G3799 ὄψις (ópsis)

ὄψις, -ews, ἡ, (ONTO, ὄψομαι [cf. ὀφθαλμός), fr. Hom. down; Sept. chiefly for AN ; 1. seeing, sight. 2. face, countenance: Jn. xi. 44; Rev. i. 16. 3. the outward appearance, look, [many lexicographers give this neuter and objective sense precedence]: κρίνειν κατ᾽ ὄψιν, Jn. vii. 24.

ὄψις opsis 3x

a sight; the face, countenance, Jn. 11:44; Rev. 1:16; external appearance, Jn. 7:24*

ὄψις, -εως, ἡ,

[in LXX chiefly for מַרְאֶה;]

the act of seeing, the sense of sight.

face, countenance: Jo 11:44, Re 1:16.

appearance: κατ’ ὄ. κρίνειν (v. MM, xviii), Jo 7:24.†

ὄψις. In certain proceedings before the Prefect regarding the custody of a child, which strikingly recall 3 Kingd 31°, judgment was given that as the child in question ἐκ τῆς ὄψεως, “from its features,’’ appeared to be that of Saraeus, it should be restored to her, P Oxy I. 3743 (a.p. 49) (= Selections, p. 51), with which may be compared the use of kat’ ὄψιν in Jn 7525. The latter phrase, = ‘‘in person,” is common, e.g. P Oxy VIII. 1154¢ (late i/a.D.) πρὸ πάντων ὡς ἐνετειλάμην σοι κατ᾽ ὄψιν ἔπιμελοῦ σεαυτῆς, “above all else, as I enjoined you when with you, take care mapakékAnka, 76. XIV. 1665* (ili/A.D.) παρόν[τ]ς σφι (7. παρόντα oe) kar ὄψιν ἡτησάμην, and PSI III. 210% (iv/v A.D.) ὅπως .. αὐτὸν kar’ ὄψιν ἀπολάβωμεν. For a similar use of els ὄψιν cf. Preisigke 431718 (c. A.D. 200) πολεμεῖ με διότι εἶπόν σοι els ὄψιν. See also the fourth of the so-called Sayings of Jesus, P Oxy IV. 65427* λέγει ᾿Ιη(σοῦ)ς᾽ [ray τὸ μὴ ἔμπροσΊθεν τῆς ὄψεως σου καὶ [τὸ κεκρυμμένον] ἀπό σου ἀποκαλυφ -«θ-- ἤσεται, ‘Jesus saith, Everything that is not before thy face and that which is hidden from thee shall be revealed to thee.”” P Fay 133" (iv/A.D.) shows the phrase καθ᾽ αὐτὴν οὖν τὴν ὄψιν, ‘as soon therefore as you see this” (Edd.), and for the meaning ““face,” ‘‘countenance,” as in Jn 11*4, Rev 178, cf. P Giss I. 22° (time of Trajan) τὴν [γλυκυ]τάτην σου ὄψιν προσκυ[νῆσαι, and the literary P Oxy ΧΙ. 1380!*7 (early ii/a.p.) τὴν ἐν Λ[ή]θῃ ἱλαρὰν ὄψιν, with reference to Isis. The plur. is similarly used in P Amh II. 1411? (a.p. 350) ὡς καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ὄψεών μοι τὰ οἰδήματα φαίνεται, ‘‘so that the swellings 1 ὀψώνιον are apparent even on my face” (Edd.)—the result of an accident. Ai ὄψεις, “the eyes,”’ is found in P Oxy VI. g11® (A.D. 233 or 265) ἀσθενῖ τὰς ὄψεις, ‘he has weak sight”: cf. Ev. Petr. 3 ἐνέπτυον αὐτοῦ ταῖς ὄψεσι (with Swete’s note), Musonius p. 1068, and Vogeser Het/igenlegenden, p. 43. In the remarkable Calendar inscr. Priene 1058 (c. B.C. 9) (= OG/S 458) the birthday of Augustus is described as having given another ‘‘aspect’’ to the world—érépav τε ἔδωϊκεν παντὶ τῷ κόσ]μῳ ὄψιν: cf. what is said of Gaius Caesar Germanicus Augustus in a decree of Assos of the year A.D. 37, Sy// 364 (= 3797)" πᾶν ἔθνος ἐπὶ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ὄψιν (‘‘presence”) ἔσίπ]Ίευκεν. The editor understands ὄψις as = “dignity” or ‘‘ position” in P Lond 775 (end of vi/A.D., see Chrest. 11. 319) (=I. p. 234) κατὰ τὴν ἐμὴν ὄψιν καὶ ὑπόλημψιν. The compound κάκοψις (not in LS) occurs in P Lips I. 1° (B.c. 104) and P Grenf II. 28¢ (B.c. 103), and for a new adj. évémos see P Par 6355 (B.c. 164) (=P Petr III. p. 20) τηλικούτων διαστολῶν γεγονυιῶ[ν bpi]y καὶ ἐνοπίοις kal διὰ γραμμάτων, ‘extensive explanations having been given to you both face to face and in writing.” A Hebraism ἡ ὄψις τῆς γῆς, ‘the eye of the earth,” is found in Ex τοῦ 15, Numb 22514. MGr ὄψι, “countenance.

