Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything. 2. (n.) The result of an act, or of acts, of observing; view; reflection; conclusion; judgment. 3. (n.) Hence: An expression of an opinion or judgment upon what one has observed; a remark. 4. (n.) Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance. 5. (n.) The act of recognizing and noting some fact or occurrence in nature, as an aurora, a corona, or the structure of an animal. 6. (n.) Specifically, the act of measuring, with suitable instruments, some magnitude, as the time of an occultation, with a clock; the right ascension of a star, with a transit instrument and clock; the sun's altitude, or the distance of the moon from a star, with a sextant; the temperature, with a thermometer, etc. 7. (n.) The information so acquired.

Multi-Version Concordance Observation (4 Occurrences) Mark 7:24 Then He rose and left that place and went into the neighbourhood of Tyre and Sidon. Here He entered a house and wished no one to know it, but He could not escape observation. (WEY) Luke 1:3 It seemed good to me, having made observation, with great care, of the direction of events in their order, to put the facts in writing for you, most noble Theophilus; (BBE) Luke 17:20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The Kingdom of God doesn't come with observation; (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NIV) 1 Chronicles 19:3 But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father, by sending comforters to you? is it not clear that these men have only come to go through the land and to make secret observation of it so that they may overcome it? (BBE)