What does ὀπτασία (optasía) mean in the Bible?
ὀπτασία (optasía) is a Greek word meaning "vision".
Greek · G3701
ὀπτασία
Vision
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ὀπτασίαG3701
Pronunciationoptasía
What does ὀπτασία (optasía) mean in the Bible?
ὀπτασία (optasía) is a Greek word meaning "vision".
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How does the BSB render G3701?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a vision (2), vision (1), visions (1).
Where does ὀπτασία (optasía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 1:22. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), 2 Corinthians (1), Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ita vision2×Luke 1:22, Luke 24:23
vision1×Acts 26:19
visions1×2 Corinthians 12:1
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 1:22
Aligned rows4
Books represented3
Luke2Acts12 Corinthians1
Source forms
ὀπτασίαν2xoptasianLuke 1:22, Luke 24:23
ὀπτασίᾳ1xoptasiaActs 26:19
ὀπτασίας1xoptasias2 Corinthians 12:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular2xLuke 1:22, Luke 24:23
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural1x2 Corinthians 12:1
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular1xActs 26:19
Evidence Summary
Greek word. vision
Strong'sG3701
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms3 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
vision
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 1:22Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ὀπτασίανoptasian
a vision, supernatural appearance
Read verseLuke 24:23Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ὀπτασίανoptasian
a vision, supernatural appearance
Read verseActs 26:19Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ὀπτασίᾳ·optasia
a vision, supernatural appearance
Read verse2 Corinthians 12:1Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
ὀπτασίαςoptasiav
a vision, supernatural appearance
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 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 patterns3Aligned forms4Case patternAccusative (3)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · FeminineActs 26:191×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineLuke 1:22 · Luke 24:232×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine2 Cor 12:11×