Lexicon optasia: an appearing Original Word: ὀπτασία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: optasia Phonetic Spelling: (op-tas-ee'-ah) Short Definition: a vision, supernatural appearance Definition: a vision, supernatural appearance. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 3701 optasía (a feminine noun derived from 3700 /optánomai "to see") – a vision (spiritual seeing), emphasizing a particular facet (aspect) of a spiritual vision ("seeing"), as defined by the individual context. See 3708 (horaō). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom optazomai (to be seen) Definitionan appearing NASB Translationvision (3), visions (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3701: ὀπτασίαὀπτασία, ὀπτασίας, ἡ ( ὀπτάζω); 1. the act of exhibiting oneself to view: ὀπτασιαι κυρίου, 2 Corinthians 12:1 (A. V. visions; cf. Meyer at the passage) (ἐν ἡμέραις ὀπτασίας μου, Additions to Esther 4:1, 44 (13) [Esther 4:384:17f]; (cf. Malachi 3:2); ἥλιος ἐν ὀπτασία, coming into view, Sir. 43:2). 2. a sight, a vision, an appearance presented to one whether asleep or awake: οὐρανίῳ ὀπτασία, Acts 26:19; ἑωρακέναι ὀπτασίαν, Luke 1:22; with the genitive of apposition ἀγγέλων, Luke 24:23. A later form for ὄψις (cf. Winers Grammar, 24), Anthol. 6, 210, 6; for מַרְאֶה, (Theod.) Daniel 9:23; Daniel 10:1, 7f.
Strong's vision. From a presumed derivative of optanomai; visuality, i.e. (concretely) an apparition -- vision. see GREEK optanomai |
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