Greek Word Study
ὁράω
horáō
G3708
Quick Facts
Strong's Number
G3708
KJV Translations
beholdperceiveseetake heed
Derivation / Root
properly, to stare at (compare G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)), i.e. (by implication) to discern clearly (physically or mentally);
Definition of horáō
ὁράω (horáō) — by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear
Word Origin
This word comes properly, to stare at (compare G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)), i.e. (by implication) to discern clearly (physically or mentally); See the root word: G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι).
KJV Translation Variants
The Greek word ὁράω (horáō) is translated into the following English words in the King James Version:
Translation data from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.
Related Greek Words
Words sharing the same root or derived from ὁράω.
ὀπτάνομαι
optánomai
G3700
to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from G991 (βλέπω), which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from G1492 (εἴδω), which expresses merely mechanical, passive or casual vision; while G2300 (θεάομαι), and still more emphatically its intensive G2334 (θεωρέω), signifies an earnest but more continued inspection; and G4648 (σκοπέω) a watching from a distance)
ἀφοράω
aphoráō
G872
to consider attentively
θεωρέω
theōréō
G2334
to be a spectator of, i.e. discern, (literally, figuratively (experience) or intensively (acknowledge))
καθοράω
kathoráō
G2529
to behold fully, i.e. (figuratively) distinctly apprehend
ὅραμα
hórama
G3705
something gazed at, i.e. a spectacle (especially supernatural)
ὅρασις
hórasis
G3706
the act of gazing, i.e. (externally) an aspect or (internally) an inspired appearance
ὁρατός
horatós
G3707
gazed at, i.e. (by implication) capable of being seen
προοράω
prooráō
G4308
to behold in advance, i.e. (actively) to notice (another) previously, or (middle voice) to keep in (one's own) view
φρουρέω
phrouréō
G5432
to be a watcher in advance, i.e. to mount guard as a sentinel (post spies at gates); figuratively, to hem in, protect
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