ὀπτασία
optasía · G3701 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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vision
An event in which something appears vividly and credibly to the mind, although not actually present, but implying the influence of some divine or supernatural power or agency
ExamplesLuke 1:22 But when he came out, he was unable to speak to them; and they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple, and he repeatedly made signs to them, and remained speechless.
Luke 24:23 and did not find His body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive.
Acts 26:19 “For that reason, King Agrippa, I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision,
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- κύριοςLord 1
- ἄγγελοςangel, messenger 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὐράνιοςheavenly 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὁράωto see 2
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰςto 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ὅραμα hórama · G3705 · something seen, sight, vision
- Both denote a supernatural vision or apparition. ὀπτασία emphasizes the abstract quality or event of appearing (visuality, the act of being seen), while ὅραμα denotes the concrete object or spectacle that is seen (what is gazed at). Despite this aspectual difference, both function as near-synonyms referring to the same category of divine or supernatural visual phenomena.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Vision33.488
- Recounting Paul's testimony before Agrippa, Acts 26:19 states “For that reason, King Agrippa, I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision,” where “vision” renders this noun.
Word family 32 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ὀπτασίας, ἡ (ὀπτάζω); 1. the act of exhibiting oneself to view: ὀπτασιαι κυρίου, 2 Cor…
1. the act of exhibiting oneself to view: ὀπτασιαι κυρίου, 2 Cor 12:1 (A. V. visions; cf. Meyer at the passage) (ἐν ἡμέραις ὀπτασίας μου, Additions to Est 4:1, 4:44 (13) [Esther 4:384:17f]; (cf. Mal 3:2); ἥλιος ἐν ὀπτασία, coming into view, Sir. 43:2).
2. a sight, a vision, an appearance presented to one whether asleep or awake: οὐρανίῳ ὀπτασία, Acts 26:19; ἑωρακέναι ὀπτασίαν, Lk 1:22; with the genitive of apposition ἀγγέλων, Lk 24:23. A later form for ὄψις (cf. Winers Grammar, 24), Anthol. 6, 210, 6; for מַרְאֶה, (Theod.) Dan 9:23; Dan 10:1, Dan 10:7f.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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