ὄψις (opsis) — face. ὄψις, ἡ, genitive εως, Ionic dialect ιος, (ὄπωπα):

I. objective, aspect, appearance of a person or thing, πατρὸς φίλου ὄψιν ἀτυχθείς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πλείω τὴν ὄ. παρείχετο made the appearance greater, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥστε ὄ. καλὴν φαίνεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: the accusative is used absolutely, in appearance, τῷ ὄψιν ἐειδόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καλός τε κἀγαθὸς τὴν ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τῆς ὄ. Ἑλληνικός to judge from his looks, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

I. b countenance, face, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διοίδησις ὅλης ὄ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]; οὐκ ἄξιον ἀπ᾽ ὄψεως οὔτε φιλεῖν οὔτε μισεῖν οὐδένα by the face or look merely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀδήλως τῇ ὄ. πλασάμενος so that nothing could be learnt from his countenance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I. c visual impression or image of an object, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. thing seen, sight, φοβερὰν ὄ. προσιδέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄλλην ὄ. οἰκοδομημάτων other architectural sights, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ δὲ χρήματα.. ἔστιν ὄψις mere outside show, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of scenic representations, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

I.3. vision, apparition, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. subjective, power of sight or seeing, vision, ὄψει τινὰ ἰδεῖν, ἐσιδεῖν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῆς ἐμῆς ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ τὸ δρασθὲν πιστότερον ὄψει λαβόντες ἢ τὸ ἀκουσθέν [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. b act of seeing or looking, ἡ εἰς τὸ ἄνω ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; sense of sight, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ διὰ τῆς ὄ., of pleasures, [Refs]

II. c plural, organs of sight, eyes, ὄψεις μαρᾶναι to quench the orbs of sight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσθενῖ (={-εῖ}) τὰς ὄ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: singular in collective sense, the eyes, [ἰχθῦς] λευκὴν ἔχοντες τὴν ὄ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. d in Medicine texts, iris of the eye, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (but eye-ball or eye, [Refs]; also, pupil, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. e of the visual rays which were supposed to proceed from the eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+] controverted this Empedoclean theory, [Refs]

II.2. view, sight, ἀπικνέεσθαι ἐς ὄψιν τινί come into one's sight, i.e. presence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ὄψιν τινὸς or τινὶ ἥκειν, μολεῖν, ἐλθεῖν, περᾶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καλέσαι τινὰ ἐς ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀποφαίνειν τί τινι ἐς ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ὄψιν in person, ὡς ἐνετειλάμην σοι κατ᾽ ὄ. as I enjoined you when with you, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II.2. b dignity, position, κατὰ τὴν ἐμὴν ὄ. καὶ ὑπόλημψιν [Refs 6th c.AD+]; ἡ τῶν γονέων ἡμῶν προτεραία ὄ. [Refs 6th c.AD+]