G3700

Short Definition

ὀπτάνομαι , a (middle voice) prolonged form of the primary (middle voice) optomai

Extended Definition

ὀπτάνομαι , a (middle voice) prolonged form of the primary (middle voice) optomai ; which is used for it in certain tenses; and both as alternate of ὁράω ; to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from βλέπω , which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from εἴδω , which expresses merely mechanical, passive or casual vision; while θεάομαι , and still more emphatically its intensive θεωρέω , signifies an earnest but more continued inspection; and σκοπέω a watching from a distance): appear, look, see, shew self .