Appearance/vision
ὅρασιςStrong’s G3706horasis
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Horasis is the Greek word usually translated “appearance”, “visions” and “vision”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:”
Meaning
Usually translated “appearance”, “visions” and “vision”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- in appearance 2
- visions 1
- vision 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 2
- Acts 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Revelation 4:3And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
- Revelation 9:17And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
Greek dictionary
ὅρασις horasis · appearance/vision
ὅρασις, -εως, ἡ (ὁράω) [in LXX chiefly for מַרְאֶה, חָזוֹן and cognate forms ;] 1. in Arist. and later writers, the act of seeing, the sense of sight, and by meton., pl., the eyes. 2. appearance (Num.24:4, Eze.1:5, Sir.41:20, al.): Rev.4:3. 3. = ὅραμα, a vision: Act.2:17 (LXX), Rev.9:17.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “appearance” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
APPE'ARANCE, noun
- The act of coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
- The thing seen; a phenomenon; as an appearance in the sky.
- Semblance; apparent likeness.“There was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire” Numbers 9:15
- External show; semblance assumed, in opposition to reality or substance; as, we are often deceived by appearances; he has the appearance of virtue.“For man looketh on the outward appearance” 1 Samuel 16:7
All definitions
- Personal presence; exhibition of the person; as, he made his first appearance at court or on the stage.
- Exhibition of the character; introduction of a person to the public in a particular character, as a person makes his appearance in the world, as a historian, an artist, or an orator.
- Probability; likelihood.
- Presence; mien; figure; as presented by the person, dress or manners; as, the lady made a noble appearance
- A being present in court; a defendant's filing common or special bail to a process.
- An apparition.
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.