Atenizo means “stedfastly” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H816 — asham (“be guilty”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G816 ἀτενίζω (atenizo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. atenizo (at-en-id'-zo) v. 1. to gaze intently [from a compound of G1 (as a particle of union) and teino "to stretch"] It has 16 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include stedfastly, earnestly, behold, and beholding. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
atenizo (at-en-id'-zo) v. 1. to gaze intently [from a compound of G1 (as a particle of union) and teino "to stretch"] KJV: behold earnestly (stedfastly), fasten (eyes), look (earnestly, stedfastly, up stedfastly), set eyes Root(s): G1
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G816. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to gaze
Usage: ἀτενίζω (ἀτενής, strained, intent; τείνω), [in LXX: I Est.6:28, 3Ma.2:26 * ;] to look fixedly, gaze (MM, see word): with dative of person(s), gaze upon: Luk.4:20 22:56, Act.3:12 10:4 14:9 23:1; before εἰς, with accusative of person(s), Act.3:4 6:15 13:9; metaphorically, Act.1:10 7:55 11:6, 2Co.3:7 3:13.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render atenizo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G816 (ἀτενίζω) appears 2 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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14 indexed usages in New Testament.
And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And also he commanded that Sisinnes the governor of Syria and Phoenicia, and Sathrabuzanes, and their companions, and those which were appointed rulers in Syria and Phoenicia, should be careful not to meddle with the place, but suffer Zerubbabel the servant of the Lord, and governor of Judea, and the elders of the Jews, to build the house of the Lord in that place.
and not satisfied with countless acts of impiety, his audacity so increased that he raised evil reports there, and many of his friends, watching his purpose attentively, joined in furthering his will.
First 16 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G816.
And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.
And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.
The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
And also he commanded that Sisinnes the governor of Syria and Phoenicia, and Sathrabuzanes, and their companions, and those which were appointed rulers in Syria and Phoenicia, should be careful not to meddle with the place, but suffer Zerubbabel the servant of the Lord, and governor of Judea, and the elders of the Jews, to build the house of the Lord in that place.
and not satisfied with countless acts of impiety, his audacity so increased that he raised evil reports there, and many of his friends, watching his purpose attentively, joined in furthering his will.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G816, grouped by book.
Atenizo (Strong's G816) is a Greek word most simply glossed "stedfastly". atenizo (at-en-id'-zo) v. 1. to gaze intently [from a compound of G1 (as a particle of union) and teino "to stretch"]
This page currently indexes 16 linked usages for Strong's G816 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G816 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as stedfastly, earnestly, behold, and beholding. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G816, with linked reader references where each row is available.