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ὀπτάνομαι

Lemma	ὀπτάνομαι
Citation form	ὀπτάνομαι
Part of speech	verb
Gloss	I appear, am seen
Strong’s	G3700
Transliteration	optánomai
Definition	to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from , which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from , which expresses merely mechanical, passive or casual vision; while , and still more emphatically its intensive , signifies an earnest but more continued inspection; and a watching from a distance)
KJV glosses	:--appear, look, see, shew self.
Derivation	a (middle voice) prolonged form of the primary (middle voice) ; which is used for it in certain tenses; and both as alternate of
SBLGNT occurrences	1