ὁράω
to see
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Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Tense
- Aorist
- Action viewed as a simple whole, without regard to duration — often past (perfective aspect).
- Future
- Action expected in future time.
- Perfect
- A completed past action with continuing present results.
- Present
- Ongoing or general action in present time (imperfective aspect).
- Imperfect
- Continuous or repeated action in past time (“was writing”).
- Pluperfect
- A past action completed before another past point (“had written”).
Voice
- Middle
- The subject acts on or for itself, or with special interest in the action.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Passive
- The subject receives the action.
- Middle deponent
- Middle in form but active in meaning.
Mood
- Imperative
- Expresses a command or request.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective (“writing,” “having written”).
- Indicative
- States a fact or asks a factual question (the mood of reality).
- Infinitive
- A verbal noun (“to write”), unmarked for person or number.
- Subjunctive
- Expresses probability, purpose, or possibility (the mood of contingency).
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
Person
- 2nd person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 3rd person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
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Acts 79 verses
- Acts 14:11 ἰδόντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc When the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the language of Lycaonia, "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!"
- Acts 15:6 ἰδεῖν aor act inf The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.
- Acts 16:1 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek.
- Acts 16:9 ὤφθη aor pass ind 3sg A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, "Come over into Macedonia and help us."
- Acts 16:10 εἶδεν aor act ind 3sg When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Gospel to them.
- Acts 16:19 ἰδόντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
- Acts 16:27 ἰδὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
- Acts 16:40 ἰδόντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc They went out of the prison, and entered into Lydia's house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, and departed.
- Acts 19:21 ἰδεῖν aor act inf Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome."
- Acts 20:22 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there;
- Acts 20:25 ἰδοὺ ὄψεσθε aor mid impv 2sg fut mid.dep ind 2pl Now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went about preaching the Kingdom of God, will see my face no more.
- Acts 21:32 ἰδόντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc Immediately he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. They, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul.
- Acts 22:14 ἰδεῖν aor act inf He said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
- Acts 22:18 ἴδον aor act ind 1sg and saw him saying to me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.'
- Acts 26:13 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg at noon, O King, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.
- Acts 26:16 ὤφθην εἶδές ὀφθήσομαί aor pass ind 1sg aor act ind 2sg fut pass ind 1sg But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;
- Acts 27:24 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg saying, 'Don't be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'
- Acts 28:4 εἶδον aor act ind 3pl When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, "No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live."
- Acts 28:15 ἰδὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc From there the brothers, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God, and took courage.
- Acts 28:20 ἰδεῖν aor act inf For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain."
- Acts 28:26 ἴδητε aor act subj 2pl saying, 'Go to this people, and say, In hearing, you will hear, But will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, But will in no way perceive.
- Acts 28:27 ἴδωσιν aor act subj 3pl For this people's heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their heart, And would turn again, And I would heal them.'
Romans 3 verses
- Romans 1:11 ἰδεῖν aor act inf For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;
- Romans 9:33 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg even as it is written, "Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; And no one who believes in him will be disappointed."
- Romans 11:22 ἴδε aor act impv 2sg See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
1 Corinthians 8 verses
- 1 Corinthians 2:9 εἶδεν aor act ind 3sg But as it is written, "Things which an eye didn't see, and an ear didn't hear, Which didn't enter into the heart of man, These God has prepared for those who love him."
- 1 Corinthians 8:10 ἴδῃ aor act subj 3sg For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol's temple, won't his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?
- 1 Corinthians 15:5 ὤφθη aor pass ind 3sg and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
- 1 Corinthians 15:6 ὤφθη aor pass ind 3sg Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.
- 1 Corinthians 15:7 ὤφθη aor pass ind 3sg Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
- 1 Corinthians 15:8 ὤφθη aor pass ind 3sg and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.
- 1 Corinthians 15:51 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,
- 1 Corinthians 16:7 ἰδεῖν aor act inf For I do not wish to see you now in passing, but I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits.
2 Corinthians 5 verses
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
- 2 Corinthians 6:2 ἰδοὺ ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg aor mid impv 2sg for he says, "At an acceptable time I listened to you, In a day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.
- 2 Corinthians 6:9 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed;
- 2 Corinthians 7:11 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg For behold, this same thing, that you were made sorry in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.
- 2 Corinthians 12:14 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Galatians 6 verses
- Galatians 1:19 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg But of the other apostles I saw no one, except James, the Lord's brother.
- Galatians 1:20 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg Now about the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I'm not lying.
- Galatians 2:7 ἰδόντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc but to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Gospel for the uncircumcision, even as Peter with the Gospel for the circumcision
- Galatians 2:14 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg But when I saw that they didn't walk uprightly according to the truth of the Gospel, I said to Peter before them all, "If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?
