atenizo is sustained, directed looking at a person, scene, or heavenly sight in Scripture.

The verb consistently marks directed and sustained looking: people fix attention on an individual, observers look toward heaven, and viewers inspect a visible scene or face. The surrounding clauses often add what is seen or what follows from that attention, without requiring a separate lexical sense.

1. Directing sustained attention toward someone or something · dominant

   Aorist participles accompany attention directed at a person in Acts 10:4, Acts 13:9, Acts 3:4, Acts 6:15, and Luke 22:56; the APB renders these clauses with expressions such as “gazed at him” and “looked intently at him.” Present participles depict ongoing attention in Acts 1:10, where observers are looking into heaven, and Luke 4:20, where the synagogue’s eyes are fixed on him.

   Acts 10:4Acts 13:9Acts 3:4Acts 6:15Acts 1:10Luke 4:20

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies among “gazed,” “looked intently,” “looked into,” and “fixed on,” while several clauses pair the looking with what the observer then sees. These renderings show the verse-level presentation rather than separate definitions.