🇬🇷 Greek · Strong's G3708
G3708

ὁράω

horáō [hor-ah'-o] Verb
Core meaningto see

Lexical Definition

Strong's Greek G3708

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

KJV usage: :--behold, perceive, see, take heed.
Etymology: properly, to stare at (compare ), i.e. (by implication) to discern clearly (physically or mentally);
Thayer's Greek Lexicon

pluperfect, ἑωράκειν, some list εἶδον as the second aorist of ὁράω, to see, behold, Mt. 2:2, et al. freq.; to look, Jn. 19:37; to visit, Jn. 16:22; Heb. 13:23; to mark, observe, Acts 8:23; Jas. 2:24; to be admitted to witness, Lk. 17:22; Jn. 3:36; Col. 2:18; with θεόν, to be admitted into the more immediate presence of God, Mt. 5:8; Heb. 12:14; to attain to a true knowledge of God, 3 Jn. 11; to see to a thing, Mt. 27:4; Acts 18:15; ὅρα, see, take care, Mt. 8:4; Heb. 8:5; pass. to appear, Lk. 1:11; Acts 2:3; to reveal one’s self, Acts 26:16; to present one’s self, Acts 7:26

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