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G3705 ὅραμα (hórama)
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Quick Definition

ὅραμα, ατος, τό n.n. a spectacle, vision

Strong's Definition

from 3708; something gazed at, i.e. a spectacle (especially supernatural)

KJV Usage: sight, vision

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, n. | -τος | ὁράω

24.2 · Sensory Events and States · See

something seen, sight (derivative of ὁράω[a] ‘to see,’ 24.1) that which is seen

ACT 7:31

33.488 · Communication · Non-Verbal Communication

vision an event in which something appears vividly and credibly to the mind, although not actually present, but implying the influence of some divine or supernatural power or agency

MAT 17:9 · ACT 9:10 · ACT 9:12 · ACT 10:3 · ACT 10:17 · ACT 10:19 · ACT 11:5 · ACT 12:9 · ACT 16:9 · ACT 16:10 · ACT 18:9

1 ὅραμα may also occur in the meaning of ‘vision,’ a type of non-verbal communication in 33.488, Communication. 2 ACT 7:31 It may seem strange to have in the same expression ἰδών and τὸ ὅραμα, for these would seem to be redundant. However, this expression in ACT 7:31 may be rendered as ‘as Moses looked, he was amazed by what he saw.’

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ὅραμα, -ros, τό, (ὁράω), that which is seen, a sight, spectacle: Acts vii. 31; Mt. xvii. 9; @ sight divinely granted in an ecstasy or in sleep, a vision, Acts x. 17,19; 8¢ ὁράματος, Acts xviii. 9; ἐν ὁράματι, Acts ix. 10, 12 [RG]; x. 3; ὅραμα βλέπειν, Acts xii. 9; ἰδεῖν, Acts xi. 5; xvi. 10. (Xen., Aristot., Plut., Ael. v. h. 2, 3 [al. εἰκών] ; Sept. several times for 1870, jii7}, Chald. xy ete.; see ὀπτασία.) " ὅρασις, -ews, 7, (opdw) ; 1. the act of seeing: ὁμμάτων χρῆσις εἰς ὅρασιν, Sap. xv. 15; the sense of sight, Aristot. de anima 3, 2; Diod. 1, 59; Plut. mor. p. 440 sq.; plur. the eyes, ἐκκόπτειν tas ὁράσεις, Diod. 2, 6. 2: appearance, visible form: Rev. iv. 3 (Num. xxiv. 4; Ezek. i. 5, 26, 28; Sir. xli. 20, ete.). 3. a vision, i. e. an appearance divinely granted in an ecstasy: Rev. ix. 17; ὁράσεις ὄψονται, Acts ii. 17 fr. Joel ii. 28. (Sept. chiefly for 7872 and jiin.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ὅραμα horama 12x

a thing seen, sight, appearance, Acts 7:31; a vision, Mt. 17:9; Acts 9:10, 12

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ὅραμα, -τος, τό

(< ὁράω), [in LXX for חָזוֹן, מַרְאֶה, etc.;]

that which is seen; a sight, spectacle: Mt 17:9, Ac 7:31;

an appearance, vision: Ac 9:10, 12(Rec.) 10:3, 17, 19 11:5 12:9 16:9, 10 18:9 (cf. ὀπτασία).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ὅραμα Ρ- vii.). With ὀπωροφυλάκιον (Ps 78(79)!, al.) cf. the mention of an ὀπωροφύλαξ in P Oxy IV. 7294 (A.D. 137), also the vecfo of P Ryl II. 244 (iii/A.D.). The etymology of ὀπώρα may reveal the meaning, ‘‘the season that follows summer ”’ (cf, ὄπ-ιθεν) (Boisacq, p. 709).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ὅραμα (horama) — vision. ὅρᾱμ-α, ατος, τό, that which is seen, visible object, sight, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; sight, spectacle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; vision during sleep, dream, [LXX+3rd c.BC+]

II. device, plan, τὸ ὅ. Θάλεω (Camer. εὕρημα) [Refs 4th c.BC+]

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