Horáō — G3708

G3708 · Greek — ὁράω

Pronunciation: hor-ah'-o

Definition

verb

by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear

  1. to see with the eyes
  2. to see with the mind, to perceive, know
  3. to see i. e. to become acquainted with by experience, to experience
  4. to see to, look to
    1. equivalent to to take heed, beware
    2. equivalent to to care for, pay heed to
  5. passive 1 aorist ὤφθην, I was seen, showed myself, appeared

Usually translated as

see, take heed, perceive, behold

Origin

properly, to stare at (compare G3700), i.e. (by implication) to discern clearly (physically or mentally)

Occurrences

Horáō occurs 58 times in 54 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (5), Mark (2), Luke (6), John (19), Acts (4), 1 Corinthians (1), Colossians (2), 1 Thessalonians (1), Hebrews (3), James (1), 1 Peter (1), 1 John (5), 3 John (1), Revelation (3)

Strong's Lexicon — H