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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)
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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 14 times in 13 verses in 'Act' in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:3 - οἷς καὶ παρέστησεν ἑαυτὸν ζῶντα μετὰ τὸ παθεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν πολλοῖς τεκμηρίοις δι᾽ ἡμερῶν τεσσεράκοντα ὀπτανόμενος G3700 αὐτοῖς καὶ λέγων τὰ περὶ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:3 - καὶ ὤφθησαν αὐτοῖς διαμεριζόμεναι γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐφ᾽ ἕνα ἕκαστον αὐτῶν
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:17 - καὶ ἔσται ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις λέγει θεός ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός μου ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα καὶ προφητεύσουσιν οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες ὑμῶν καὶ οἱ νεανίσκοι ὑμῶν ὁράσεις ὄψονται καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ὑμῶν ἐνυπνίοις ἐνυπνιασθήσονται
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:2 - δὲ ἔφη ἄνδρες ἀδελφοὶ καὶ πατέρες ἀκούσατε θεὸς τῆς δόξης ὤφθη τῷ πατρὶ ἡμῶν Ἀβραὰμ ὄντι ἐν τῇ Μεσοποταμίᾳ πρὶν κατοικῆσαι αὐτὸν ἐν Χαρράν
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:26 - τῇ τε ἐπιούσῃ ἡμέρᾳ ὤφθη αὐτοῖς μαχομένοις καὶ συνήλλασσεν αὐτοὺς εἰς εἰρήνην εἰπών ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί ἐστε ἱνατί ἀδικεῖτε ἀλλήλους
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:30 - καὶ πληρωθέντων ἐτῶν τεσσεράκοντα ὤφθη αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τοῦ ὄρους Σινᾶ ἄγγελος ἐν φλογὶ πυρὸς βάτου
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:35 - τοῦτον τὸν Μωϋσῆν ὃν ἠρνήσαντο εἰπόντες τίς σε κατέστησεν ἄρχοντα καὶ δικαστήν τοῦτον θεὸς καὶ ἄρχοντα καὶ λυτρωτὴν ἀπέσταλκεν σὺν χειρὶ ἀγγέλου τοῦ ὀφθέντος αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ βάτῳ
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:17 - ἀπῆλθεν δὲ Ἁνανίας καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν καὶ ἐπιθεὶς ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν τὰς χεῖρας εἶπεν Σαοὺλ ἀδελφέ κύριος ἀπέσταλκέν με Ἰησοῦς ὀφθείς σοι ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ἤρχου ὅπως ἀναβλέψῃς καὶ πλησθῇς πνεύματος ἁγίου
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:31 - ὃς ὤφθη ἐπὶ ἡμέρας πλείους τοῖς συναναβᾶσιν αὐτῷ ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ οἵτινες νῦν εἰσιν μάρτυρες αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸν λαόν
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:9 - καὶ ὅραμα διὰ τῆς νυκτὸς τῷ Παύλῳ ὤφθη ἀνὴρ Μακεδών τις ἦν ἑστὼς καὶ παρακαλῶν αὐτὸν καὶ λέγων διαβὰς εἰς Μακεδονίαν βοήθησον ἡμῖν
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:15 - εἰ δὲ ζητήματά ἐστιν περὶ λόγου καὶ ὀνομάτων καὶ νόμου τοῦ καθ᾽ ὑμᾶς ὄψεσθε αὐτοί κριτὴς ἐγὼ τούτων οὐ βούλομαι εἶναι
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:25 - καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ οἶδα ὅτι οὐκέτι ὄψεσθε τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ὑμεῖς πάντες ἐν οἷς διῆλθον κηρύσσων τὴν βασιλείαν
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:16 - ἀλλὰ ἀνάστηθι καὶ στῆθι ἐπὶ τοὺς πόδας σου εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ ὤφθην σοι προχειρίσασθαί σε ὑπηρέτην καὶ μάρτυρα ὧν τε εἶδές με ὧν τε ὀφθήσομαί σοι
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