Quick Definition
ἀναβλέπω v. I look up, recover my sight
Strong's Definition
from 303 and 991; to look up; by implication, to recover sight
KJV Usage: look (up), see, receive sight
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | βλέπω
24.10 · Sensory Events and States · See
to look up to direct one’s vision upward
MAT 14:19 · MRK 6:41 · MRK 7:34 · MRK 8:24 · MRK 16:4 · LUK 9:16 · LUK 19:5 · LUK 21:1 · ACT 22:13
24.42 · Sensory Events and States · See
to gain sight, to be able to see, to regain one’s sight, gaining of sight to become able to see, whether for the first time or again There is nothing in the statement of LUK 7:22 to indicate whether this is a matter of being able to see for the first time or being able to regain one’s lost sight. It is, however, better to assume that it is a matter of regaining sight unless the context specifies ‘being blind from birth’ or ‘always blind.’
MAT 11:5 · MAT 20:34 · MRK 8:24 · MRK 10:51 · MRK 10:52 · LUK 7:22 · LUK 18:41 · LUK 18:42 · LUK 18:43 · JHN 9:11 · JHN 9:15 · JHN 9:18 · JHN 9:18 · ACT 9:12 · ACT 9:17 · ACT 9:18 · ACT 22:13
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνα-βλέπω ; 1 aor. ἀνέβλεψα; [fr. Hdt. down]; 1. to look up: Mk. viii. 24, [25 RGL]; xvi. 4; Lk. xix. 5; xxi.1; Acts xxii. 13; εἴς twa, ibid.; εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, Mt. xiv. 19; Mk. vi. 41; vii. 34, (Plat. Axioch. p. 370b.; Xen. Cyr. 6, 4, 9). 2. to recover (lost) sight: Mt. xi. 5; xx. 34; Lk. xviii. 41 sqq., ete. ([Hdt. 2, 111;] Plat. Phaedrus p. 243 b. παραχρῆμα ἀνέβλεψε, Arstph. Plut. 126); used somewhat loosely also of the man blind from birth who was cured by Christ, Jn. ix. 11 (12) (cf. Meyer ad loc.), 17 sq. (Paus. 4, 12, 7 (10) συνέβη τὸν ᾿Οφιονέα «τὸν ἐκ γενετῆς τυφλὸν ἀναβλέψαι). Cf. Win. De verb. comp. ete. Pt. iii. p. 7 sq.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀναβλέπω anablepō 25x
to look upwards, Mt. 14:19; to see again, recover sight, Mt. 11:5
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀνα-βλέπω
[in LXX chiefly for נשׂא;]
to look up: Mk 8:24, al.; seq. εἰς, Mt 14:19, al. (Xen., Plat.).
to recover sight (Plat., Aristoph.; cf. MM, VGT, s.v.): Mt 11:5, Jo 9:11, al.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀναβλέπω. Syll 80 717 (ii/A.D.) καὶ ἀνέβλεψεν καὶ ἐλήλυθεν καὶ ηὐχαρίστησεν δημοσίᾳ τῷ θεῷ, of a blind man ‘recovering sight ” in the temple of Asclepios, as in Tn 911,15 (cf. Documents, p. 154). So at the beginning of the same inscr., καὶ ὀρθὸν ἀνέβλεψε.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀναβλέπω (anablepō) — to look up/again. ἀναβλέπω, future -βλέψω[Refs 5th c.BC+] -βλέψομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist -έβλεψα[Refs 5th c.BC+] [same place], etc.:—look up, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: especially as a mark of confidence, ἀ. ὀρθοῖς ὄμμασιν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. πρός τινα ἐκ τοῦ ἴσου look him in the face, Cyr.[Refs]
2. with accusative, look up at, φῶς ἀναβλέψεσθε[Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. with accusative cognate, ἀ. φλόγα cast up a glance of fire, [Refs]
II. recover one's sight, [NT+5th c.BC+]
II.2. open one's eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. metaphorically, revive, ᾧ δῶμ᾽ ἀνέβλεφ᾽[Refs 5th c.BC+]