Appear
Appear
a-per: Of eight Hebrew originals the chief is , ra’ah, to be seen. Used mainly of God’s self-revelations in person and in dreams and visions: Yahweh appeared unto Abram (Gen 12:7); to Moses (Exo 3:2); to Solomon (1Ki 3:5). All originals used of Nature’s processes, of the appearing, i.e. coming of the morning (Exo 14:27); stars (Neh 4:21); flowers, flocks of goats, tender grapes (Son 2:12; Son 4:1 m; Son 7:12 margin). So New Testament , ophthen, passive of horao, I see, to be seen used especially of angelic revelations and visions: as on the Mount of Transfiguration (Mat 17:3); an angel (Luk 1:11); the risen Lord (Luk 24:34); cloven tongues at Pentecost (Act 2:3); vision to Paul (Act 16:9); a great wonder in heaven (Rev 12:1, the King James Version).
, optano, in Act 1:3, of Christ appearing after his suffering; , phanomai, to shine, like the above with the added thought of a resplendent, luminous revelation, as of the Bethlehem star (Mat 2:7); the bringing to light of sin (Rom 7:13, the King James Version). Also , phaneroo, to make manifest, used exclusively of the post-resurrection appearances and second coming of Christ and of the disclosures of the great judgment day. See Col 3:4; 2Co 5:10; Rev 3:18 and seven other passages the King James Version.