The Greek verb aphorao combines apo (away from) and horao (to see), meaning to look away from all else and fix one's gaze intently on a single object. It appears twice in the New Testament: in Hebrews 12:2, exhorting believers to fix their eyes on Jesus, and in Philippians 2:23, where Paul looks to how things will go for Timothy.
Hebrews 12:2 gives this verb its most powerful theological use: "fixing our eyes (aphorontes) on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith." This is the antidote to spiritual fatigue: tearing your gaze away from the distractions, difficulties, and discouragements that surround you, and fixing it on Christ who ran the same race and sits victorious at the Father's right hand. All endurance in the Christian life flows from this sustained, deliberate looking at Jesus.