- Galatians 5:2 Ἴδε aor act impv 2sg Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
- Galatians 6:11 ἴδετε aor act impv 2pl See with what large letters I write to you with my own hand.
Philippians 4 verses
- Philippians 1:27 ἰδὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc Only let your manner of life be worthy of the Gospel of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Gospel;
- Philippians 1:30 εἴδετε aor act ind 2pl having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear is in me.
- Philippians 2:28 ἰδόντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
- Philippians 4:9 εἴδετε aor act ind 2pl The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
1 Thessalonians 3 verses
- 1 Thessalonians 2:17 ἰδεῖν aor act inf But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,
- 1 Thessalonians 3:6 ἰδεῖν aor act inf But when Timothy came just now to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you;
- 1 Thessalonians 3:10 ἰδεῖν aor act inf night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
1 Timothy 2 verses
- 1 Timothy 3:16 ὤφθη aor pass ind 3sg Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, And received up in glory.
- 1 Timothy 6:16 εἶδεν ἰδεῖν aor act ind 3sg aor act inf who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.
2 Timothy 1 verse
Hebrews 8 verses
- Hebrews 2:13 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg Again, "I will put my trust in him." Again, "Behold, here am I and the children whom God has given me."
- Hebrews 3:9 εἶδον aor act ind 3pl Where your fathers tested me by proving me, And saw my works for forty years.
- Hebrews 8:8 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg For finding fault with them, he said, "Behold, the days come," says the Lord, "That I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
- Hebrews 10:7 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg Then I said, 'Behold, I have come (In the scroll of the book it is written of me) To do your will, God.'"
- Hebrews 10:9 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg then he has said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,
- Hebrews 11:5 ἰδεῖν aor act inf By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn't see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.
- Hebrews 11:13 ἰδόντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
- Hebrews 11:23 εἶδον aor act ind 3pl By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
James 6 verses
- James 3:4 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.
- James 3:5 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
- James 5:4 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
- James 5:7 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
- James 5:9 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg Don't grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won't be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.
- James 5:11 ἰδοὺ εἴδετε aor mid impv 2sg aor act ind 2pl Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
1 Peter 3 verses
- 1 Peter 1:8 ἰδόντες ὁρῶντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc pres act ptcp nom pl masc whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don't see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory--
- 1 Peter 2:6 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg Because it is contained in Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed."
- 1 Peter 3:10 ἰδεῖν aor act inf For, "He who would love life, And see good days, Let him keep his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit.
1 John 2 verses
- 1 John 3:1 Ἴδετε aor act impv 2pl Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.
- 1 John 5:16 ἴδῃ aor act subj 3sg If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don't say that he should make a request concerning this.
3 John 1 verse
Jude 1 verse
Revelation 74 verses
- Revelation 1:2 ἴδεν aor act ind 3sg who testified to God's word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.
- Revelation 1:7 Ἰδοὺ ὄψεται aor mid impv 2sg fut mid.dep ind 3sg Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
- Revelation 1:12 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands.
- Revelation 1:17 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don't be afraid. I am the first and the last,
- Revelation 1:18 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
- Revelation 1:19 εἶδες aor act ind 2sg Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter;
- Revelation 1:20 εἶδες aor act ind 2sg the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lampstands are seven assemblies.
- Revelation 2:10 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg Don't be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
- Revelation 2:22 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg Behold, I will throw her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great oppression, unless they repent of her works.
- Revelation 3:8 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg "I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn't deny my name.
- Revelation 3:9 ἰδοὺ ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg aor mid impv 2sg Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
- Revelation 3:20 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.
- Revelation 4:1 ἴδον ἰδοὺ aor act ind 1sg aor mid impv 2sg After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, "Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this."
- Revelation 4:2 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne
- Revelation 5:1 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.
- Revelation 5:2 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?"
- Revelation 5:5 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg One of the elders said to me, "Don't weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome; he who opens the book and its seven seals."
- Revelation 5:6 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.
- Revelation 5:11 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands;
- Revelation 6:1 ἴδον aor act ind 1sg I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, "Come and see!"
- Revelation 6:2 ἴδον ἰδοὺ aor act ind 1sg aor mid impv 2sg And behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him, and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.
- Revelation 6:5 ἴδον ἰδοὺ aor act ind 1sg aor mid impv 2sg When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come and see!" And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand.
- Revelation 6:8 ἴδον ἰδοὺ aor act ind 1sg aor mid impv 2sg And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it, his name was Death. Hades followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth was given to him.
- Revelation 6:9 ἴδον aor act ind 1sg When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.
- Revelation 6:12 ἴδον aor act ind 1sg I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.
- Revelation 7:1 ἴδον aor act ind 1sg After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.
