noun · neuter
horamem
Strong’sG3705
a spectacle, vision
stem horam-12 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 6 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
ὅραμα refers to something that is seen.
In one sense it denotes a sight or spectacle – a visible thing or scene that is looked at 13. This can be an ordinary sight or something startling to witness 1.
In its other, more common biblical sense it denotes a vision – an appearance, especially of a supernatural kind, including a vision seen in sleep or a dream 1234. This is the sense used repeatedly for the appearances received by figures in the New Testament 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
ὅραμα, -τος, τό
(< ὁράω), [in LXX for חָזוֹן, מַרְאֶה, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3705 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhor'-am-ah
something gazed at, i.e. a spectacle (especially supernatural)
Fromfrom G3708;
King Jamessight, vision.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
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+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | horamem2×ὅραμα | horameim |
| of, belonging to genitive | horameu2×ὁράματος | horameiu |
| to, for dative | horame3×ὁράματι | horamei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
horame is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
12 occurrences, every one of them listed
horamem“vision”subject or objectdirect singular2×
Acts 10:17… tos Petros tinem an atoiō tem horamem hem horata, idou tois androis tois …… puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found …
Acts 16:9kai horamem dia nuktau to Paulo horita, andros …During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing …
horameu“vision”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Acts 10:19tou de Petrou dienthumorōntou peri teu horameu legata auto tem pneumem; Idou androis …… Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold …
Acts 18:9… de tos kurios en nukta dia horameu to Paulo; Mē fobosōr, alla lalasōr …… Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on …
horame“vision”to, fordative singular3×
Acts 9:10… Hananios, kai legata pros auton en horame tos kurios; Hananior. tos de legata; …… Lord spoke to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Here I am, Lord,” he …
Acts 9:12kai horata andron en horame Hananion onome eisercharanton kai epititharanton auto …In a vision he has seen a man named …
Acts 10:3horata en horame fanerōs hōsei peri hōran enatan tau …… ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who …
horamem5×
Matthew 17:9… tos Iēsus legarōntos; Mēdeno legaveia tem horamem heōs hou tos huios tou anthrōpou …… Do not tell anyone about this vision until the Son of Man has …
Acts 7:31tos de Mōusos horarantos thaumazata tem horamem. proserchorōntou de autou katanoara geneta fōnas …… saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more …
Acts 11:5… Ioppa proseuchorōntos kai horama en ekstasia horamem, katabainarōntem skevem tinem hōs othonan megan …… in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet …
Acts 12:9… genorōntem dia tou angelou, dokate de horamem bleparō.… thought he was only seeing a vision.
Acts 16:10hōs de tem horamem horata, eutheōs zētana exerchara eis Makedonian, …… soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for …