What does θεός · ὁράω mean in the Bible?
θεός · ὁράω is a Greek phrase meaning "they will see God".
Greek · G2316, G3708
τὸν θεὸν ὄψονται
God · by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear
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θεός G2316 God
Pronunciation theós
The definite article marks God as the one true God; anarthrous form emphasizes His divine nature or character.
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ὁράω G3708 by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear
Pronunciation horáō
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What does τὸν θεὸν ὄψονται (ton theon opsontai) mean in the Bible?
θεός · ὁράω is a Greek phrase meaning "they will see God".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2316, G3708?
G2316, G3708 is connected to 1,307 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. they will see God
Source Gloss
they will see God
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 9 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 9 Aligned forms 1307 Case pattern Genitive (687) Number pattern Singular (1299)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:23 · Matt 3:9 · Matt 6:30 · Matt 15:4 · Matt 19:6 · Matt 22:32 · Mark 2:7 · Mark 10:9 · Mark 10:18 · Mark 12:26 · Mark 12:27 · Mark 12:29 · Mark 13:19 · Mark 15:34 · Luke 1:32 · Luke 1:68 305×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine John 10:34 · Acts 14:11 · Acts 19:26 · 1 Cor 8:5 5×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 3:16 · Matt 4:3 · Matt 4:4 · Matt 4:6 · Matt 5:9 · Matt 5:34 · Matt 8:29 · Matt 12:4 · Matt 12:28 · Matt 14:33 · Matt 15:3 · Matt 15:6 · Matt 16:16 · Matt 16:23 · Matt 19:24 · Matt 21:31 687×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 6:24 · Matt 19:26 · Matt 22:21 · Mark 10:27 · Mark 12:17 · Luke 1:30 · Luke 1:47 · Luke 2:14 · Luke 2:38 · Luke 2:52 · Luke 16:13 · Luke 17:18 · Luke 18:27 · Luke 18:43 · Luke 20:25 · John 3:21 157×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Gal 4:8 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 4:7 · Matt 4:10 · Matt 5:8 · Matt 9:8 · Matt 15:31 · Matt 22:37 · Matt 27:43 · Mark 2:12 · Mark 5:7 · Mark 12:30 · Luke 1:16 · Luke 1:64 · Luke 2:13 · Luke 2:20 · Luke 2:28 · Luke 4:8 147×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine John 10:35 · Acts 7:40 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 19:37 1×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Matt 27:46 2×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 464 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 358 perfect 52 future 34 present 19 pluperfect 1
Voice
active 406 middle 33 passive 25
Mood
indicative 228 participle 137 infinitive 39 subjunctive 36 imperative 24
NT Occurrences
Matthew 2:10 ἰδόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 2:11 εἶδον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 2:16 ἰδὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 2:2 εἴδομεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 2:9 εἶδον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 3:16 εἶδεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 3:7 Ἰδὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 4:16 εἶδεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 4:18 εἶδεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 4:21 εἶδεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 5:1 Ἰδὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 5:16 ἴδωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 5:8 ὄψονται future middle indicative prospective Matthew 8:14 εἶδεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 8:18 Ἰδὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 8:34 ἰδόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 8:4 Ὅρα present active imperative imperative Matthew 9:11 ἰδόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:2 ἰδὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:22 ἰδὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:23 ἰδὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:30 Ὁρᾶτε present active imperative imperative Matthew 9:36 Ἰδὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:8 ἰδόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:9 εἶδεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 11:8 ἰδεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 11:9 ἰδεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 12:2 ἰδόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 12:25 εἰδὼς perfect active participle participle Matthew 12:38 ἰδεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 13:14 ἴδητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 13:15 ἴδωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 13:17 ἰδεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 13:17 εἶδαν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 14:14 εἶδεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 14:26 ἰδόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 16:28 ἴδωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 17:3 ὤφθη aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 17:8 εἶδον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 18:10 Ὁρᾶτε present active imperative imperative
+424 more occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
τὸν θεὸν ὄψονται is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain