What does ὅραμα (hórama) mean in the Bible?
ὅραμα (hórama): Supernatural visual experience granted by God, distinct from ordinary sight or mental imagination.
Greek · G3705
ὅραμα
Vision
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ὅραμα G3705
Pronunciation hórama
What does ὅραμα (hórama) mean in the Bible?
ὅραμα (hórama): Supernatural visual experience granted by God, distinct from ordinary sight or mental imagination.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3705?
The BSB source-word alignment has 12 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a vision (6), vision (4), . . . (1), sight (1).
Where does ὅραμα (hórama) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 17:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (11), Matthew (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 6× Acts 9:10, Acts 9:12, Acts 11:5, Acts 12:9
vision 4× Matthew 17:9, Acts 10:17, Acts 10:19, Acts 16:10
. . . 1× Acts 10:3
sight 1× Acts 7:31
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 17:9 ὅραμα to vision Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Acts 7:31 ὅραμα to sight Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Acts 9:10 ὁράματι to a vision Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Acts 9:12 ὁράματι to a vision Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Acts 10:3 ὁράματι to . . . Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Acts 10:17 ὅραμα to vision Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Acts 10:19 ὁράματος to vision Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Acts 11:5 ὅραμα to a vision Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Acts 12:9 ὅραμα to a vision Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Acts 16:9 ὅραμα to a vision Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 17:9
Aligned rows 12
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Acts 11
Source forms
ὅραμα 7x horama Matthew 17:9, Acts 7:31, Acts 10:17, Acts 11:5
ὁράματι 3x horamati Acts 9:10, Acts 9:12, Acts 10:3
ὁράματος 2x horamatos Acts 10:19, Acts 18:9
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 5x Matthew 17:9, Acts 7:31, Acts 11:5, Acts 12:9
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular 3x Acts 9:10, Acts 9:12, Acts 10:3
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 2x Acts 10:19, Acts 18:9
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 2x Acts 10:17, Acts 16:9
Evidence Summary
Revelation
Greek word. Supernatural visual experience granted by God, distinct from ordinary sight or mental imagination.
Strong's G3705
Lexical occurrences 12 verses Greek text appearances 12 times Word forms 4 forms 12 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 16:6-10 Source Gloss
vision
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Supernatural visual experience granted by God, distinct from ordinary sight or mental imagination.
(ὁράω), [in LXX for חָזוֹן, מַרְאֶה, etc. ;] that which is seen;
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
12 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 17:9 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὅραμα, orama
a spectacle, vision
Read verse Acts 7:31 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὅραμα· orama
a spectacle, vision
Read verse Acts 9:10 Noun Dative Singular Neuter
ὁράματι, oramati
a spectacle, vision
Read verse Acts 9:12 Noun Dative Singular Neuter
ὁράματι oramati
a spectacle, vision
Read verse Acts 10:3 Noun Dative Singular Neuter
ὁράματι oramati
a spectacle, vision
Read verse Acts 10:17 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
ὅραμα orama
a spectacle, vision
Read verse Acts 10:19 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ὁράματος, oramatov
a spectacle, vision
Read verse Acts 11:5 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὅραμα, orama
a spectacle, vision
Read verse Acts 12:9 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὅραμα orama
a spectacle, vision
Read verse Acts 16:9 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
ὅραμα orama
a spectacle, vision
Read verse Acts 16:10 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὅραμα orama
a spectacle, vision
Read verse Acts 18:9 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ὁράματος oramatov
a spectacle, vision
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 4 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 4 Aligned forms 12 Case pattern Accusative (5) Number pattern Singular (12)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Acts 10:17 · Acts 16:9 2×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Acts 10:19 · Acts 18:9 2×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Acts 9:10 · Acts 9:12 · Acts 10:3 3×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 17:9 · Acts 7:31 · Acts 11:5 · Acts 12:9 · Acts 16:10 5×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
Supernatural sight or revelation.
Showing 1 selected witness from 12 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ὅραμα is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Serves as clarifying guidance after restricted movement. Acts 16:6-10
Canonical Themes
Revelation
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