αὐτόπτηςautóptēs
an eye-witness: Luke 1:2.
Greek (New Testament) · G845
Same root
- αὐτόςautós · G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ)) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
- ὀπτάνομαιoptánomai · G3700to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from G991 (βλέπω), which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from G1492 (εἴδω), which expresses merely mechanical, passive or casual vision; while G2300 (θεάομαι), and still more emphatically its intensive G2334 (θεωρέω), signifies an earnest but more continued inspection; and G4648 (σκοπέω) a watching from a distance)
Where it appears
Appears 1 times in the Bible.
- Luke 1:2 They used the eyewitness reports circulating among us from the early disciples.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.