What does περιβλέπω (periblépō) mean in the Bible?
περιβλέπω (periblépō): Deliberate, searching look around—often depicting observation of people or surroundings in narrative moments.
Greek · G4017
περιβλέπω
To look all around
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περιβλέπω G4017
Pronunciation periblépō
What does περιβλέπω (periblépō) mean in the Bible?
περιβλέπω (periblépō): Deliberate, searching look around—often depicting observation of people or surroundings in narrative moments.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4017?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [Jesus] looked around at (1), [when] they looked around (1), after looking around (1), He kept looking around (1), He looked around at (1).
Where does περιβλέπω (periblépō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 3:5. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (6), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [Jesus] looked around at 1× Mark 3:5
[when] they looked around 1× Mark 9:8
after looking around 1× Luke 6:10
He kept looking around 1× Mark 5:32
He looked around at 1× Mark 11:11
looked around 1× Mark 10:23
Looking at 1× Mark 3:34
Show sample aligned rows
Mark 3:5 περιβλεψάμενος to [Jesus] looked around at Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular Mark 3:34 περιβλεψάμενος to Looking at Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular Mark 5:32 περιεβλέπετο to He kept looking around Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Mark 9:8 περιβλεψάμενοι to [when] they looked around Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural Mark 10:23 περιβλεψάμενος to looked around Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular Mark 11:11 περιβλεψάμενος to He looked around at Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular Luke 6:10 περιβλεψάμενος to after looking around Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 3:5
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 2
Mark 6 Luke 1
Source forms
περιβλεψάμενος 5x periblepsamenos Mark 3:5, Mark 3:34, Mark 10:23, Mark 11:11
περιβλεψάμενοι 1x periblepsamenoi Mark 9:8
περιεβλέπετο 1x perieblepeto Mark 5:32
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular 5x Mark 3:5, Mark 3:34, Mark 10:23, Mark 11:11
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Mark 9:8
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular 1x Mark 5:32
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Deliberate, searching look around—often depicting observation of people or surroundings in narrative moments.
Source Gloss
to look all around
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Deliberate, searching look around—often depicting observation of people or surroundings in narrative moments.
to look around (at). Mid., to look about one (at) : absol., Mrk.9:8 10:23; with inf., Mrk.5:32; with accusative of person(s), Mrk.3:5, 34, Luk.6:10; πάντα, Mrk.11:11.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 3:5 Verb Aorist Middle Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
περιβλεψάμενος peribleyamenov
I look around on, survey
Read verse Mark 3:34 Verb Aorist Middle Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
περιβλεψάμενος peribleyamenov
I look around on, survey
Read verse Mark 5:32 Verb Third Person Singular Imperfect Middle Indicative
περιεβλέπετο perieblepeto
I look around on, survey
Read verse Mark 9:8 Verb Aorist Middle Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
περιβλεψάμενοι, peribleyamenoi
I look around on, survey
Read verse Mark 10:23 Verb Aorist Middle Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
περιβλεψάμενος peribleyamenov
I look around on, survey
Read verse Mark 11:11 Verb Aorist Middle Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
περιβλεψάμενος peribleyamenov
I look around on, survey
Read verse Luke 6:10 Verb Aorist Middle Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
περιβλεψάμενος peribleyamenov
I look around on, survey
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 7 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 6 imperfect 1
Voice
middle 7
Mood
participle 6 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Mark 3:34 περιβλεψάμενος aorist middle participle participle Mark 3:5 περιβλεψάμενος aorist middle participle participle Mark 5:32 περιεβλέπετο imperfect middle indicative background Mark 9:8 περιβλεψάμενοι aorist middle participle participle Mark 10:23 περιβλεψάμενος aorist middle participle participle Mark 11:11 περιβλεψάμενος aorist middle participle participle Luke 6:10 περιβλεψάμενος aorist middle participle participle
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
περιβλέπω is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain