Strong's Greek · G3700
G3700 optánomai
ὀπτάνομαι
op-tan'-om-ahee
to appear
Looking for Hebrew H3700 kâçaph? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G3700. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
optánomai appears once in Scripture, in Acts 1:3. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
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)
In the King James Version
appear, look, see, shew self
Derivation
a (middle voice) prolonged form of the primary (middle voice) ὄπτομαι ; which is used for it in certain tenses; and both as alternate of G3708 (ὁράω);
Appears 1 time in Scripture
“After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
