To see
ὁράωStrong’s G3708horaō
Appears in 58 verses of the New Testament
In short
Horaō is the Greek word usually translated “has seen”, “have seen” and “we have seen”. It appears in 58 verses of the New Testament.
“Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.”
Meaning
Usually translated “has seen”, “have seen” and “we have seen”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- he has seen 6
- you have seen 6
- has seen 5
- we have seen 5
- do see that 3
- do see 3
- have seen 3
- having seen 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 21
- Matthew 6
- Luke 6
- 1 John 5
- Acts 4
- Hebrews 4
14 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 8:4And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
- Matthew 9:30And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
- Matthew 16:6Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
- Matthew 18:10Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 24:6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
- Matthew 27:4Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
All 58 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
ὁράω horaō · to see
ὁράω, -ῶ, [in LXX chiefly for ראה, also for חזה, etc. ;] in "durative" sense (hence aor. act., εἶδον, pass., ὤφθην, fut., ὄψομαι, from different roots; see M, Pr., 110f.), to see (in colloq. even the present is rare, its place being generally taken by θεωρέω, see BL, §24). 1. Of bodily vision, to see, perceive, behold: absol., Mrk.6:38, al.; ἔρχου καὶ ἴδε, Jhn.1:46, al.; before ὅτι, Mrk.2:16, al.; with accusative, Mat.2:2, Mrk.1:10 16:7, Gal.1:19, al.; θεόν, Jhn.1:18, 1Jn.4:20, al. …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “see” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SEE, noun.
- The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop.
- The seat of an archbishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archbishop; as an archiepiscopal see.
- The seat, place or office of the pope or Roman pontif; as the papal see.
- The authority of the pope or court of Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome.
All definitions and other forms of “see”
- To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and the apparent qualities of objects by the organs of sight; to behold.“I will now turn aside and see this great sight” Exodus 3:3“We have seen the land, and behold, it is very good” Judges 18:9
- To observe; to note or notice; to know; to regard or look to; to take care; to attend, as to“See that ye fall not out by the way” Genesis 45:24
- To discover; to descry; to understand.
- To converse or have intercourse with.
- To visit; as, to call and see a friend.
- To attend; to remark or notice.
- To behold with patience or sufferance; to endure.
- In Scripture, to hear or attend to.“I turned to see the voice that spoke with me” Revelation 1:12
- To feel; to suffer; to experience.“Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years in which we have seen evil” Psalms 90:15“If a man shall keep my saying, he shall never see death” John 8:51
- To know; to learn.“Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren” Genesis 37:14
- To perceive; to understand; to comprehend.
- To perceive; to understand experimentally.“I see another law in my members” Romans 7:23
- To beware.“See thou do it not. 9” Revelation 19:10
- To know by revelation.“The word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem” Isaiah 2:1
- To have faith in and reliance on.“Seeing him who is invisible” Hebrews 11:27
- To enjoy; to have fruition of.“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” Matthew 5:8
SEE, verb intransitive
- To have the power of perceiving by the proper organs, or the power of sight.
- To discern; to have intellectual seght; to penetrate; to understand; with through or into; as, to see through the plans or policy of another; to see into artful schemes and pretensions.
- To eximane or inquere.
- To be attentive.
- To have full understanding.“But now ye say, we see, therefore your sin remaineth” John 9:41
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.