G3706: ὅρασις
hórasis · “appearance/vision”
Definition
the act of gazing, i.e. (externally) an aspect or (internally) an inspired appearance
KJV translates it as: sight, vision
Word origin: from G3708 (ὁράω);
Extended definition
(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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3706 is translated
- in appearance ×2
- visions ×1
- vision ×1
Bible verses with G3706 (hórasis)
Hórasis appears in 3 verses.
- Acts 2:17
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
- Revelation 4:3
And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
- Revelation 9:17
And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.