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Strong's G991 βλέπω (blepo)

Blepo means “behold” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H991 — beten in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G991
Language Greek
Linked Usages 233
Books 53

Strong's G991 Quick Answer

Strong's G991 βλέπων is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. blepo (blep'-o) v. 1. to look at {literally or figuratively} It has 233 linked Bible usages across 53 books. Visible English usage signals include see, saw, perceive, take, and looketh. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
blepo (blep'-o) v. 1. to look at {literally or figuratively}
Usage
233 linked usages
Books
53 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
see, saw, perceive, take, and looketh

Meaning and Definition

blepo (blep'-o) v. 1. to look at {literally or figuratively} [a primary verb] KJV: behold, beware, lie, look (on, to), perceive, regard, see, sight, take heed Compare: G3700, G1492

Original Word
βλέπων
Morphology
V-PAP-NSM

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G991. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to see

Usage: βλέπω, [in LXX chiefly for ראה, also for פּנה, etc. ;] __1. of bodily sight; __(a) to see, have sight (opposite to τυφλὸς): Mat.12:22, Jhn.9:7, Act.9:9, Rom.11:8, Rev.3:18, al.; __(b) to perceive, look (at), see: absol., Act.1:9; with accusative, Mat.7:3, Mrk.5:31, Luk.6:41, Jhn.1:29, al.; ὅραμα, Act.12:9; γυναῖκα, Mat.5:28; βιβλίον, Rev.5:3, 4; τ. βλεπόμενα, 2Co.4:18. __2. Metaphorical, of mental vision; __(a) to see, perceive, discern: absol., Mat.13:13, Luk.8:10; δι ̓ ἐσόπτρου, 1Co.13:12;

with accusative, Heb.2:9 10:25; before ὅτι, Heb.3:19, Jas.2:22; __(b) to consider, look to, take heed: absol., Mrk.13:23, 33; with accusative, 1Co.1:26, al.; before πῶς, with indic., Luk.8:18, 1Co.3:10, Eph.5:15; before τί, with indic., Mrk.4:24; before εἰς πρόσωπον, of partiality, Mat.22:16, Mrk.12:14. Colloq. (for ex. from π., V. Deiss., LAE, 122; M, Pr., 107; MM, Exp., x; Milligan, NTD, 50), β. ἑαυτόν: Mrk.13:9; before ἵνα μή, II Jo 8; β. ἀπό, Mrk.8:15 12:38; before μή (cl. ὁρᾶν), with fut.

indic., Col.2:8, Heb.3:12; id. with aor. subj., Mat.24:4, Mrk.13:5. __3. Of situation and direction (Lat. specto), to look, face (towards), places, etc. (before πρός, Xen, Hell., vii, 1, 17; Eze.40:23, 24): before κατά, with accusative, Act.27:12 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, δια-, ἐμ-, ἐπι-, περ-, προ-βλέπω), see DCG, i, 446; ii, 596. (AS)

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How Strong's G991 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Strong's G991, 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.

see Matthew 11:4 saw Matthew 12:22 Take Matthew 24:4 perceive Matthew 13:14 behold Matthew 18:10 beholdest Matthew 7:3 beware Mark 8:15 looked Mark 8:24 looketh Matthew 5:28 regardest Matthew 22:16

How Strong's G991 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 119 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G991 (βλέπων) appears 125 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

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Strong's G991 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G991 in the New Testament

119 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 5:28 KJV

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Matthew 6:4 KJV

That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

Matthew 6:6 KJV

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Strong's G991 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

96 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 45:12 Septuagint / Brenton

Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.

Genesis 48:10 Septuagint / Brenton

Now the eyes of Israel were dim through age, and he could not see; and he brought them near to him, and he kissed them, and embraced them.

Exodus 4:11 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord said to Moses, Who has given a mouth to man, and who has made the very hard of hearing, and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? have not I, God?

Strong's G991 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

17 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G991 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G991.

