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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 3700. ὀπτάνομαι, (optanomai) -- to appear, to be seen, to be visible</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/3700.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/luke/17-2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/3700.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 3700</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/3699.htm" title="3699">◄</a> 3700. optanomai <a href="../greek/3701.htm" title="3701">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">optanomai: to appear, to be seen, to be visible</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ὀπτάνομαι</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>optanomai<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>op-tan'-om-ahee<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(op-tan'-om-ahee)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>to appear, to be seen, to be visible<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I appear, am seen (by), let myself be seen (by).<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Middle voice of a (presumed) derivative of ὀπτάνω (optanō), which means "to gaze" or "to appear."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often used in similar contexts is רָאָה (ra'ah - Strong's H7200), which means "to see" or "to appear."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The verb "optanomai" primarily means "to appear" or "to be seen." It is often used in the New Testament to describe the act of being visibly present or manifesting oneself to others. This term is frequently associated with divine or supernatural appearances, such as the post-resurrection appearances of Jesus Christ to His disciples.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of divine appearances or epiphanies was not uncommon. Gods and supernatural beings were often believed to manifest themselves to humans in visible forms. In the Jewish context, theophanies (appearances of God) were significant events, as seen in the Old Testament. The New Testament usage of "optanomai" reflects this cultural understanding, emphasizing the reality and significance of Jesus' appearances after His resurrection, affirming His divine nature and the truth of His resurrection.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 3700</b> <i>optánomai</i> (or <i>optomai/optanō</i>, likely a later cognate of <a href="/greek/3708.htm">3708</a> <i>/horáō</i>) – <i>become seen</i> (<i>appear</i>). <a href="/greek/3708.htm">See 3708</a> (<i>horaō</i>).</p><p class="discovery">[Some forms of Strong's numbering systems designate <i>optomai</i> as 3708.]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from a prim. root op- (cf. <a href="/greek/3708.htm">horaó</a>)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to appear<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>appearing (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 3700: ὀπτάνω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ὀπτάνω</span></span> (<span class="greek2">ὈΠΤΩ</span>): <span class="accented">to look at, behold</span>; middle present participle <span class="greek2">ὀπτανόμενος</span>; <span class="accented">to allow oneself to be seen, to appear</span>: <span class="greek2">τίνι</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/1-3.htm">Acts 1:3</a>. (<a href="/interlinear/1_kings/8-8.htm">1 Kings 8:8</a>; Tobit 12:19; (<span class="abbreviation">Graecus Venetus</span>, <a href="/interlinear/exodus/34-24.htm">Exodus 34:24</a>).)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>appear, look, see<p>A (middle voice) prolonged form of the primary (middle voice) optomai (op'-tom-ahee); which is used for it in certain tenses; and both as alternate of <a href="/greek/3708.htm">horao</a>; to gaze (i.e. With wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from <a href="/greek/991.htm">blepo</a>, which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from <a href="/greek/1492.htm">eido</a>, which expresses merely mechanical, passive or casual vision; while <a href="/greek/2300.htm">theaomai</a>, and still more emphatically its intensive <a href="/greek/2334.htm">theoreo</a>, signifies an earnest but more continued inspection; and <a href="/greek/4648.htm">skopeo</a> a watching from a distance) -- appear, look, see, shew self. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3708.htm">horao</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/991.htm">blepo</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1492.htm">eido</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2300.htm">theaomai</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2334.htm">theoreo</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4648.htm">skopeo</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>οπτανομενος οπτανόμενος ὀπτανόμενος ωπτάνοντο optanomenos optanómenos<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/acts/1-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 1:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular">V-PPM/P-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἡμερῶν τεσσεράκοντα <b>ὀπτανόμενος</b> αὐτοῖς καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> convincing proofs, <span class="itali">appearing</span> to them over<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> infallible proofs, <span class="itali">being seen</span> of them<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/1-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> days forty <span class="itali">being seen</span> by them and<p><b><a href="/greek/3700.htm">Strong's Greek 3700</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3700.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/optanomenos_3700.htm">ὀπτανόμενος — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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