Strong’s G3706 · Greek

ὅρασις
hórasis

Definition

the act of gazing, i.e. (externally) an aspect or (internally) an inspired appearance

Etymology

from G3708 (ὁράω);

Where the KJV renders it

  • sight
  • vision

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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