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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill.

2. (v. t.) Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly; as, to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a letter.

3. (v. t.) To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.

4. (v. t.) To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.

5. (v. t.) To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking; hence, to refrain from bestowing notice or attention upon; to neglect; to pass over without censure or punishment; to excuse.

Greek

5237. hupereidon -- to overlook
... to overlook. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: hupereidon Phonetic Spelling:
(hoop-er-i'-do) Short Definition: I overlook Definition: I overlook, take no ...
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3865. paratheoreo -- to compare, to overlook
... to compare, to overlook. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: paratheoreo Phonetic
Spelling: (par-ath-eh-o-reh'-o) Short Definition: I overlook, neglect ...
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1950. epilanthanomai -- to forget, neglect
... 1950 (from 1909 , ", fitting" and 2990 , "unnoticed") -- properly, to
overlook, especially that go with failing to notice. 1950 ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5674a. abar -- to pass over, through, or by, pass on
... 3), left (1), liquid (2), made (1), mates (1), means cross over (1), offer (1),
over (4), overcome (1), overflow (1), overflowing (1), overlook (1), pass (72 ...
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Library

Be Ye Doers of the Word, not Hearers Only, Deceiving Your Own ...
... Those who make religion consist altogether in good works, overlook the fact that
works themselves are not acceptable to God unless they proceed from faith. ...
/.../finney/lectures to professing christians/be ye doers of the.htm

"Thou Art Now the Blessed of the Lord. "
... They meant, "This is why we trust that you will deal kindly with us, and overlook
our hard usage; for, in spite of all, God has so blessed you that you need ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 38 1892/thou art now the blessed.htm

How Amaziah Made an Expedition against the Edomites and Amalekites ...
... 2. Now upon the victory which Amaziah had gotten, and the great acts he had done,
he was puffed up, and began to overlook God, who had given him the victory ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 9 how amaziah made.htm

1 Peter iv. 8
... in a course of a multitude of known Sins, to be regularly charitable in a great
degree; and always disposed and ready to forgive and overlook all Offenses ...
/.../sermon xi 1 peter iv.htm

Some Scriptures for Daily Practise.
... The Christian lives for others. He will overlook his own needs and see his brother's
needs. ... The Lord does not overlook small deeds when done in love. ...
/.../orr/how to live a holy life/some scriptures for daily practise.htm

Letter Li. --Second Letter to Lucifer.
... In particular I ask, if I have said anything amiss, you would be good enough to
overlook it, for from so great a fountain my unskilfulness has not been able to ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/letter li second letter to lucifer.htm

Temptation
... yourself off, that you may make a figure in the world; and above all, whatever tempts
you to antinomianism, that is, to fancy that God will overlook sins in ...
/.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon vii temptation.htm

A Provision Ground
... And we must not overlook the French Physic-nut, {313h} with its hemp like leaves,
and a little bunch of red coral in the midst, with which the loves to ...
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Matt. xiii. 10, 11
... Hearest thou not what saith the prophet? "Them that pertain to thy seed thou shalt
not overlook." [1806] But if we must not overlook our kinsmen, much less our ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily xlv matt xiii 10.htm

He that is Unjust in the Least is Unjust Also in Much. Luke 16:10.
... He may be afraid of the divine wrath, if he commits dishonest acts of importance,
while he supposes God will overlook little things, and not notice it if he is ...
/.../finney/lectures to professing christians/he that is unjust in.htm

Thesaurus

Overlook (7 Occurrences)
... down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher
position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley ...
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Overlooked (10 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Overlook. Multi-Version Concordance
Overlooked (10 Occurrences). Acts 6:1 About this time ...
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Excuse (13 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable,
and to overlook; as, we excuse irregular conduct, when extraordinary ...
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Command (442 Occurrences)
... lead. 3. (vt) To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or
vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook. 4 ...
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Oversee (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look
or see after; to overlook. 2. (vt) To omit or neglect seeing. ...
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Overpass (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To go over or beyond; to cross; as, to overpass a river; to overpass limits.
2. (vt) To pass over; to omit; to overlook; to disregard. ...
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Over-long (1 Occurrence)
Over-long. Overlived, Over-long. Overlook . Multi-Version Concordance
Over-long (1 Occurrence). ... (BBE). Overlived, Over-long. Overlook . Reference
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Forgiving (11 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forgive. 2. (a.) Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook
offenses; mild; merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper. ...
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Flank (3 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to
pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank ...
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Racal (1 Occurrence)
... 12), which figures in the story of David's adventures when pursued by Saul (1 Samuel
25) in a manner that makes it improbable that he would overlook the place ...
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Bible Concordance

Overlook (7 Occurrences)

Hebrews 6:10 for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;
(See RSV)

Deuteronomy 9:27 Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; don't look to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin,
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 24:19 When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgot a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 34:12 And the men are working faithfully in the business, and over them are appointed Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathite, to overlook; and of the Levites, every one understanding about instruments of song,
(YLT)

Ezra 3:8 And in the second year of their coming in unto the house of God, to Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all those coming from the captivity to Jerusalem, and they appoint the Levites from a son of twenty years and upward, to overlook the work of the house of Jehovah.
(YLT)

Ezra 3:9 And Jeshua standeth, 'and' his sons, and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, sons of Judah together, to overlook those doing the work in the house of God; the sons of Henadad, 'and' their sons and their brethren the Levites.
(YLT)

Proverbs 19:11 The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Overlook

Related Terms

Overlooked (10 Occurrences)

Excuse (13 Occurrences)

Command (442 Occurrences)

Oversee (7 Occurrences)

Overpass (1 Occurrence)

Over-long (1 Occurrence)

Forgiving (11 Occurrences)

Flank (3 Occurrences)