Definition

from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)); to shut the eyes, i.e. blink (see indistinctly)

Etymology

from a compound of the base of G3466 (μυστήριον) and (the face;

Where the KJV renders it

• cannot see far off

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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