ὀπτάνομαι
optanomai
“to appear”
Definition
to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from G991 (βλέπω), which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from G1492 (εἴδω), which expresses merely mechanical, passive or casual vision; while G2300 (θεάομαι), and still more emphatically its intensive G2334 (θεωρέω), signifies an earnest but more continued inspection; and G4648 (σκοπέω) a watching from a distance)
a (middle voice) prolonged form of the primary (middle voice) ; which is used for it in certain tenses; and both as alternate of G3708 (ὁράω);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
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Occurrences
ὀπτάνομαι appears 53 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.
They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
Then He said to the disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
Then go quickly and tell His disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him.’ See, I have told you.”
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