βλέμμα G0990
sight, look; the act of seeing or a glance
This noun denotes the act of looking or seeing, a glance or gaze. In 2 Peter 2:8, righteous Lot is described as tormenting his soul day after day by what he saw—the lawless deeds of Sodom. The word emphasizes the visual experience itself, the act of witnessing that brought Lot such distress. Classical usage includes both quick glances and the faculty of eyesight itself. The translations vary: Spanish con mirada ("with look"), German Blick ("glance"), and French retaining the Greek, all pointing to the visual encounter that grieved the righteous man's conscience.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The act of seeing or witnessing, particularly as it affects the observer (2 Pet 2:8). Lot's torment came through what he saw daily in Sodom—the visual experience of wickedness became a source of righteous suffering. The Spanish con mirada emphasizes the look itself, while German Blick captures the glance or gaze that conveyed the moral horror to Lot's soul. 1×
AR["بِالنَّظَرِ"]·ben["দৃষ্টি"]·DE["Blick"]·EN["by-sight"]·FR["βλέμματι"]·heb["בְּמַרְאֵה-עֵינַיִם"]·HI["देखने-से"]·ID["penglihatan"]·IT["blemmati"]·jav["pandulu"]·KO["보는-것에"]·PT["pela-vista"]·RU["зрением"]·ES["con-mirada"]·SW["kwa-kuona"]·TR["bakışla"]·urd["نظر-سے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
βλέμμα, ατος, τό, look, glance, NT+5th c.BC+; eyesight, Refs 4th c.BC+