STRONGS NUMBER G3799


Word Summary
opsis: the act of seeing, the sense of sight
Original Word: ὄψις
Transliteration: opsis
Phonetic Spelling: (op'-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: the act of seeing, the sense of sight
Meaning: the act of seeing, the sense of sight
Strong's Concordance
appearance, countenance, face.

From optanomai; properly, sight (the act), i.e. (by implication) the visage, an external show -- appearance, countenance, face.

see GREEK optanomai

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3799: ὄψις

ὄψις, ὄψεως, (ὈΠΤΩ, ὄψομαι (cf. ὀφθαλμός)), from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for מַרְאֶה;

1. seeing, sight.

2. face, countenance: John 11:44; Revelation 1:16.

3. the outward appearance, look (many lexicographers give this neuter and objective sense precedence): κρίνειν κατ' ὄψιν, John 7:24.