opsias

Strong’sG3799

the features, outward appearance

stem opsi-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

ὄψις, -εως, ἡ,

[in LXX chiefly for מַרְאֶה;]

1. the act of seeing, the sense of sight.

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

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

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3799 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidop'-sis

properly, sight (the act), i.e. (by implication) the visage, an external show

Fromfrom G3700;

King Jamesappearance, countenance, face.

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

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+

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.

face2×appearance1×

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 nominative	opsias2×ὄψις	opsiais
object accusative	opsian1×ὄψιν	opsiain
direct address vocative	opsiar	opsiair
of, belonging to genitive	opsiau	opsiaiu
to, for dative	opsia	opsiai

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

opsistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

opsia 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.

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

opsias“face”subjectnominative singular2×

John 11:44… kai tain cheirain keiriai, kai tas opsias autou soudarie peridotelē. legatō autoi tos …… in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him …

Revelation 1:16… romfaias distomas oxuas ekporeuorōntas, kai tas opsias autou hōs tos hēlios fanatō en …… sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at …

opsian“appearance”objectaccusative singular1×

John 7:24“appearance”mē krinavōr kata opsian, alla tan dikaian krisian krinavōr.Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”