noun · feminine
horasias
Greekὅρασις (horasis)
Strong’sG3706
a sight, vision, appearance
stem horasi-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ὅρασις, -εως, ἡ
(ὁράω), [in LXX chiefly for מַרְאֶה, חָזוֹן and cognate forms;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3706 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhor'-as-is
the act of gazing, i.e. (externally) an aspect or (internally) an inspired appearance
Fromfrom G3708;
King Jamessight, vision.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | horasias | horasiais |
| object accusative | horasian | horasiain1×ὁράσεις |
| direct address vocative | horasiar | horasiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | horasiau | horasiaiu |
| to, for dative | horasia3×ὁράσει | horasiai |
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
horasia 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
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
horasia“appearance”to, fordative singular3×
Revelation 4:3“appearance”kai tos katherōtos homoios horasia litho iaspia kai sardie, kai irias kuklothen tou thronou homoios horasia smaragdino.The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
Revelation 4:3“appearance”kai tos katherōtos homoios horasia litho iaspia kai sardie, kai irias kuklothen tou thronou homoios horasia smaragdino.The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
Revelation 9:17“vision”kai houtōs horama toin hippoin en ta horasia kai toin katherōtoin epi autoiu, echarōtoin thōraxoin purinoin kai huakinthinoin kai theiōdoin; kai tais kefalais toiu hippoiu hōs kefalais leōnoiu, kai ek teiu stomeiu autoiu ekporeuetō purem kai kapnos kai theiem.Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.
horasiain“visions”objectaccusative plural1×
Acts 2:17“visions”Kai eti en tai eschatai hēmerai, legatō tos theos, ekchami apo teu pneumeu mu epi pantan sarxan, kai profēteuali tois huiois vu kai tais thugatērais vu, kai tois neaniskois vu horasiain horeli, kai tois presbuterois vu enupniei enupniazili;‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.