What does ὁράω · κύριος mean in the Bible?
ὁράω · κύριος is a Greek phrase meaning "I have seen the Lord".
Greek · G3708, G2962
Ἑώρακα τὸν κύριον
By extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear · lord: God
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ὁράω G3708 by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear
Pronunciation horáō
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κύριος G2962 lord: God
Pronunciation kýrios
One who possesses ultimate authority; in NT, distinctively applied to the risen Jesus Christ alongside God.
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What does Ἑώρακα τὸν κύριον (Heōraka ton kyrion) mean in the Bible?
ὁράω · κύριος is a Greek phrase meaning "I have seen the Lord".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3708, G2962?
G3708, G2962 is connected to 476 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. I have seen the Lord
Source Gloss
I have seen the Lord
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 5 Aligned forms 476 Tenses Aorist, Perfect, Future, Present, Pluperfect Voices Active, Passive, Middle
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 140×
Aorist Active Matt 2:16 · Matt 3:7 · Matt 5:1 · Matt 8:18 · Matt 9:2 · Matt 9:22 · Matt 9:23 · Matt 9:36 · Matt 21:19 · Matt 27:3 · Matt 27:24 · Mark 2:5 · Mark 5:6 · Mark 5:22 · Mark 6:48 · Mark 8:33 107×
Perfect Active Matt 9:4 · Matt 12:25 · Mark 6:20 · Mark 12:15 · Luke 9:33 · Luke 9:47 · Luke 11:17 · John 6:61 · John 13:1 · John 13:3 · John 14:9 · John 18:4 · John 19:28 · John 19:35 · Acts 2:30 · Acts 20:22 27×
Aorist Passive Luke 9:31 · Acts 7:35 · Acts 9:17 3×
Present Active Luke 23:49 · Heb 11:27 · 1 Pet 1:8 3×
Indicative states a fact or reality 236×
Aorist Active John 1:48 · John 1:50 · John 18:26 · Acts 7:34 · Acts 11:5 · Acts 11:6 · Acts 26:13 · Gal 1:19 · Gal 2:14 · Rev 1:12 · Rev 1:17 · Rev 4:1 · Rev 5:1 · Rev 5:2 · Rev 5:6 · Rev 5:11 146×
Future Middle Matt 26:64 · Matt 27:24 · Matt 28:7 · Mark 14:62 · Mark 16:7 · Luke 17:22 · John 1:39 · John 1:51 · John 16:16 · John 16:17 · John 16:19 · Acts 18:15 · Acts 20:25 · Matt 5:8 · Matt 24:30 · Matt 28:10 32×
Perfect Active Luke 1:22 · John 1:18 · John 3:32 · John 6:46 · John 14:9 · Col 2:18 · 1 John 3:6 · 1 John 4:20 · 3 John 1:11 · John 3:11 · John 20:25 · 1 John 1:1 · 1 John 1:2 · 1 John 1:3 · John 1:34 · John 8:38 30×
Aorist Passive Matt 17:3 · Mark 9:4 · Luke 1:11 · Luke 22:43 · Luke 24:34 · Acts 7:2 · Acts 7:26 · Acts 7:30 · Acts 13:31 · Acts 16:9 · 1 Cor 15:5 · 1 Cor 15:6 · 1 Cor 15:7 · 1 Cor 15:8 · 1 Tim 3:16 · Rev 11:19 20×
Present Active Mark 8:24 · Acts 8:23 · Luke 16:23 · Heb 2:8 · Jas 2:24 5×
Future Passive Acts 26:16 · Heb 9:28 2×
Pluperfect Active Acts 7:44 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 39×
Aorist Active Matt 11:8 · Matt 11:9 · Matt 12:38 · Matt 13:17 · Matt 26:58 · Mark 5:14 · Mark 5:32 · Luke 2:26 · Luke 7:25 · Luke 7:26 · Luke 8:20 · Luke 8:35 · Luke 9:9 · Luke 10:24 · Luke 14:18 · Luke 17:22 38×
Perfect Active Luke 24:23 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 36×
Aorist Active Matt 13:14 · Matt 23:39 · Matt 24:15 · Matt 24:33 · Mark 13:14 · Mark 13:29 · Luke 12:54 · Luke 13:35 · Luke 21:20 · Luke 21:31 · John 4:48 · Acts 28:26 · Matt 5:16 · Matt 13:15 · Matt 16:28 · Mark 4:12 35×
Aorist Middle Luke 13:28 1×
Imperative command or strong request 25×
Aorist Active Matt 28:6 · Mark 6:38 · Luke 21:29 · Luke 24:39 · John 4:29 · Acts 13:41 · Gal 6:11 · 1 John 3:1 · John 1:46 · John 7:52 · John 11:34 · John 20:27 13×
Present Active Matt 9:30 · Matt 16:6 · Matt 18:10 · Matt 24:6 · Mark 8:15 · Luke 12:15 · 1 Thess 5:15 · Matt 8:4 · Mark 1:44 · Heb 8:5 · Rev 19:10 · Rev 22:9 12×
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
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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
Ἑώρακα τὸν κύριον is built from this root:
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