖδον, and Lft., Phl., in l.; MM, s.v.), Phl 2:23 (v. Ellic., in l.).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀφοράω (aphoraō) — to consider. ἀφορ-άω, Ionic dialect ἀπορ-έω, future ἀπόψομαι: aorist ἀπεῖδον:— look away from all others at one, have in view, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; look at, τι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a distant object, [Refs 5th c.BC+]compare, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ὅθεν.. look to the point whence.., [Refs]; εἴς τι or τινα, [NT+1st c.AD+]: hence, obey,[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—in middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b of Places, look towards, εἰς βόρειον ὠκεανόν[Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. to view from a place, ἀπὸ δενδρέου[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. rarely, look away, have the back turned, probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+]