Horasis ὅρασις
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| ὅρασις | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | horasis |
| Strong's number | G3706 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | appearance/vision |
| Occurrences | 4 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Revelation (2) |
Horasis (Greek ὅρασις, Strong's G3706) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “appearance/vision”. It occurs 4 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
ὅρασις, -εως, ἡ
(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)
(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)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | visions (1), upon (1), sight (1), vision (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | visions (1), looked (1), gleamed (1), vision (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Horasis, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Acts
- Acts 2:17And 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:‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
Revelation
- Revelation 4:3And 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.The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
- Revelation 9:17And 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.Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).