- Revelation 7:2 ἴδον aor act ind 1sg I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,
- Revelation 7:9 ἴδον ἰδοὺ aor act ind 1sg aor mid impv 2sg After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
- Revelation 8:2 ἴδον aor act ind 1sg I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
- Revelation 8:13 ἴδον aor act ind 1sg I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe! Woe! Woe for those who dwell on the earth, because of the other voices of the trumpets of the three angels, who are yet to sound!"
- Revelation 9:1 ἴδον aor act ind 1sg The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.
- Revelation 9:12 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this.
- Revelation 9:17 ἴδον aor act ind 1sg Thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of lions. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.
- Revelation 10:1 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
- Revelation 10:5 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky,
- Revelation 11:14 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe comes quickly.
- Revelation 11:19 ὤφθη aor pass ind 3sg God's temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of the Lord's covenant was seen in his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an earthquake, and great hail followed.
- Revelation 12:1 ὤφθη aor pass ind 3sg A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
- Revelation 12:3 ὤφθη ἰδοὺ aor pass ind 3sg aor mid impv 2sg Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.
- Revelation 12:13 εἶδεν aor act ind 3sg When the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.
- Revelation 13:1 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names.
- Revelation 13:2 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg The beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.
- Revelation 13:11 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon.
- Revelation 14:1 ἴδον ἰδοὺ aor act ind 1sg aor mid impv 2sg I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.
- Revelation 14:6 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people.
- Revelation 14:14 ἴδον ἰδοὺ aor act ind 1sg aor mid impv 2sg I looked, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud one sitting like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
- Revelation 15:1 ἴδον aor act ind 1sg I saw another great and marvelous sign in the sky: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them God's wrath is finished.
- Revelation 15:2 ἴδον aor act ind 1sg I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who overcame the beast, his image, and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.
- Revelation 15:5 ἴδον aor act ind 1sg After these things I looked, and the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened.
- Revelation 16:13 ἴδον aor act ind 1sg I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, something like frogs;
- Revelation 16:15 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg "Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked, and they see his shame."
- Revelation 17:3 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg He carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored animal, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.
- Revelation 17:6 εἶδα ἰδὼν aor act ind 3pl aor act ptcp nom sg masc I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.
- Revelation 17:8 εἶδες aor act ind 2sg The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.
- Revelation 17:12 εἶδες aor act ind 2sg The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority as kings, with the beast, for one hour.
- Revelation 17:15 εἶδες aor act ind 2sg He said to me, "The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
- Revelation 17:16 εἶδες aor act ind 2sg The ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the prostitute, and will make her desolate, and will make her naked, and will eat her flesh, and will burn her utterly with fire.
- Revelation 17:18 εἶδες aor act ind 2sg The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth."
- Revelation 18:1 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg After these things, I saw another angel coming down out of the sky, having great authority. The earth was illuminated with his glory.
- Revelation 18:7 ἴδω aor act subj 1sg However much she glorified herself, and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning. For she says in her heart, 'I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see mourning.'
- Revelation 19:11 εἶδον ἰδοὺ aor act ind 1sg aor mid impv 2sg I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.
- Revelation 19:17 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, "Come! Be gathered together to the great supper of God,
- Revelation 19:19 ἴδον aor act ind 1sg I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse, and against his army.
- Revelation 20:1 ἴδον aor act ind 1sg I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
- Revelation 20:4 ἴδον aor act ind 1sg I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn't worship the beast nor his image, and didn't receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for the thousand years.
- Revelation 20:11 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.
- Revelation 20:12 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
- Revelation 21:1 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.
- Revelation 21:2 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.
- Revelation 21:3 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, God's dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
- Revelation 21:5 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." He said, "Write, for these words of God are faithful and true."
- Revelation 21:22 εἶδον aor act ind 1sg I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.
- Revelation 22:7 ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg "Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book."
- Revelation 22:12 Ἰδοὺ aor mid impv 2sg "Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“to see” is the headline sense of the Greek verb οραω (horáō). Where the King James Version says “seen,” newer translations reach for “saw” (Berean Standard Bible) and “behold” (unfoldingWord Literal Text); the renderings breakdown has the detail. The Greek New Testament uses it across 626 verses — among the most common. First canonically at Matthew 1:20, it enters the text early. Catalogued under 6 senses, its meaning is not single-sense. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G3708 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 626
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 626 distinct verses.
- 21 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 21 of 27 New Testament books.
- #27
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Greek words (rank 27 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 626 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 626 distinct verses.
- Gospels 393 verses · 63%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 209 verses · 33%
- Johannine 165 verses · 26%
- Revelation 77 verses · 12%
- Pauline corpus 37 verses · 6%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 21 verses · 3%
- Hebrews 14 verses · 2%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Seen 10×, See 8×, Take heed 5×
- American Standard Version: Seen 10×, See 7×, Hath seen 6×
- Berean Standard Bible: Saw 87×, See 51×, I saw 36×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Behold 224×, Having seen 76×, See 73×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G3708 across 67 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 19 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G3708 across 66 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 19 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G3708 across 445 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 63 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G3708 across 730 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 38 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 6 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- to see with the eyes
- to see with the mind, to perceive, know
- to see, i.e. become acquainted with by experience, to experience
- to take heed, beware
- to care for, pay heed to
- I was seen, showed myself, appeared
Word origin
Derived from οπτανομαι (optánomai) (G3700) — to look at.
