What does ὅρασις (hórasis) mean in the Bible?
ὅρασις (hórasis) is a Greek word meaning "appearance/vision".
Greek · G3706
ὅρασις
Appearance/vision
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ὅρασιςG3706
Pronunciationhórasis
What does ὅρασις (hórasis) mean in the Bible?
ὅρασις (hórasis) is a Greek word meaning "appearance/vision".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3706?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include looked (1), that gleamed (1), vision (1), visions (1).
Where does ὅρασις (hórasis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 2:17. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (3), 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 Itlooked1×Revelation 4:3
that gleamed1×Revelation 4:3
vision1×Revelation 9:17
visions1×Acts 2:17
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 2:17
Aligned rows4
Books represented2
Acts1Revelation3
Source forms
ὁράσει3xhoraseiRevelation 4:3, Revelation 9:17
ὁράσεις1xhoraseisActs 2:17
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular3xRevelation 4:3, Revelation 9:17
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural1xActs 2:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. appearance/vision
Strong'sG3706
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms2 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
appearance/vision
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(ὁράω) [in LXX chiefly for מַרְאֶה, חָזוֹן and cognate forms ;]
1in Arist. and later writers, the act of seeing, the sense of sight, and by meton., pl., the eyes.
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.
Acts 2:17Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
ὁράσειςoraseiv
a sight, vision, appearance
Read verseRevelation 4:3Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ὁράσειorasei
a sight, vision, appearance
Read verseRevelation 4:3Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ὁράσειorasei
a sight, vision, appearance
Read verseRevelation 9:17Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ὁράσει,orasei
a sight, vision, 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 2 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 patterns2Aligned forms4Case patternDative (3)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · FeminineRev 4:3 · Rev 9:173×
Accusative · Plural · FeminineActs 2:171×
Word Origins
ὅρασις is built from this root:
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