Genesis 45:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
Genesis 48:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now the eyes of Israel were dim through age, and he could not see; and he brought them near to him, and he kissed them, and embraced them.
Exodus 4:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Who has given a mouth to man, and who has made the very hard of hearing, and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? have not I, God?
Exodus 23:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt not receive gifts; for gifts blind the eyes of the seeing, and corrupt just words.
Numbers 21:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses sent ambassadors to Sihon king of the Amorites, with peaceable words, saying,
Deuteronomy 4:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
if God has assayed to go and take to himself a nation out of the midst of another nation with trial, and with signs, and with wonders, and with war, and with a mighty hand, and with a high arm, and with great sights, according to all the things which the Lord our God did in Egypt in thy sight.
Deuteronomy 28:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given to another nation, and thine eyes wasting away shall look for them: thy hand shall have no strength.
Deuteronomy 28:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt be distracted, because of the sights of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Deuteronomy 29:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great wonders.
Joshua 18:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders shall pass through and proceed to the part that looks toward the sea, on the south, from the mountain in front of Beth-horon southward, and its termination shall be at Kiriath-baal, this is Kiriath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah; this is the part toward the west.
Judges 9:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gaal the son of Ebed saw the people, and said to Zebul, Behold, a people comes down from the top of the mountains: and Zebul said to him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as men.
Judges 13:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Manoah took a kid of the goats and its meat offering, and offered it on the rock to the Lord; and the angel wrought a distinct work, and Manoah and his wife were looking on.
Judges 13:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when the flame went up above the altar toward heaven, that the angel of the Lord went up in the flame; and Manoah and his wife were looking, and they fell upon their face to the earth.
Judges 19:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it was so, that everyone who saw it said, Such a day as this has not happened nor has been seen from the day of the going up of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt until this day: take ye counsel concerning it, and speak.
1 Kingdoms 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass at that time that Eli was sleeping in his place; and his eyes began to fail, and could not see.
1 Kingdoms 4:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now Eli was ninety years old, and his eyes were fixed, and he saw not.
1 Kingdoms 9:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now beforetime in Israel everyone in going to inquire of God said, Come and let us go to the seer; for the people beforetime called the prophet, the seer.
1 Kingdoms 9:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As they went up the ascent to the city, they find damsels come out to draw water, and they say to them, Is the seer here?
1 Kingdoms 9:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul drew near to Samuel into the midst of the city, and said, Tell me now which is the house of the seer?
1 Kingdoms 16:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samuel did all that the Lord told him; and he came to Bethlehem: and the elders of the city were amazed at meeting him, and said, Dost thou come peaceably, thou Seer?
1 Kingdoms 25:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David took of her hand all that she brought to him, and said to her, Go in peace to thy house: see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and accepted thy petition.
1 Kingdoms 26:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So David took the spear, and the pitcher of water from his bolster, and they went home: and there was no one that saw, and no one that knew, and there was no one that awoke, all being asleep, for a stupor from the Lord had fallen upon them.
2 Kingdoms 14:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king said, Let him return to his house, and not see my face. And Absalom returned to his house, and saw not the king’s face.
3 Kingdoms 1:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover thus said the king, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who has this day appointed one of my seed sitting on my throne, and my eyes see it.
3 Kingdoms 17:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and he brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother; and Elijah said, See, thy son lives.
4 Kingdoms 2:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, the situation of the city is good, as our lord sees; but the waters are bad, and the ground barren.
4 Kingdoms 9:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there went up a watchman upon the tower of Jezreel, and saw the dust made by Jehu as he approached; and he said, I see dust. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Peace.
1 Chronicles 9:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the chosen porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve, these were in their courts, this was their distribution: these David and Samuel the seer established in their charge.
1 Chronicles 21:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joab said, May the Lord add to his people, a hundredfold as many as they are, and let the eyes of my lord the king see it: all are the servants of my lord. Why does my lord seek this thing? do it not, lest it become a sin to Israel.
