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ὁράω

By extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear

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ὁράω G3708
Pronunciation horáō

What does ὁράω (horáō) mean in the Bible?

ὁράω (horáō) is a Greek word meaning "by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear". :--behold, perceive, see, take heed.

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Meaning

by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear
Extended definition

:--behold, perceive, see, take heed.

Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses
Aorist Perfect Future Present Pluperfect
Voices
Active Passive Middle
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 140×
Aorist Active Matt 2:16 · Matt 3:7 · Matt 5:1 · Matt 8:18 · Matt 9:2 · Matt 9:22 · Matt 9:23 · Matt 9:36 · Matt 21:19 · Matt 27:3 · Matt 27:24 · Mark 2:5 · Mark 5:6 · Mark 5:22 · Mark 6:48 · Mark 8:33 107×
Perfect Active Matt 9:4 · Matt 12:25 · Mark 6:20 · Mark 12:15 · Luke 9:33 · Luke 9:47 · Luke 11:17 · John 6:61 · John 13:1 · John 13:3 · John 14:9 · John 18:4 · John 19:28 · John 19:35 · Acts 2:30 · Acts 20:22 27×
Aorist Passive Luke 9:31 · Acts 7:35 · Acts 9:17 3×
Present Active Luke 23:49 · Heb 11:27 · 1 Pet 1:8 3×
Indicative states a fact or reality 236×
Aorist Active John 1:48 · John 1:50 · John 18:26 · Acts 7:34 · Acts 11:5 · Acts 11:6 · Acts 26:13 · Gal 1:19 · Gal 2:14 · Rev 1:12 · Rev 1:17 · Rev 4:1 · Rev 5:1 · Rev 5:2 · Rev 5:6 · Rev 5:11 146×
Future Middle Matt 26:64 · Matt 27:24 · Matt 28:7 · Mark 14:62 · Mark 16:7 · Luke 17:22 · John 1:39 · John 1:51 · John 16:16 · John 16:17 · John 16:19 · Acts 18:15 · Acts 20:25 · Matt 5:8 · Matt 24:30 · Matt 28:10 32×
Perfect Active Luke 1:22 · John 1:18 · John 3:32 · John 6:46 · John 14:9 · Col 2:18 · 1 John 3:6 · 1 John 4:20 · 3 John 1:11 · John 3:11 · John 20:25 · 1 John 1:1 · 1 John 1:2 · 1 John 1:3 · John 1:34 · John 8:38 30×
Aorist Passive Matt 17:3 · Mark 9:4 · Luke 1:11 · Luke 22:43 · Luke 24:34 · Acts 7:2 · Acts 7:26 · Acts 7:30 · Acts 13:31 · Acts 16:9 · 1 Cor 15:5 · 1 Cor 15:6 · 1 Cor 15:7 · 1 Cor 15:8 · 1 Tim 3:16 · Rev 11:19 20×
Present Active Mark 8:24 · Acts 8:23 · Luke 16:23 · Heb 2:8 · Jas 2:24 5×
Future Passive Acts 26:16 · Heb 9:28 2×
Pluperfect Active Acts 7:44 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 39×
Aorist Active Matt 11:8 · Matt 11:9 · Matt 12:38 · Matt 13:17 · Matt 26:58 · Mark 5:14 · Mark 5:32 · Luke 2:26 · Luke 7:25 · Luke 7:26 · Luke 8:20 · Luke 8:35 · Luke 9:9 · Luke 10:24 · Luke 14:18 · Luke 17:22 38×
Perfect Active Luke 24:23 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 36×
Aorist Active Matt 13:14 · Matt 23:39 · Matt 24:15 · Matt 24:33 · Mark 13:14 · Mark 13:29 · Luke 12:54 · Luke 13:35 · Luke 21:20 · Luke 21:31 · John 4:48 · Acts 28:26 · Matt 5:16 · Matt 13:15 · Matt 16:28 · Mark 4:12 35×
Aorist Middle Luke 13:28 1×
Imperative command or strong request 25×
Aorist Active Matt 28:6 · Mark 6:38 · Luke 21:29 · Luke 24:39 · John 4:29 · Acts 13:41 · Gal 6:11 · 1 John 3:1 · John 1:46 · John 7:52 · John 11:34 · John 20:27 13×
Present Active Matt 9:30 · Matt 16:6 · Matt 18:10 · Matt 24:6 · Mark 8:15 · Luke 12:15 · 1 Thess 5:15 · Matt 8:4 · Mark 1:44 · Heb 8:5 · Rev 19:10 · Rev 22:9 12×
476 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 464 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 162 ongoing 5 prospective 34 resultant 27 imperative 24 subjunctive 36 infinitive 39 participle 137
Tense
aorist 358 perfect 52 future 34 present 19 pluperfect 1
Voice
active 406 middle 33 passive 25
Mood
indicative 228 participle 137 infinitive 39 subjunctive 36 imperative 24
NT Occurrences
Matthew 2:10 ἰδόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 2:11 εἶδον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 2:16 ἰδὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 2:2 εἴδομεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 2:9 εἶδον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 3:16 εἶδεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 3:7 Ἰδὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 4:16 εἶδεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 4:18 εἶδεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 4:21 εἶδεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 5:1 Ἰδὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 5:16 ἴδωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 5:8 ὄψονται future middle indicative prospective Matthew 8:14 εἶδεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 8:18 Ἰδὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 8:34 ἰδόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 8:4 Ὅρα present active imperative imperative Matthew 9:11 ἰδόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:2 ἰδὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:22 ἰδὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:23 ἰδὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:30 Ὁρᾶτε present active imperative imperative Matthew 9:36 Ἰδὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:8 ἰδόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:9 εἶδεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 11:8 ἰδεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 11:9 ἰδεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 12:2 ἰδόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 12:25 εἰδὼς perfect active participle participle Matthew 12:38 ἰδεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 13:14 ἴδητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 13:15 ἴδωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 13:17 ἰδεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 13:17 εἶδαν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 14:14 εἶδεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 14:26 ἰδόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 16:28 ἴδωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 17:3 ὤφθη aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 17:8 εἶδον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 18:10 Ὁρᾶτε present active imperative imperative +424 more occurrences

