verb
optanomō
Strong’sG3700
I appear, am seen
stem optan-once in the New Testament1 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.
† ὀπτάνω,
[in LXX: III Ki 8:8 (ראה ni.), To 12:19*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3700 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidop-tan'-om-ahee
to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from G991, which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from G1492, which expresses merely mechanical, passive or casual vision; while G2300, and still more emphatically its intensive G2334, signifies an earnest but more continued inspection; and G4648 a watching from a distance)
Froma (middle voice) prolonged form of the primary (middle voice) ὄπτομαι ; which is used for it in certain tenses; and both as alternate of G3708;
King Jamesappear, look, see, shew self.
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
passive, to be seen, LXX:—so ὀπτάνομαι,LXX+5th c.BC+:—an active ὀπταίνω in Refs
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
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| optanorōntosὀπτανόμενος | happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative singular masculine | appearing | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | optanomō | optanome | optanomē | optanomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | optanosō | optanose | optanosē | optanoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | optanotō | optanote | optanotē | optanotelē |
| we 1st person plural | optanonō | optanone | optanonē | optanonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | optanovō | optanove | optanovē | optanovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | optanolō | optanole | optanolē | optanolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | optanomeiō | optanomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | optanoseiō | optanoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | optanoteiō | optanoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | optanoneiō | optanoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | optanoveiō | optanoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | optanoleiō | optanoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | optanosōr | optanosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | optanotōr | optanotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | optanovōr | optanovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | optanolōr | optanolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | optanomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | optanosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | optanotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | optanonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | optanovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | optanoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | optanorō | optanorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | optanorōntos1×ὀπτανόμενος | optanorēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
optan 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.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
optanorōntos“appearing”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative singular masculine1×
Acts 1:3“appearing”… en pollei tekmēriei, dia hēmeraiu tesserakonta optanorōntos autoi kai legarōntos teim peri tau …… them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of …