1 Chronicles 29:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the rest of the acts of David, the former and the latter, are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,
2 Chronicles 4:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
wherein they made them twelve calves—three looking northward, and three westward, and three southward, and three eastward: and the sea was upon them above, and their hinder parts were inward.
2 Chronicles 5:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the staffs projected, and the heads of the staffs were seen from the holy place in front of the oracle, they were not seen without: and there they were to this day.
2 Chronicles 10:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for the king did not hearken to them. And the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David, or inheritance in the son of Jesse? to thy tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So all Israel went to their tents.
Nehemiah 2:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
Esther 2:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the time was fulfilled for Esther the daughter of Amminadab the brother of Mordecai’s father to go in to the king, she neglected nothing which the chamberlain, the women’s keeper, commanded; for Esther found grace in the sight of all that looked upon her.
Job 10:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Or dost thou see as a mortal sees? Or wilt thou look as a man sees?
Psalms 9:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten: He has turned away his face so as never to look.
Psalms 9:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou seest it; for thou dost observe trouble and wrath, To deliver them into thy hands: The poor has been left to thee; Thou wast a helper to the orphan.
Psalms 39:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For innumerable evils have encompassed me; My transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see; They are multiplied more than the hairs of my head; And my heart has failed me.
Psalms 68:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let their eyes be darkened that they should not see; And bow down their back continually.
Proverbs 4:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids assent to just things.
Proverbs 12:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
his lips a sinner falls into snares; But a righteous man escapes from them. But he that contends in the gates will afflict souls.
Proverbs 16:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There are ways that seem to be right to a man, But the end of them looks to the depth of hell.
Ecclesiastes 8:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whereupon I set my heart to know wisdom, And to perceive the trouble That was wrought upon the earth: For there is that neither by day nor night Sees sleep with his eyes.
Ecclesiastes 11:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that observes the wind sows not; And he that looks at the clouds will not reap.
Ecclesiastes 11:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover the light is sweet, And it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
Ecclesiastes 12:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the day wherein the keepers of the house shall tremble, And the mighty men shall become bent, And the grinding women cease because they have become few, And the women looking out at the windows be dark;
Song of Solomon 1:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Look not upon me, because I am dark, Because the sun has looked unfavorably upon me: My mother’s sons strove with me; They made me keeper in the vineyards; I have not kept my own vineyard.
Isaiah 6:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall hear indeed, but ye shall not understand; and ye shall see indeed, but ye shall not perceive.
Isaiah 8:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and they shall look on the earth below, and behold severe distress, and darkness, affliction, and anguish, and darkness so that one cannot see; and he that is in anguish shall not be distressed only for a time.
Isaiah 21:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore are my loins filled with feebleness, and pangs have seized me as a travailing woman: I dealt wrongfully that I might not hear; I hastened that I might not see.
Isaiah 29:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and they that are in darkness, and they that are in mist: the eyes of the blind shall see,
Isaiah 38:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As a swallow, so will I cry, and as a dove, so do I mourn: for mine eyes have failed with looking to the height of heaven to the Lord, who has delivered me,
Isaiah 44:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They have no understanding to perceive; for they have been blinded so that they should not see with their eyes, nor perceive with their heart.
Jeremiah 5:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear ye now these things, O foolish and senseless people; who have eyes, and see not; and have ears, and hear not:
Jeremiah 20:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Why is it that I came forth of the womb to see troubles and distresses, and my days are spent in shame?
Jeremiah 49:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to Jeremiah the prophet, and said to him, Let now our supplication come before thy face, and pray thou to the Lord thy God for this remnant; for we are left few out of many, as thine eyes see.
Lamentations 3:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I am the man that sees poverty, Through the rod of his wrath upon me.
Ezekiel 8:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he stretched forth the likeness of a hand, and took me up by the crown of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and sky, and brought me to Jerusalem in a vision of God, to the porch of the gate that looks to the north, where was the pillar of the Purchaser.
Ezekiel 8:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me in to the porch of the house of the Lord that looks to the north; and, behold, there were women sitting there lamenting for Tammuz.
