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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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“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will 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 - “And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:64

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:64 - Jesus *said to him, “You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of 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.” But they said, “What is that to us? You shall see to it yourself!”

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Now when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this Man’s blood; you yourselves shall see.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:7 - “And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you to 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, “[fn]Do not be afraid; go, bring word to My brothers to leave for 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 along 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 will see THE SON OF MAN COMING IN CLOUDS with great power and glory.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:7 - “But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see Him, just as He told you.’”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:6 -

AND ALL [fn]FLESH WILL SEE THE SALVATION OF GOD!’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:31 - who, appearing in [fn]glory, were speaking of His departure, which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:28 - “In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:22 -

And He said to the disciples, “The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:27 - “And 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 - [[fn]Now an angel from heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:34 - saying, “The Lord has really risen 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 that 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, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:36 - “The one who believes in the Son has eternal life; but the one who does not [fn]obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains 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 believe, you will see the glory of God?”

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“A little while, and you no longer are going to see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:17 - So some of His disciples said to one another, “What is this that He is telling us, ‘A little while, and you are not going to see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because I am going to the Father’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:19 - Jesus knew that they wanted to question Him, and He said to them, “Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you are not going to 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 too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one is going to take your joy away from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:37 - And again another Scripture says, “THEY WILL LOOK AT HIM WHOM THEY PIERCED.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:3 - To [fn]these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing G3700 to them over a period of forty days and speaking of things regarding the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:3 - And tongues that looked like fire appeared to them, [fn]distributing themselves, and a tongue [fn]rested on each one of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:17

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‘AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,’ God says,

‘THAT I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT ON ALL [fn]MANKIND;

AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS WILL PROPHESY,

AND YOUR YOUNG MEN WILL SEE VISIONS,

AND YOUR OLD MEN WILL [fn]HAVE DREAMS;

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And [fn]Stephen said, “Listen to me, [fn]brothers and fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in [fn]Haran,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:26 - “And on the following day he appeared to them as they were fighting each other, and he tried to reconcile them to peace, by saying, ‘Men, you are brothers, why are you injuring each other?’

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“After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn bush.

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“This Moses whom they disowned, saying, ‘WHO MADE YOU A RULER AND A JUDGE?’ is the one whom God [fn]sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with the [fn]help of the angel who appeared to him in the thorn bush.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:17 - So Ananias departed and entered the house, and after laying his hands on him said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:31 - and for many days He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now 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 was standing and pleading with him, and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:15 - but if there are [fn]questions about [fn]teaching and [fn]persons and your own law, see to it yourselves; I am unwilling to be a judge of these matters.”

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“And now behold, I know that all of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will no longer see my face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:16 - ‘But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you as a servant and a witness not only to the things in which you have seen Me, but also to the things in which I will appear to you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:21

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

“THEY WHO HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD ABOUT HIM WILL SEE,

AND THEY WHO HAVE NOT HEARD WILL UNDERSTAND.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:5 - and that He appeared to [fn]Cephas, then to the twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:6 - After that He appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:7 - then He appeared to [fn]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 [fn]to one untimely born, He appeared to me also.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:16 - Beyond question, great is the mystery of godliness:

He who was revealed in the flesh,

Was [fn]vindicated [fn]in the Spirit,

Seen by angels,

Proclaimed among the 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 Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:14 -

Pursue peace with all people, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.


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