See

SEE se:

In addition to the ordinary sense of perceiving by the eye, we have

(1) chazah, "to see" (in vision):

"Words of Amos .... which he saw concerning Israel" (Amos 1:1). The revelation was made to his inward eye. "The word of Yahweh .... which he (Micah) saw concerning Samaria" (Micah 1:1), describing what he saw in prophetic vision (compare Habakkuk 1:1); see REVELATION, III, 4;

(2) horao, "to take heed":

"See thou say nothing" (Mark 1:44);

(3) eidon, "to know," "to note with the mind":

"Jesus saw that he answered discreetly" (Mark 12:34);

(4) theoreo, "to view," "to have knowledge or experience of":

"He shall never see death" (John 8:51).

M. O. Evans

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SEE'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.