G3706 ὅρασις (hórasis)

Greek

Noun, Feminine

Quick Definition

ὅρασις, εως, ἡ n.f. a sight, vision, appearance

Strong's Definition

the act of gazing, i.e. (externally) an aspect or (internally) an inspired appearance

Derivation: from G3708 (ὁράω);

KJV Usage: sight, vision

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ὅρασις (G3706)

noun, f. | -εως | ὁράω

33.488 · Communication · Non-Verbal Communication

vision an event in which something appears vividly and credibly to the mind, although not actually present, but implying the influence of some divine or supernatural power or agency

ACT 2:17 · REV 9:17

24.31 · Sensory Events and States · See

appearance that which appears or is seen ὅρασις[b] in REV 4:3 may be rendered in some languages as ‘as seen’ or ‘to the eyes’ or ‘to look at,’ for example, ‘and he who sat upon it was similar to a jasper stone to look at’ or ‘to look at the one who sat on it was like looking at a jasper stone.’

REV 4:3 · REV 4:3

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ὅρασις, ὁράσεως, ἡ (ὁράω); 1. the act of seeing: ὀμμάτων χρῆσις εἰς ὅρασιν, Wis_15:15; the sense of sight, Aristotle, de anima 3, 2; Diodorus 1, 59; Plutarch, mor., p. 440f; plural the eyes, ἐκκόπτειν τάς ὁράσεις, Diodorus 2, 6. 2. appearance, visible form: Rev_4:3 (Num_24:4; Eze_1:5; Eze_1:26; Eze_1:28; Sir_41:20, etc.). 3. a vision, i. e. an appearance divinely granted in an ecstasy: Rev_9:17; ὁράσεις ὄψονται, Act_2:17 from Joe_2:28. (The Sept. chiefly for ξΗψΐΰΖδ and ηΘζεο.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ὅρασις horasis 4x

seeing, sight; appearance, aspect, a vision, Acts 2:17; Rev. 9:17; 4:3*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ὅρασις, -εως, ἡ

(ὁράω), [in LXX chiefly for מַרְאֶה, חָזוֹן and cognate forms;]

in Arist. and later writers, the act of seeing, the sense of sight, and by meton., pl., the eyes.

appearance (Nu 24:4, Ez 1:5, Si 41:20, al.): Re 4:3.

= ὅραμα, a vision: Ac 2:17(LXX), Re 9:17.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ὅρασις [page 455] For ὅρασις = seeing, the act of sight, cf. Wόnsch AF 4 .26 (iii/A.D.) ὁρκίζω σε τὸν θεὸν τὸν τὴν ὅρασιν παντὶ ἀνθρώπῳ χαρισάμενον , P Lond 46 .147 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 70) ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἀκέφαλος δαίμων ἐν τοῖς ποσὶν ἔχω (ν ) τὴν ὅρασιν , and the dedicatory Syll 774 (= .3 1141) .2 (Imperial) ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ . Στρατία ὑπὲρ τῆς ὁράσεως θεᾷ Δήμητρι δῶρον , an offering made by Stratia to the goddess Demeter on account of restored sight. For the meaning appearance, as in Rev_4:3 , cf. P Leid W xiii. 36 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 127) ὁ μεταμορφούμενος ἐν ταῖς ὁράσεσιν . A curious use of the word occurs in OGIS 56 .56 (B.C. 237), where it is employed as a title of the daughter-goddess of the Sun ὅρασιν αὐτοῦ , i.e. oculum Soils (see Dittenberger s note). In an inscr. in C. and B. ii. p. 653, No. 564, we find εἰς ὅρασιν καὶ εἰς ὅλον τὸ σῶμα αὐτῷ καὶ εἰς τέκνα καὶ εἰς βίον , sight, body, children, life, all of which are to feel the κατάραι ὅσε ἀνγεγραμμένα [ι ἰ ]σίν if the tomb is disturbed. Ramsay thinks the curses are Jewish. For ὁρασείας = ὁράσεις in the sense of visions (as in Act_2:17 ) see P Strass I. 35 .5 (iv/A.D.) with the editor s note. The word, which survives in MGr, was commonly used by the Church Fathers to denote the visions of the monks.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ὅρασις (horasis) — appearance/vision. ὅρ-ᾱσις, εως, ἡ, seeing, the act of sight, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; distinguished as the ἐνέργεια or act from ὄψις (the sense or faculty), [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but, power of sight, [Refs]

2. plural, eyes, τὰς ὁ. ἐκκόπτειν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

II. a vision, [LXX+NT]

III. appearance, ὅμοιος ὁράσει λίθῳ ἰάσπιδι [NT]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

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)

Bible Occurrences (3)

2:17

4:3 9:17

Acts 2:17

In the last days -, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

Revelation 4:3

The [One] seated there looked like jasper and carnelian..., and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.

Revelation 9:17

[Now] the horses and riders......... in [my] vision looked like this: [The riders] had breastplates [the colors of] fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses [were] like [the] heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.