to look into/upon
emblepo denotes directing one's gaze toward a person or object, including sustained looking in a healing scene.
The attested use centers on directing one's gaze toward a person or object: speakers look at those addressed before speaking, a woman fixes her attention on Peter, and a second-person plural form occurs with the birds. In Mark 8:25, the imperfect form occurs as sight is restored and everything is seen clearly.
Senses in use
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Directing the gaze toward someone or something · dominant
The aorist active participle occurs when Jesus looks at individuals or groups before speaking in John 1:42, Mark 10:21, and Mark 10:27; Luke 20:17 likewise places the look before his question. In Matthew 6:26, the second-person plural aorist active form occurs in the clause the APB renders, “Look at the birds of the sky,” while Mark 14:67 has a feminine aorist participle as the woman looks at Peter before speaking.
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Sustained sight in a restoration scene · occasional
In Mark 8:25, the third-person imperfect active form occurs after hands are laid on the man's eyes again; the APB renders that he “looked intently and was restored and saw everything clearly.” Acts 22:11 uses a first-person imperfect active form in a statement that the speaker could not see because of the light's brightness.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the action with “looked at,” as in John 1:42 and Mark 10:27, and uses “looking at” in John 1:36. It also varies with “looked intently” in Mark 8:25 and “could not see” in Acts 22:11; these are whole-verse translation renderings rather than definitions.