To appear
ὀπτάνομαιStrong’s G3700optanomai
Appears in 53 verses of the New Testament
In short
Optanomai is the Greek word usually translated “behold”, “appeared” and “having appeared”. It appears in 53 verses of the New Testament.
“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.”
Meaning
Usually translated “behold”, “appeared” and “having appeared”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- you will behold 12
- appeared 9
- will behold 5
- he appeared 5
- they will behold 4
- will they behold 3
- having appeared 3
- will see 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 13
- Luke 8
- Matthew 7
- John 7
- Revelation 5
- Mark 4
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
- Matthew 17:3And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
- Matthew 24:30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
- Matthew 26:64Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
- Matthew 27:24When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
- Matthew 28:7And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
All 53 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
ὀπτάνομαι optanomai · to appear
ὀπτάνω [in LXX: 3Ki.8:8 (רָאָה ni.), Tob.12:19 * ;] late present as from ὤφθην (= ὁράω); mid., ὀπτάνομαι, to allow oneself to be seen, to appear. with dative, Act.1:3. (For exx. from π., see Deiss., LAE, 79, 2526; MM, ii, xviii.) † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “appear” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
APPE'AR, verb intransitive
[Latin appareo, of ad and pareo, to appear or be manifest.]
- To come or be in sight; to be in view; to be visible.“The leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh” Leviticus 13:43“And God said, Let the dry land appear” Genesis 1:9
- To become visible to the eye, as a spirit, or to the apprehension of the mind; a sense frequent in scripture.“The Lord appeared to Abram, and said. 2” Genesis 17:1“The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of the bush” Exodus 3:2
- To stand in presence of, as parties or advocates before a court, or as persons to be tried.“We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ” 2 Corinthians 5:10
- To be obvious; to be known, as a subject of observation or comprehension.“It doth not yet appear what we shall be” 1 John 3:2
All definitions and other forms of “appear”
- To be clear or made clear by evidence; as, this fact appears by ancient records.“But sin that it might appear sin” Romans 7:13
- To seem, in opposition to reality.“They disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast” Matthew 6:16
- To be discovered, or laid open.“That they shame may appear” Jeremiah 13:26
APPE'AR, noun
Appearance. obsolete
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.