The Koine Bible
Greek Lexicon
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ὀπτάνομαι
| Lemma | ὀπτάνομαι |
|---|---|
| Citation form | ὀπτάνομαι |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | I appear, am seen |
| Strong’s | G3700 |
| Transliteration | optánomai |
| Definition | to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from , which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from , which expresses merely mechanical, passive or casual vision; while , and still more emphatically its intensive , signifies an earnest but more continued inspection; and a watching from a distance) |
| KJV glosses | :--appear, look, see, shew self. |
| Derivation | a (middle voice) prolonged form of the primary (middle voice) ; which is used for it in certain tenses; and both as alternate of |
| SBLGNT occurrences | 1 |
Forms and grammatical context
Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.
| Greek form | Grammar and occurrences |
|---|---|
| ὀπτανόμενος | verb, present, middle, participle, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PMPNSM-) — Acts 1:3 |
Morphology
- verb; MorphGNT -PMPNSM-
Occurrences
Septuagint occurrences
The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: οπτανομαι.