| Lexical Summary epopteuō: to look uponOriginal Word: ἐποπτεύω Transliteration: epopteuō Phonetic Spelling: (ep-opt-yoo'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to look upon Meaning: to look upon Strong's Concordanceobserve From epi and a derivative of optanomai; to inspect, i.e. Watch -- behold. see GREEK epi see GREEK optanomai Thayer's Greek LexiconSTRONGS NT 2029: ἐποπτεύω ἐποπτεύω (participle 1 Peter 2:12 L T Tr WH); 1 aorist participle ἐποπτεύσαντες; 1. to be an overseer (Homer, Hesiod). 2. universally, to look upon, view attentively; to watch (Aeschylus, Demosthenes, others): τί, 1 Peter 3:2; ἐκ τίνος, namely, τήν ἀναστροφήν, 1 Peter 2:12. | 



