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Greek verb · G308

ἀναβλέπω

anablepoan-ab-lep'-o

to look up; to recover sight

25 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: anablépō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G308is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 5 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 12
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G308

to look up; by implication, to recover sight

The King James renders it: look (up), see, receive sight.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

anablepo is rendered "to look up; to recover sight". It stands 25 times in the Greek text, across five books.

  • Seven of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to look up".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 11:5The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
  • The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.

The first use

The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

Matthew 11:5ἀναβλέπουσιν

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Seven of the word's twenty-five uses are in Luke.

The other 22 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: to look up, and to recover sight.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to look upMrk.8:24Tagged as
  • having looked up8
  • do receive sight2
  • he received sight2
  • I may receive sight2
  • having received sight1
  • he had received sight1
  • he may see again1
  • he regained his sight1

and 4 more, 22 uses in all

WhereMatthew 14:19And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass…
to recover sightTagged as
  • receive sight2
  • I received sight1
WhereMatthew 11:5The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear…

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

ἀναβαίνωanabainoto ascendUses82
ἀναβαθμόςanabathmosstairsUses2
ἀναβοάωanaboaoto cry outUses1
ἀναβολήanaboledelayUses1
ἀναβιβάζωanabibazoto pull upUses1
ἀνάβλεψιςanablepsisrecovery of sightUses1
ἀναβάλλομαιanaballomaito deferUses1

All 25, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

12 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • ἀναβλέψας7
  • ἀνέβλεψεν4
  • ἀναβλέπουσιν2
  • ἀνάβλεψον2
  • ἀναβλέψω2
  • ἀνέβλεψα2
  • ἀναβλέψαντος1
  • ἀναβλέψασαι1
  • ἀναβλέψῃ.¶1
  • ἀναβλέψῃς1
  • ἀνέβλεψαν1
  • ἀνέβλεψέν1

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular7V-AAP-NSM
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular5V-AAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular2V-AAI-1S
  • verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular2V-AAM-2S
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singular2V-AAS-1S
  • verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-PAI-3P
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
  • verb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1V-AAP-GSM
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1V-AAP-NPF
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singular1V-AAS-2S
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-AAS-3S

Matthew

three uses
  • The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

    Matthew 11:5

    • ἀναβλέπουσινanablepousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: receive sight
  • And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

    Matthew 14:19

    • ἀναβλέψαςanablepsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having looked up
  • Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him.

    Matthew 20:34

    • ἀνέβλεψανaneblepsanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they received sight

Mark

six uses
  • Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.

    Mark 6:41

    • ἀναβλέψαςanablepsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having looked up
  • And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).

    Mark 7:34

    • ἀναβλέψαςanablepsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having looked up
  • The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.”

    Mark 8:24

    • ἀναβλέψαςanablepsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having looked up
  • “What do you want Me to do for you?” Jesus asked. “Rabboni,” said the blind man, “let me see again.”

    Mark 10:51

    • ἀναβλέψωanablepsoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may receive sight
  • “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

    Mark 10:52

    • ἀνέβλεψενaneblepsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he received sight
  • But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, even though it was extremely large.

    Mark 16:4

    • ἀναβλέψασαιanablepsasaiverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: having looked up

Luke

seven uses
  • So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

    Luke 7:22

    • ἀναβλέπουσινanablepousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: receive sight
  • Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to set before the people.

    Luke 9:16

    • ἀναβλέψαςanablepsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having looked up
  • “What do you want Me to do for you?” “Lord,” he said, “let me see again.”

    Luke 18:41

    • ἀναβλέψωanablepsoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may receive sight
  • “Receive your sight!” Jesus replied. “Your faith has healed you.”

    Luke 18:42

    • ἀνάβλεψονanablepsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do receive sight
  • Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people who saw this gave praise to God.

    Luke 18:43

    • ἀνέβλεψενaneblepsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he received sight
  • When Jesus came to that place, He looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at your house today.”

    Luke 19:5

    • ἀναβλέψαςanablepsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having looked up
  • Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,

    Luke 21:1

    • Ἀναβλέψαςanablepsasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having looked up

John

four uses
  • He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”

    John 9:11

    • ἀνέβλεψαaneblepsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I received sight
  • So the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. The man answered, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”

    John 9:15

    • ἀνέβλεψενaneblepsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he had received sight
  • The Jews still did not believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they summoned his parents

    John 9:18

    • ἀνέβλεψενaneblepsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: received sight
    • ἀναβλέψαντοςanablepsantosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having received sight

Acts

five uses
  • In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”

    Acts 9:12

    • ἀναβλέψῃ.¶anablepseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may see again
  • So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

    Acts 9:17

    • ἀναβλέψῃςanablepsesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: you may see again
  • At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,

    Acts 9:18

    • ἀνέβλεψένaneblepsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he regained his sight
  • came and stood beside me. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him.

    Acts 22:13

    • ἀνάβλεψονanablepsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do receive sight
    • ἀνέβλεψαaneblepsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: looked up

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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