Lexical Summary opsis: the act of seeing, the sense of sight Original Word: ὄψιςTransliteration: opsis Phonetic Spelling: (op'-sis) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: the act of seeing, the sense of sight Meaning: the act of seeing, the sense of sight Strong's Concordance appearance, countenance, face. From optanomai; properly, sight (the act), i.e. (by implication) the visage, an external show -- appearance, countenance, face. see GREEK optanomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3799: ὄψιςὄψις, ὄψεως, ἡ (ὈΠΤΩ, ὄψομαι (cf. ὀφθαλμός)), from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for מַרְאֶה; 1. seeing, sight. 2. face, countenance: John 11:44; Revelation 1:16. 3. the outward appearance, look (many lexicographers give this neuter and objective sense precedence): κρίνειν κατ' ὄψιν, John 7:24. |
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