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Lexicon :: Strong's G3700 - optanomai

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ὀπτάνομαι
Transliteration
optanomai (Key)
Pronunciation
op-tan'-om-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A (middle voice) prolonged form of the primary (middle voice) optomai {op'-tom-ahee}, which is used for it in certain tenses, and both as alternate of ὁράω (G3708)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:315,706

Strong’s Definitions

ὀπτάνομαι optánomai, op-tan'-om-ahee; a (middle voice) prolonged form of the primary (middle voice) ὄπτομαι óptomai op'-tom-ahee; which is used for it in certain tenses; and both as alternate of G3708; to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from G991, which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from G1492, which expresses merely mechanical, passive or casual vision; while G2300, and still more emphatically its intensive G2334, signifies an earnest but more continued inspection; and G4648 a watching from a distance):—appear, look, see, shew self.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x

The KJV translates Strong's G3700 in the following manner: see (37x), appear (17x), look (2x), show (one's) self (1x), being seen (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x
The KJV translates Strong's G3700 in the following manner: see (37x), appear (17x), look (2x), show (one's) self (1x), being seen (1x).
  1. to look at, behold

  2. to allow one's self to be seen, to appear

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὀπτάνομαι optánomai, op-tan'-om-ahee; a (middle voice) prolonged form of the primary (middle voice) ὄπτομαι óptomai op'-tom-ahee; which is used for it in certain tenses; and both as alternate of G3708; to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from G991, which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from G1492, which expresses merely mechanical, passive or casual vision; while G2300, and still more emphatically its intensive G2334, signifies an earnest but more continued inspection; and G4648 a watching from a distance):—appear, look, see, shew self.
STRONGS G3700:
ὀπτάνω (ὈΠΤΩ): to look at, behold; middle present participle ὀπτανόμενος; to allow oneself to be seen, to appear: τίνι, Acts 1:3. (1 Kings 8:8; Tobit 12:19; (Graecus Venetus, Exodus 34:24).)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
34:24
1 Kings
8:8
Acts
1:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3700 matches the Greek ὀπτάνομαι (optanomai),
which occurs 58 times in 57 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 5:8–Heb 12:14)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:8 -

“Blessed are the pure in heart,

for they will see God.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:3 -

Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:30 -

“Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the peoples of the earth[fn] will mourn;[fn] and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:64 -

“You have said it,” Jesus told him. “But I tell you, in the future[fn] you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:4 -

“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.

“What’s that to us? ” they said. “See to it yourself! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:24 -

When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was starting instead, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood.[fn] See to it yourselves! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:7 -

“Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead and indeed he is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see him there.’ Listen, I have told you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:10 -

Then Jesus told them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to leave for Galilee, and they will see me there.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:4 -

Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:26 -

“Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:62 -

“I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:7 -

“But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see him there just as he told you.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:11 -

An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the altar of incense.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:6 -

and everyone will see the salvation of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:31 -

They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish in Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:28 -

“There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves thrown out.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:22 -

Then he told the disciples, “The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you won’t see it.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:27 -

“Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:43 -

Then an angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:34 -

who said, “The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:50 -

Jesus responded to him, “Do you believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:51 -

Then he said, “Truly I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:36 -

The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who rejects the Son[fn] will not see life; instead, the wrath of God remains on him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:40 -

Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:16 -

“In a little while, you will no longer see me; again in a little while, you will see me.”[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:17 -

Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this he’s telling us: ‘In a little while, you will not see me; again in a little while, you will see me,’ and, ‘Because I am going to the Father’? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:19 -

Jesus knew they wanted to ask him, and so he said to them, “Are you asking one another about what I said, ‘In a little while, you will not see me; again in a little while, you will see me’?

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:22 -

“So you also have sorrow[fn] now. But I will see you again. Your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy from you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:37 -

Also, another Scripture says: They will look at the one they pierced.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:3 -

After he had suffered, he also presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:3 -

They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and rested on each one of them.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:17 -

“And it will be in the last days, says God,

that I will pour out my Spirit on all people;

then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,

your young men will see visions,

and your old men will dream dreams.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:2 -

“Brothers and fathers,” he replied, “listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:26 -

“The next day he showed up while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them peacefully, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other? ’

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:30 -

“After forty years had passed, an angel[fn] appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:35 -

“This Moses, whom they rejected when they said, Who appointed you a ruler and a judge? ​— ​this one God sent as a ruler and a deliverer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:17 -

Ananias went and entered the house. He placed his hands on him and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road you were traveling, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:31 -

“and he appeared for many days to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:9 -

During the night Paul had a vision in which a Macedonian man was standing and pleading with him, “Cross over to Macedonia and help us! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:15 -

“But if these are questions about words, names, and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:25 -

“And now I know that none of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will ever see me again.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:16 -

“But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen and will see of me.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:21 -

but, as it is written,

Those who were not told about him will see,

and those who have not heard will understand.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:5 -

and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:6 -

Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers and sisters at one time; most of them are still alive, but some have fallen asleep.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:7 -

Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:8 -

Last of all, as to one born at the wrong time,[fn] he also appeared to me.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:16 -

And most certainly, the mystery of godliness is great:

He[fn] was manifested in the flesh,

vindicated in the Spirit,

seen by angels,

preached among the nations,

believed on in the world,

taken up in glory.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:28 -

so also Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but[fn] to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:14 -

Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness ​— ​without it no one will see the Lord.


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