Christmas Day
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Dictionaries
Observation, Observe
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or "attentive watching" (akin to paratereo, "to observe"), is used in Luke 17:20 , of the manner in which the kingdom of God (i.e., the operation of the spiritual kingdom in the hearts of men) does not come, "in such a manner that it can be watched with the eyes" (Grimm-Thayer), or, as AV marg., "with outward show."
"to observe carefully, consider well" (ana, "up," intensive, and theoreo, "to behold"), is used in Acts 17:23 , RV, "observed" (of Paul's notice of the objects of Athenian worship), and Hebrews 13:7 , "considering." See BEHOLD.
see KEEP , No. 1.
see KEEP , No. 3.
"to watch closely, observe narrowly" (para, used intensively, and No. 2), is translated "ye observe" in Galatians 4:10 , where the Middle Voice suggests that their religious observance of days, etc. was not from disinterested motives, but with a view to their own advantage. See WATCH. Cp. phroneo ("to think"), "regardeth" in Romans 14:6 , where the subject is connected with the above, though the motive differs.
see KEEP , No. 4.
"to do," is translated "to observe" in Acts 16:21 . See DO.
These files are public domain.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Observation, Observe'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/o/observation-observe.html. 1940.
