Words the Bible translates as vision
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 13 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- horasisὅρασιςappearance/visionnot studied yet
- marehמַרְאֶהwhat something looks like: the way a person or thing presents itself to the eye, and by extension a sight seen or a vision
- horamaὅραμαsomething seen: the sight set before a person's eyes, and in Acts above all an appearance God gives in order to say something
- apokalupsisἀποκάλυψιςan uncovering: the moment something hidden is brought out into the open, especially something God had kept concealed
- ḥazonחָזוֹןa prophetic vision: revelation that God grants a prophet or seer to see, together with the message it delivers.
- optasiaὀπτασίαvisionnot studied yet
- ḥezevחֱזוּa vision: the sight God gives a person at night, the imagery a dream is made of
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- the look of something: how big or imposing it seems to the eye
- marahמַרְאָהa vision: the sight God gives a prophet when he reveals himself, and the state the prophet is in while it lasts
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- a mirror: a disc of polished bronze in which a person sees her own reflection
- ro'ehרֹאֶהa prophetic vision: what a prophet sees when God shows him something
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- a seer: a prophet described as one who sees, the person people went to for an answer from God
- ḥizzavonחִזָּיוֹןa vision: a revelatory seeing granted by God, through which a message or word is made known.
- ḥazutחָזוּתvisionnot studied yet
- maḥazehמַחֲזֶהvisionnot studied yet
- ḥazotחָזוֹתvisionnot studied yet
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