horaō · see

What it means

horaō (ὁράω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “see”.

Look; notice.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
2. To realize, understand.
3. To become visible to someone, to appear before their eyes.
4. "Be careful!", "make sure that…".

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

See, look; also perceive, notice. In the passive it means “be seen”, that is, appear.

• To see with the eyes Matthew 2:10
• To see God Matthew 5:8John 1:18
• To appear to someone Luke 1:111 Corinthians 15:5
• “Watch out”: to pay attention, to be careful Matthew 16:6

How we translate it

“Saw” 159 times, “see” 136, “seen” 59, “seeing” 51, “appeared” 20. The passive form is translated “appeared” (Luke 1:11; 1 Corinthians 15:5), and the imperative, when it warns, “Watch out”.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• saw ×159
• see ×136
• seen ×59
• seeing ×51
• knowing ×22
• appeared ×20
• I looked ×10
• Look ×4
• Watch out ×3
• perceive ×3
• others ×9

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×73
• Mark×52
• Luke×84
• John×72
• Acts×69
• Romans×2
• 1 Corinthians×8
• Galatians×4
• Philippians×4
• Colossians×2
• 1 Thessalonians×4
• 1 Timothy×4
• 2 Timothy×3
• Titus×1
• Philemon×1
• Hebrews×10
• James×2
• 1 Peter×3
• 2 Peter×2
• 1 John×9
• 3 John×2
• Jude×1
• Revelation×64

• Matthew 2:2

  saying, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star at its rising and have come to bow down before him.”

• Matthew 2:9

  And they, having heard the king, went on their way; and look, the star that they had seen at its rising was going ahead of them until it came and stopped over where the child was.

• Matthew 2:10

  And seeing the star, they rejoiced with a very great joy.

• Matthew 2:11

  And coming into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell and bowed down before him; and opening their treasures, they offered him gifts: gold and frankincense and myrrh.

• Matthew 2:16

  Then Herod, seeing that he had been tricked by the magi, was greatly enraged, and sending men, he killed all the children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time that he had learned precisely from the magi.

• Matthew 3:7

  But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, “Offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

• Matthew 3:16

  And after being immersed, Jesus at once went up from the water; and look, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and coming upon him.

• Matthew 4:16

  the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death, light dawned on them.”

• Matthew 4:18

  And walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

• Matthew 4:21

  And going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

• Matthew 5:1

  Now seeing the crowds, he went up onto the mountain; and when he had sat down, his disciples came to him.

• Matthew 5:8

  Happy are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

• Matthew 5:16

  In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

• Matthew 8:4

  And Jesus says to him, “See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

• Matthew 8:14

  And coming into Peter’s house, Jesus saw his mother-in-law lying in bed and sick with a fever.

• Matthew 8:18

  Now seeing large crowds around him, Jesus gave orders to go away to the other side.

• Matthew 8:34

  And look, the whole town came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged him to move away from their region.

• Matthew 9:2

  And look, they were bringing to him a paralytic lying on a bed. And seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, “Take courage, child; your sins are forgiven.”

• Matthew 9:4

  And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why are you thinking evil things in your hearts?

• Matthew 9:8

  Seeing it, the crowds were afraid and glorified God, who had given such authority to human beings.

• Matthew 9:9

  And passing on from there, Jesus saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he says to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.

• Matthew 9:11

  And seeing this, the Pharisees were saying to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?”

• Matthew 9:22

  Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, “Take courage, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour.

• Matthew 9:23

  And Jesus, coming into the ruler’s house and seeing the flute players and the crowd in an uproar,

• Matthew 9:30

  And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, saying, “See that no one knows about it.”

• Matthew 9:36

  Seeing the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and cast down, like sheep that do not have a shepherd.

• Matthew 11:8

  But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? Look, those who wear soft clothes are in the houses of kings.

• Matthew 11:9

  But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

• Matthew 12:2

  But the Pharisees, seeing it, said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.”

• Matthew 12:25

  But knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and every town or house divided against itself will not stand.

• Matthew 12:38

  Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”

• Matthew 13:14

  And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘You will indeed hear and never understand, and you will indeed see and never perceive.

• Matthew 13:15

  For the heart of this people has grown dull, and with their ears they have heard with difficulty, and they have closed their eyes, so that they do not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I will heal them.’

• Matthew 13:17

  For truly I tell you that many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

• Matthew 14:14

  And going ashore, he saw a large crowd, and he was moved with compassion for them and healed their sick.

• Matthew 14:26

  But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out for fear.

• Matthew 16:6

  And Jesus said to them, “Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

• Matthew 16:28

  Truly I tell you, there are some of those standing here who will certainly not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

• Matthew 17:3

  And look, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him.

• Matthew 17:8

  And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone.

And 436 more times.