What does ὀπτασία (optasía) mean in the Bible?
ὀπτασία (optasía) is a Greek word meaning "vision".
Greek · G3701
ὀπτασία
Vision
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ὀπτασία G3701
Pronunciation optasía
What does ὀπτασία (optasía) mean in the Bible?
ὀπτασία (optasía) is a Greek word meaning "vision".
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Questions this entry answers
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 It a vision 2× Luke 1:22, Luke 24:23
vision 1× Acts 26:19
visions 1× 2 Corinthians 12:1
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 1:22
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Luke 2 Acts 1 2 Corinthians 1
Source forms
ὀπτασίαν 2x optasian Luke 1:22, Luke 24:23
ὀπτασίᾳ 1x optasia Acts 26:19
ὀπτασίας 1x optasias 2 Corinthians 12:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x Luke 1:22, Luke 24:23
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x 2 Corinthians 12:1
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Acts 26:19
Evidence Summary
Greek word. vision
Strong's G3701
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
vision
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 1:22 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ὀπτασίαν optasian
a vision, supernatural appearance
Read verse Luke 24:23 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ὀπτασίαν optasian
a vision, supernatural appearance
Read verse Acts 26:19 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ὀπτασίᾳ· optasia
a vision, supernatural appearance
Read verse 2 Corinthians 12:1 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
ὀπτασίας optasiav
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 patterns 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Feminine Acts 26:19 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Luke 1:22 · Luke 24:23 2×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine 2 Cor 12:1 1×
Word Origins
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