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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 58 times in 57 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:8 - 'Happy the clean in heart -- because they shall see God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:3 - and lo, appear to them did Moses and Elijah, talking together with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:30 - and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth smite the breast, and they shall see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of the heaven, with power and much glory;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:64

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:64 - Jesus saith to him, 'Thou hast said; nevertheless I say to you, hereafter ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming upon the clouds, of the heaven.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:4 - 'I did sin, having delivered up innocent blood;' and they said, 'What -- to us? thou shalt see!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:24 - And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, 'I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one; ye -- ye shall see;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:7 - and having gone quickly, say ye to his disciples, that he rose from the dead; and lo, he doth go before you to Galilee, there ye shall see him; lo, I have told you.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:10 - Then saith Jesus to them, 'Fear ye not, go away, tell to my brethren that they may go away to Galilee, and there they shall see me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:26 - 'And then they shall see the Son of Man coming in clouds with much power and glory,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:62

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:62 - and Jesus said, 'I am; and ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming with the clouds, of the heaven.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:7 - and go, say to his disciples, and Peter, that he doth go before you to Galilee; there ye shall see him, as he said to you.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:11 - And there appeared to him a messenger of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of the perfume,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:6 - and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:31 - who having appeared in glory, spake of his outgoing that he was about to fulfil in Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:28 - 'There shall be there the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth, when ye may see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the reign of God, and yourselves being cast out without;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:22 - And he said unto his disciples, 'Days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and ye shall not behold it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:27 - 'And then they shall see the Son of Man, coming in a cloud, with power and much glory;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:43 - And there appeared to him a messenger from heaven strengthening him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:34 - saying -- 'The Lord was raised indeed, and was seen by 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 thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, thou dost believe; greater things than these thou shalt see;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:51 - and he saith to him, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, henceforth ye shall see the heaven opened, and the messengers of God going up and coming down upon the Son of Man.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:36 - he who is believing in the Son, hath life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God doth remain upon him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:40 - Jesus saith to her, 'Said I not to thee, that if thou mayest believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:16 - a little while, and ye do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go away unto the Father.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:17 - Therefore said some of his disciples one to another, 'What is this that he saith to us, A little while, and ye do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me, and, Because I go away unto the Father?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:19 - Jesus, therefore, knew that they were wishing to ask him, and he said to them, 'Concerning this do ye seek one with another, because I said, A little while, and you do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:22 - 'And ye, therefore, now, indeed, have sorrow; and again I will see you, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one doth take from you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:37 - and again another Writing saith, 'They shall look to him whom they did pierce.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:3 - to whom also he did present himself alive after his suffering, in many certain proofs, through forty days being seen by them, and speaking the things concerning the reign of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:3 - and there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it sat also upon each one of them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:17 - And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:2 - and he said, 'Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken: The God of the glory did appear to our father Abraham, being in Mesopotamia, before his dwelling in Haran,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:26 - 'On the succeeding day, also, he shewed himself to them as they are striving, and urged them to peace, saying, Men, brethren are ye, wherefore do ye injustice to one another?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:30 - and forty years having been fulfilled, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai a messenger of the Lord, in a flame of fire of a bush,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:35 - 'This Moses, whom they did refuse, saying, Who did set thee a ruler and a judge? this one God a ruler and a redeemer did send, in the hand of a messenger 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 away, and did enter into the house, and having put upon him his hands, said, 'Saul, brother, the Lord hath sent me -- Jesus who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming -- that thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the Holy Spirit.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:31 - and he was seen for many days of those who did come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:9 - And a vision through the night appeared to Paul -- a certain man of Macedonia was standing, calling upon him, and saying, 'Having passed through to Macedonia, help us;' --

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:15 - but if it is a question concerning words and names, and of your law, look ye yourselves to it, for a judge of these things I do not wish to be,'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:25 - 'And now, lo, I have known that no more shall ye see my face, -- ye all among whom I did go preaching the reign of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:16 - but rise, and stand upon thy feet, for for this I appeared to thee, to appoint thee an officer and a witness both of the things thou didst see, and of the things in which I will appear to thee,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:21 - but according as it hath been written, 'To whom it was not told concerning him, they shall see; and they who have not heard, shall understand.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:5 - and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:6 - afterwards he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain till now, and certain also did fall asleep;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:7 - afterwards he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:8 - And last of all -- as to the untimely birth -- he appeared also to me,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:16 - and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety -- God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:28 - so also the Christ, once having been offered to bear the sins of many, a second time, apart from a sin-offering, shall appear, to those waiting for him -- to salvation!

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:14 - peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,

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