Quick Definition
ὀπτάνομαι v. I appear, am seen
Strong's Definition
of the primary (middle voice) optomai op'-tom-ahee; which is used for it in certain tenses; and both as alternate of 3708 to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from 991, which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from 1492, which expresses merely mechanical, passive or casual vision; while 2300, and still more emphatically its intensive 2334, signifies an earnest but more continued inspection; and 4648 a watching from a distance)
KJV Usage: appear, look, see, shew self
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ὁράω
24.17 · Sensory Events and States · See
to be seen by, to be visible to to be seen by or to be visible to, in the sense of being within the range of sight
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀπτάνω (OIITQ): to look at, behold; mid. pres. ptep. ὀπτανόμενος; to allow one’s self to be seen, to appear: tui, Acts i. 3. (1 K. viii. 8; Tob. xii. 19; [Graec. Ven. Ex. χχχῖν. 24].)~ ὀπτασία. -as, ἡ, (ὀπτάζω) ; 1. the act of exhibiting one’s self to view: ὀπτασίαι κυρίου, 2 Co. xii. 1 [A. V. visions; cf. Meyer ad loc.] (ἐν ἡμέραις ὀπτασίας pov, Add. to Esth. iv. 1.44 (13); [οἷς Mal. iii. 2]; ἥλιος ἐν ὀπτασίᾳ, coming into view, Sir. xliii. 2). 2. a sight, a vision, an appearance presented to one whether asleep or awake: οὐράνιος ont. Acts xxvi. 19; ἑωρακέναι ὀπτασίαν, Lk. i. 22; w. gen. of appos. ἀγγέλων, Lk. xxiv. 23. A later form for ὄψις [ef. W. 24], Anthol. 6, 210, 6; for 7879, Dan. [Theodot.] ix. 23; x. 1, 7 sq.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὀπτάνομαι optanomai 1x
to be seen, appear, Acts 1:3*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ὀπτάνω,
[in LXX: III Ki 8:8 (ראה ni.), To 12:19*;]
late present as from ὤφθην (= ὁράω); mid., ὀπτάνομαι, to allow oneself to be seen, to appear. c. dat., Ac 1:3. (For exx. from π., v. Deiss., LAE, 79, 2525; MM, ii, xviii.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὀπτάνομαι can be definitely removed from the list or so-called “Biblical” words (Grimm-Thayer, p. 695), since to its occurrences in the LXX (3 Kingdoms 88, Tob 1219: cf. P Oxy XIII. p. 4) and the NT (Ac 1°), we can add such early exx. as P Par 4038 (B.c. 164-158) (= Witkowski,” Ῥ- 72) εἰ δὲ δι᾽ ἄλλο τι οὐκ ὀπτάνεταί por, P Tebt I. 24° (B.C. 117) καὶ μηδαμῶς ὀπτανομένων ὑπ... Of a later date we have the great magical papyrus P Par 574903 (¢. A.D. 300) ὁρκίζω oe τὸν ὀπτανθέντα τῴ ᾿Ο(-- ᾿Τ)σραὴλ ἐν στύλῳ φωτινῷ καὶ νεφέλῃ ἡμερινῇ, an interesting reference to Exod 135} (see Deissmann ZAZ p. 252). On the implications involved in the use of ὀπτάνομαι in Ac 1° as denoting actual appearance as distinguished from vision cf. Knowling 567 ad /. ONTO. With the use of this verbal adj. in Lk 24% (cf. Hobart, p. 182f.) we may compare P Giss I. 93° ὀπτοῦ δέλφακος, ‘roast pork,”’ in what appears to be a list of goods for a feast. The word=‘‘baked” is common with πλίνθος, e.g. P Ryl Il, 1647 (A.D. 171) κρηπε[λ]ς ἐξ ὀπτοῦ πλίν[θου, “a quay of baked brick,” P Oxy XIV. 16748 (iii/A.pD.) θὲς τὴν ὀπτὸν πλίνθον π[α]ρὰ τὴν πλάτην, “put the baked bricks alongside the wall(?)’’ (Edd.), P Flor I. 508.6 (A.D. 268), and PSI VI. 712° (a.p. 295). For the subst. ὄπτησις cf. BGU IV. 1143! (B.c. 18) κε[καυμ]ένα τῇ καθηκούσῃ ὀπτήσι. Wilcken (Ost i. p- 693) cites ὀπτανεύς, ““ roaster,” ‘‘ keeper of a cook-shop,” from an unedited Berlin papyrus of iii/B.c. The verb is seen in P Lond 131 zecfol® (A.D. 78-9) (=I. p. 173) περιστερ(ὰς) ὀπτωμέν(ας) : if the restoration is right, it is used metaphorically in P Giss I. 24* (time of Trajan) οὐ μή σε ὀπτήσωσισι (/, ὀπτήσωσι).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὀπτάνομαι (optanomai) — to appear. ὀπτάζομαι, passive, to be seen, [LXX]:—so ὀπτάνομαι,[LXX+5th c.BC+]:—an active ὀπταίνω in [Refs]