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7.
(
$!
, 333),
, “up” (intensive), and No. 6, “to view with
interest, consider contemplatively,” is translated “beheld,” in Acts 17:23,
RV
, “observed”;
“considering” in Heb. 13:7. See
CONSIDER
.¶
8.
(
1
, 2300), “to behold, view attentively, contemplate,” had, in
earlier Greek usage, the sense of a wondering regard. This idea was gradually lost. It
signifies a more earnest contemplation than the ordinary verbs for “to see,” “a careful and
deliberate vision which interprets … its object,” and is more frequently rendered
“behold” in the
RV
than the
KJV
. Both translate it by “behold” in Luke 23:55 (of the
sepulchre); “we beheld,” in John 1:14, of the glory of the Son of God; “beheld,”
RV
, in
John 1:32; Acts 1:11; 1 John 1:1 (more than merely seeing); 4:12, 14. See
LOOK
,
SEE
.
9.
$
(
#
"
, 2029), from , “upon,” and a form of
, “to see,” is
used of “witnessing as a spectator, or overseer,” 1 Pet. 2:12; 3:2.¶
Note:
The corresponding noun
, “an eye-witness,” found in 2 Pet. 1:16, was
used by the Greeks of those who had attained to the highest grade of certain mysteries,
and the word is perhaps purposely used here of those who were at the transfiguration of
Christ. See
EYEWITNESS
.¶
10.
(
&
, 816) from
, “strained, intent,” denotes “to gaze upon,”
“beholding earnestly,” or “steadfastly” in Acts 14:9; 23:1. See
FASTEN
,
LOOK
,
SET
, B,
Note
(5).
11.
(
!
, 2657), a strengthened form of
, “to perceive,” (
,
intensive), denotes “the action of the mind in apprehending certain facts about a thing”;
hence, “to consider”; “behold,” Acts 7:31-32; Jas. 1:23-24. See
CONSIDER
,
DISCOVER
,
PERCEIVE
.
12.
(
$&
, 2734), from
, “a mirror” (
, “down,”
, “an eye or sight”), in the active voice, signifies “to make to reflect, to mirror”; in the
middle voice “to reflect as a mirror”; so the
RV
in 2 Cor. 3:18, for
KJV
, “beholding as in a
glass.” The whole context in the 3rd chapter and the first part of the 4th bears out the
RV
.¶
Note:
For
(from
), Acts 4:29, see
LOOK
, No. 9. For
, Acts
2:25,
RV
, behold, see
FORESEE
.
BEHOVE
1.
(
A &
, 3784), “to owe,” is once rendered “behove,” Heb. 2:17; it
indicates a necessity, owing to the nature of the matter under consideration; in this
instance, the fulfillment of the justice and love of God, voluntarily exhibited in what
Christ accomplished, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest. See
BOUND
,
DEBT
,
DUE
,
DUTY
,
GUILTY
,
INDEBTED
,
MUST
,
NEED
,
OUGHT
,
OWE
.
2. (
, 1163), “it is necessary,” is rendered “behoved,” in Luke 24:46;
RV
, (that
the Christ) “should” (suffer).
4
expresses a logical necessity,
, a moral
obligation; cf.
, Jas. 3:10, “ought,” which expresses a need resulting from the fitness
of things (Trench, Sec. cvii). See
MEET
,
MUST
,
NEED
,
OUGHT
.
BEING