Strong's Concordance 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). Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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) 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. From a presumed derivative of optanomai; visuality, i.e. (concretely) an apparition -- vision. see GREEK optanomai Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 37014 Occurrences ὀπτασίᾳ — 1 Occ. ὀπτασίαν — 2 Occ. ὀπτασίας — 1 Occ. Luke 1:22 N-AFS GRK: ἐπέγνωσαν ὅτι ὀπτασίαν ἑώρακεν ἐν NAS: that he had seen a vision in the temple; KJV: he had seen a vision in INT: they recognized that a vision he has seen in Luke 24:23 N-AFS Acts 26:19 N-DFS 2 Corinthians 12:1 N-AFP |