Quick Definition
ὅρασις, εως, ἡ n.f. a sight, vision, appearance
Strong's Definition
from 3708; the act of gazing, i.e. (externally) an aspect or (internally) an inspired appearance
KJV Usage: sight, vision
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | ὁράω
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
24.31 · Sensory Events and States · See
appearance that which appears or is seen ὅρασις[b] in REV 4:3 may be rendered in some languages as ‘as seen’ or ‘to the eyes’ or ‘to look at,’ for example, ‘and he who sat upon it was similar to a jasper stone to look at’ or ‘to look at the one who sat on it was like looking at a jasper stone.’
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὅρασις horasis 4x
seeing, sight; appearance, aspect, a vision, Acts 2:17; Rev. 9:17; 4:3*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὅρασις, -εως, ἡ
(ὁράω), [in LXX chiefly for מַרְאֶה, חָזוֹן and cognate forms;]
in Arist. and later writers, the act of seeing, the sense of sight, and by meton., pl., the eyes.
appearance (Nu 24:4, Ez 1:5, Si 41:20, al.): Re 4:3.
= ὅραμα, a vision: Ac 2:17(LXX), Re 9:17.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὅρασις (horasis) — appearance/vision. ὅρ-ᾱσις, εως, ἡ, seeing, the act of sight, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; distinguished as the ἐνέργεια or act from ὄψις (the sense or faculty), [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but, power of sight, [Refs]
2. plural, eyes, τὰς ὁ. ἐκκόπτειν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II. a vision, [LXX+NT]
III. appearance, ὅμοιος ὁράσει λίθῳ ἰάσπιδι [NT]