- Transliteration: theaomai

- Phonetic: theh-ah'-om-ahee

- Definition:

1. to behold, look upon, view attentively, contemplate (often used of public shows)

a. of important persons that are looked on with admiration

2. to view, take a view of

a. in the sense of visiting, meeting with a person

3. to learn by looking, to see with the eyes, to perceive

- Origin: a prolonged form of a primary verb

- TDNT entry: 10:15,7

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to look closely at that is (by implication) to perceive (literally or figuratively); by extension to visit: - behold look (upon) see. Compare G3700" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3700.