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Biblical Witnesses
1 Corinthians 15:5-11 seen horáō Indicative · Aorist Passive
to perceive or witness an appearance, especially of the risen Christ
1 Corinthians 9:1-6 seen horáō
to perceive or have direct visual encounter with someone, implying apostolic authority
Luke 15:11-32 see horáō
to behold or perceive with understanding, gaining insight into a situation
Proverbs 22:3 sees horáō
to perceive danger or trouble and take heed by avoiding it
Luke 17:20-37 see horáō Indicative · Future Middle
to perceive or experience the manifestation of God's kingdom
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

δεῦτε · ὁράω G1205, G3708
come, see
θεός · ὁράω G2316, G3708
they will see God
θεωρέω · ὁράω G2334, G3708
see, behold, perceive
ὁράω · εἰς · ἐκκεντέω G3708, G1519, G1574
They will look on the one whom they pierced
ὁράω · ἰάομαι G3708, G2390
seeing that he had been healed
ὁράω · κύριος G3708, G2962
I have seen the Lord
οὐ · ὁράω G3756, G3708
you will not see
βλέπω · θεωρέω · ὁράω G991, G2334, G3708
see, observe, perceive
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 7 — Stephen Testifies to Israel’s Resistance and Christ’s Glory John 12 — The Anointed King, the Lifted-Up Son of Man, and the Hour of Glory John 14 — The Way, the Truth, and the Life, the Father Revealed in the Son, and the Promise of the Spirit John 15 — The True Vine, Abiding Fruitfulness, Christlike Love, and the World’s Hatred John 16 — The Spirit’s Convicting Witness, the Disciples’ Sorrow Turned to Joy, and Christ’s Victory over the World John 19 — The Crucified King: Behold the Man, Behold Your King, It Is Finished, and the Pierced Son John 20 — The Risen Lord: Empty Tomb, Eyewitness Faith, Peace, Mission, Spirit, Thomas, and the Purpose of the Gospel Mark 16 — He Has Risen: The Empty Tomb, the Angelic Announcement, Galilee Promise, and Trembling Witness Matthew 28 — The Resurrection of Jesus and the Great Commission of the Risen King Matthew 5 — Kingdom Blessedness, Fulfilled Law, and Heart-Level Righteousness

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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