Ezekiel 9:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, six men came from the way of the high gate that looks toward the north, and each one’s axe was in his hand; and there was one man in the midst of them clothed with a long robe down to the feet, and a sapphire girdle was on his loins: and they came in and stood near the brazen altar.
Ezekiel 11:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover the Spirit took me up, and brought me to the front gate of the house of the Lord, that looks eastward: and behold at the entrance of the gate were about five and twenty men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, the leaders of the people.
Ezekiel 12:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of the iniquities of those, who have eyes to see, and see not; and have ears to hear, and hear not: because it is a provoking house.
Ezekiel 13:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord, Woe to them that prophesy out of their own heart, and who see nothing at all.
Ezekiel 13:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the day of the Lord, have not stood, seeing false visions, prophesying vanities, who say, The Lord saith, and the Lord has not sent them, and they began to try to confirm the word.
Ezekiel 40:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he entered by seven steps into the gate that looks eastward, and he measured across the porch of the gate equal to the reed.
Ezekiel 40:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he measured the breadth of the court, from the open space of the outer gate inward to the open space of the gate looking outward: a hundred cubits was the distance to the place of the gate looking eastward: and he brought me to the north;
Ezekiel 40:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and behold a gate looking northward belonging to the outer court, and he measured it, both the length of it and the breadth;
Ezekiel 40:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the chambers, three on this side and three on that; and the posts, and the porches, and the palm trees thereof: and they were according to the measures of the gate that looks eastward: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof was twenty-five cubits.
Ezekiel 40:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And its windows, and its porches, and its palm trees, were according to the dimensions of the gate looking eastward; and they went up to it by seven steps; and the porches were within.
Ezekiel 40:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was a gate to the inner court looking toward the north gate, after the manner of the gate looking toward the east; and he measured the court from gate to gate, a hundred cubits.
Ezekiel 40:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me to the south side, and behold a gate looking southward: and he measured it, and its chambers, and its posts, and its porches, according to these dimensions.
Ezekiel 40:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me in at the gate that looks eastward: and he measured it according to these measures:
Ezekiel 40:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And behind the drain for the whole burnt offerings at the north gate, two tables eastward behind the second gate; and behind the porch of the gate two tables eastward.
Ezekiel 40:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me into the inner court, and behold there were two chambers in the inner court, one behind the gate looking to the north, turning southward, and one behind the southern gate, but which looks to the north.
Ezekiel 40:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to me, This chamber that looks to the south, is for the priests that keep the charge of the house.
Ezekiel 40:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the chamber that looks to the north is for the priests that keep the charge of the altar: they are the sons of Zadok, those of the tribe of Levi who draw near to the Lord to serve him.
Ezekiel 42:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was light without, corresponding to the chambers of the outer court looking toward the front of the northern chambers; the length of them was fifty cubits.
Ezekiel 42:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the length of the chambers looking toward the inner court was fifty cubits, and these are the ones that front the others; the whole was a hundred cubits.
Ezekiel 42:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the measurement of the house within was accomplished: and he brought me forth by the way of the gate that looks eastward, and measured the plan of the house round about in order.
Ezekiel 42:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he stood behind the gate looking eastward, and measured five hundred cubits with the measuring reed.
Ezekiel 43:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover he brought me to the gate looking eastward, and led me forth.
Ezekiel 43:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came by the eastern way; and there was a voice of an army, as the sound of many redoubling their shouts, and the earth shone like light from the glory round about.
Ezekiel 43:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the glory of the Lord came into the house, by the way of the gate looking eastward.
Ezekiel 43:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the mercy seat shall be fourteen cubits in length, by fourteen cubits in breadth on its four sides; and there shall be a border to it carried round about it of half a cubit; and the rim of it shall be a cubit round about; and the steps thereof looking eastward.
Ezekiel 44:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary that looks eastward; and it was shut.
Ezekiel 46:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord God; The gate that is in the inner court, that looks eastward, shall be shut the six working days; but let it be opened on the Sabbath day, and it shall be opened on the day of the new moon.
