What does ὅρασις (hórasis) mean in the Bible?
ὅρασις (hórasis) is a Greek word meaning "appearance/vision".
Greek · G3706
ὅρασις
Appearance/vision
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ὅρασις G3706
Pronunciation hórasis
What does ὅρασις (hórasis) mean in the Bible?
ὅρασις (hórasis) is a Greek word meaning "appearance/vision".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3706?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include looked (1), that gleamed (1), vision (1), visions (1).
Where does ὅρασις (hórasis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 2:17. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (3), Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It looked 1× Revelation 4:3
that gleamed 1× Revelation 4:3
vision 1× Revelation 9:17
visions 1× Acts 2:17
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 2:17
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Acts 1 Revelation 3
Source forms
ὁράσει 3x horasei Revelation 4:3, Revelation 9:17
ὁράσεις 1x horaseis Acts 2:17
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 3x Revelation 4:3, Revelation 9:17
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Acts 2:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. appearance/vision
Strong's G3706
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
appearance/vision
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(ὁράω) [in LXX chiefly for מַרְאֶה, חָזוֹן and cognate forms ;]
1in Arist. and later writers, the act of seeing, the sense of sight, and by meton., pl., the eyes.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 2:17 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
ὁράσεις oraseiv
a sight, vision, appearance
Read verse Revelation 4:3 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ὁράσει orasei
a sight, vision, appearance
Read verse Revelation 4:3 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ὁράσει orasei
a sight, vision, appearance
Read verse Revelation 9:17 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ὁράσει, orasei
a sight, vision, appearance
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Dative (3) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Feminine Rev 4:3 · Rev 9:17 3×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Acts 2:17 1×
Word Origins
ὅρασις is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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