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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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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)

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:8 - Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:3 - And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:30 - “Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:64

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:64 - Jesus said to him, “It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:4 - saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” And they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:24 - When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this just Person.[fn] You see to it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:7 - “And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:10 - Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:4 - And Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:26 - “Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:62

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:62 - Jesus said, “I am. And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:7 - “But go, tell His disciples—and Peter—that He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, as He said to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:11 - Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:6 - And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’ ”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:31 - who appeared in glory and spoke of His decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:28 - “There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:22 - Then He said to the disciples, “The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:27 - “Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:43 - Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:34 - saying, “The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:50 - Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:51 - And He said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter[fn] you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:36 - “He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:40 - Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:16 - “A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, because I go to the Father.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:17 - Then some of His disciples said among themselves, “What is this that He says to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because I go to the Father’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:19 - Now Jesus knew that they desired to ask Him, and He said to them, “Are you inquiring among yourselves about what I said, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:22 - “Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:37 - And again another Scripture says, “They shall look on Him whom they pierced.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:3 - to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:3 - Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:17 - ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,
That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your young men shall see visions,
Your old men shall dream dreams.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:2 - And he said, “Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:26 - “And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong one another?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:30 - “And when forty years had passed, an Angel of the Lord[fn] appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:35 - “This Moses whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’[fn] is the one God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:17 - And Ananias went his way and entered the house; and laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus,[fn] who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:31 - “He was seen for many days by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:9 - And a vision appeared to Paul in the night. A man of Macedonia stood and pleaded with him, saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:15 - “But if it is a question of words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; for I do not want to be a judge of such matters.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:25 - “And indeed, now I know that you all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, will see my face no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:16 - ‘But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:21 - but as it is written:

“To whom He was not announced, they shall see;
And those who have not heard shall understand.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:5 - and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:6 - After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:7 - After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:8 - Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:16 - And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:

God[fn] was manifested in the flesh,
Justified in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Preached among the Gentiles,
Believed on in the world,
Received up in glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:28 - so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:14 - Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:

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