ὄψις
ópsis · G3799 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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face
The front part of the human head
ExamplesJohn 11:44 Out came the man who had died, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
Revelation 1:16 In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its strength.
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outward appearance, external form
That which is thought to be true but is not necessarily so, since it is based upon mere appearance and external form
ExamplesJohn 7:24 “Do not judge by the outward appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”
How it’s used In 3 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 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- περιδέωto tie around 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κατάaccording to, against, down 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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In the other Testament 1 word
- מַרְאֶה marʼeh · H4758 · appearance, sight, ugly
- Hebrew מַרְאֶה denotes visual appearance, form, or sight as the thing seen, serving as the standard Septuagintal equivalent for Greek ὄψις in its concrete sense of visible aspect or countenance.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Outward appearance, external form30.14
- This domain covers ὄψις naming outward, surface appearance as opposed to true judgment, as Jesus rebukes the crowd at the Feast of Tabernacles: “Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.” (John 7:24)
- Face8.18
- Here ὄψις names the literal face, as John describes Lazarus emerging from the tomb: “The man who had died came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth.” (John 11:44)
Word family 32 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ὄψεως, ἡ (ὈΠΤΩ, ὄψομαι (cf. ὀφθαλμός)), from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for מַרְאֶה;…
1. seeing, sight.
2. face, countenance: Jn 11:44; Rev 1:16.
3. the outward appearance, look (many lexicographers give this neuter and objective sense precedence): κρίνειν κατ' ὄψιν, Jn 7:24.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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