ὀπτάνομαι optanomai · G3700G
to appear
ὀπτάνω ; [in LXX: 3Ki.8:8 (רָאָה ni.), Tob.12:19 * ; ] ; late present as from ὤφθην (= ὁράω); mid., ὀπτάνομαι, to allow oneself to be seen, to appear. with dative, Act.1:3. (For exx. from π., see Deiss., LAE, 79, 2526; MM, ii, xviii.) †; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ὀπτάζομαι, ; passive, to be seen, []:—so ὀπτάνομαι,[]:—an active ὀπταίνω in []
Where it's used 29 times
Matthew 5:8 · Matthew 24:30 · Matthew 26:64 · Matthew 27:24 · Matthew 28:7 · Matthew 28:10 · Mark 13:26 · Mark 14:62 · Mark 16:7 · Luke 3:6 · Luke 13:28 · Luke 17:22 · Luke 21:27 · John 1:39 · John 1:51 · John 3:36 · John 16:16 · John 16:17 · John 16:19 · John 19:37 · Acts 2:17 · Acts 18:15 · Acts 20:25 · Romans 15:21 · 1 Timothy 3:16 · Hebrews 12:14 · 1 John 3:2 · Revelation 1:7 · Revelation 22:4
Source: TBESG G3700G; TFLSJ G3700G
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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