# G3700 ὀπτάνομαι

ὀπτάνομαι (optánomai), Strong’s G3700: to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from G991 (βλέπω), which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from… KJV…

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*optánomai* — to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from G991 (βλέπω), which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from…

KJV: appear, look, see, shew self

Occurs 2 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Acts 1:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/1?v=3) — To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days…
- [Tobit 12:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/tobit/12?v=19) — All these days I appeared to you. I didn’t eat or drink, but you all saw a vision.