Ezekiel 46:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the prince should prepare as a thanksgiving a whole burnt peace offering to the Lord, and should open for himself the gate looking eastward, and offer his whole burnt offering, and his peace offerings, as he does on the Sabbath day; then shall he go out, and shall shut the doors after he has gone out.
Ezekiel 46:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me into the entrance of the place behind the gate, into the chamber of the sanctuary belonging to the priests, that looks toward the north: and, behold, there was a place set apart.
Ezekiel 47:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me to the entrance of the house; and, behold, water issued from under the porch eastward, for the front of the house looked eastward; and the water came down from the right side, from the south to the altar.
Ezekiel 47:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me out by the way of the northern gate, and he led me round by the way outside to the gate of the court that looks eastward; and, behold, water came down from the right side,
Daniel 5:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou hast been exalted against the Lord God of heaven; and they have brought before thee the vessels of his house, and thou, and thy nobles, and thy mistresses, and thy concubines, have drunk wine out of them; and thou hast praised the gods of gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and wood, and stone, which see not, and which hear not, and know not: and the God in whose hand are thy breath and all thy ways hast thou not glorified.
Amos 8:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, What seest thou, Amos? And I said, A fowler’s basket. And the Lord said to me, The end is come upon my people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore.
Haggai 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who is there of you that saw this house in her former glory? and how do ye now look upon it, as it were nothing before your eyes?
Zechariah 4:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to me, What seest thou? And I said, I have seen, and behold a candlestick all of gold, and its bowl upon it, and seven lamps upon it, and seven oil funnels to the lamps upon it:
Zechariah 5:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to me, What seest thou? And I said, I see a flying sickle, of the length of twenty cubits, and of the breadth of ten cubits.
Matthew 5:28 New Testament, KJV
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Matthew 6:4 New Testament, KJV
That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
Matthew 6:6 New Testament, KJV
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Matthew 6:18 New Testament, KJV
That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
Matthew 7:3 New Testament, KJV
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
Matthew 11:4 New Testament, KJV
Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:
Matthew 12:22 New Testament, KJV
Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
Matthew 13:13 New Testament, KJV
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Matthew 13:14 New Testament, KJV
And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
Matthew 13:16 New Testament, KJV
But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
Matthew 13:17 New Testament, KJV
For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Matthew 14:30 New Testament, KJV
But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
Matthew 15:31 New Testament, KJV
Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
Matthew 18:10 New Testament, KJV
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 22:16 New Testament, KJV
And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
Matthew 24:2 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Matthew 24:4 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
Mark 4:12 New Testament, KJV
That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
Mark 4:24 New Testament, KJV
And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
Mark 5:31 New Testament, KJV
And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
Mark 8:15 New Testament, KJV
And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
Mark 8:18 New Testament, KJV
Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
Mark 8:23 New Testament, KJV
And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
Mark 8:24 New Testament, KJV
And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G991, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 33 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 17 usages, New Testament
Mark 14 usages, New Testament
Luke 14 usages, New Testament
John 15 usages, New Testament
Acts 12 usages, New Testament
Romans 5 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 7 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 4 usages, New Testament
Galatians 1 usage, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
Philippians 1 usage, New Testament
Colossians 3 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 8 usages, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
2 John 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 15 usages, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 151 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G991 FAQ

What does blepo (βλέπω) mean?

Blepo (Strong's G991) is a Greek word most simply glossed "behold". blepo (blep'-o) v. 1. to look at {literally or figuratively}

How many times is blepo (βλέπω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 233 linked usages for Strong's G991 across 53 books.

Where can I study blepo (βλέπω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G991 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate blepo (βλέπω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as see, saw, perceive, take, looketh, and beholdest. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G991 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 96 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 17 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G991, with linked reader references where each row is available.