Properly to stare at (compare G3700 ) that is (by implication) to discern clearly (physically or mentally); by extension to attend to; by hebraism to experience ; passively to appear : - behold perceive see take heed.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 76 distinct written forms G3708 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that tense’s occurrences in the concordance.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 16 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G3708, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- ομμα ómma G3659 eye
- οπη opḗ G3692 opening
- οπισθεν ópisthen G3693 behind
- οπτασια optasía G3701 vision
- οφθαλμος ophthalmós G3788 eye
- οφις óphis G3789 serpent
- οφρυς ophrŷs G3790 eyebrow
- οψις ópsis G3799 face
- σκυθρωπος skythrōpós G4659 sad-faced
Derived from this word
- οπτανομαι optánomai G3700 to look at
- οραμα hórama G3705 vision
- ορασις hórasis G3706 sight
- ορατος horatós G3707 visible
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 15 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word οραω appears 1,200 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 1,119 verses in 37 books.
- 1,200
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 1,119
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 37 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 37 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 1:4 ὁράω
- Exodus 2:2 ὁράω
- Leviticus 5:1 ὁράω
- Numbers 1:49 ὁράω
- Deuteronomy 1:8 ὁράω
- Joshua 2:1 ὁράω
- Judges 1:24 ὁράω
- Ruth 1:18 ὁράω
- 1 Samuel 1:22 ὁράω
- 2 Samuel 1:7 ὁράω
- 1 Kings 3:5 ὁράω
- 2 Kings 2:10 ὁράω
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G3708) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 1,119. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 1:4 ὁράω God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.
- Genesis 1:8 ὁράω God called the expanse sky. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
- Genesis 1:9 ὁράω God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:10 ὁράω God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:12 ὁράω The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:18 ὁράω and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:21 ὁράω God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:25 ὁράω God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:31 ὁράω God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
- Genesis 2:19 ὁράω Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
- Genesis 3:6 ὁράω When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit of it, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
- Genesis 6:2 ὁράω that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.
- Genesis 6:5 ὁράω Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Genesis 6:12 ὁράω God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
- Genesis 7:1 ὁράω Yahweh said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ark, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
- Genesis 8:5 ὁράω The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
- Genesis 8:7 ὁράω and he sent forth a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
- Genesis 8:8 ὁράω He sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the surface of the ground,
- Genesis 8:13 ὁράω It happened in the six hundred first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked. He saw that the surface of the ground was dried.
- Genesis 9:14 ὁράω It will happen, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,
- Genesis 9:16 ὁράω The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
- Genesis 9:22 ὁράω Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
- Genesis 9:23 ὁράω Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn't see their father's nakedness.
- Genesis 11:5 ὁράω Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
- Genesis 12:7 ὁράω Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said, "I will give this land to your seed." He built an altar there to Yahweh, who appeared to him.
- Genesis 12:12 ὁράω It will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will say, 'This is his wife.' They will kill me, but they will save you alive.
- Genesis 12:14 ὁράω It happened that when Abram had come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
- Genesis 12:15 ὁράω The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
- Genesis 13:10 ὁράω Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.
- Genesis 13:14 ὁράω Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, "Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,
- Genesis 13:15 ὁράω for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever.
- Genesis 16:4 ὁράω He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
- Genesis 16:5 ὁράω Sarai said to Abram, "This wrong is your fault. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. Yahweh judge between me and you."
- Genesis 16:13 ὁράω She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, "You are a God who sees," for she said, "Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?"
- Genesis 16:14 ὁράω Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
- Genesis 17:1 ὁράω When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.
- Genesis 18:1 ὁράω Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
- Genesis 18:2 ὁράω He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
- Genesis 18:21 ὁράω I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me. If not, I will know."
- Genesis 19:1 ὁράω The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,
- Genesis 19:28 ὁράω He looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and looked, and saw that the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
- Genesis 21:9 ὁράω Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
- Genesis 21:16 ὁράω She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, "Don't let me see the death of the child." She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
- Genesis 21:19 ὁράω God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink.
- Genesis 22:4 ὁράω On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.
- Genesis 22:8 ὁράω Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they both went together.
- Genesis 22:13 ὁράω Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
- Genesis 22:14 ὁράω Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh-Jireh. As it is said to this day, "In Yahweh's mountain it will be provided.
- Genesis 24:30 ὁράω It happened, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, "This is what the man said to me," that he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.
- Genesis 24:63 ὁράω Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening. He lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G3708) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
