with eyes full of mistiness

ὅρασις, εως, ἡ (ὁράω; Aristot.+; ins, pap, LXX, En; PsSol 6:3; TestAbr A 4 p. 80, 27 [Stone p. 8]; Test12 Patr; JosAs 18 [p. 68, 13 Bat.]; GrBar 4:3; AscIs 3, 13, 31; EpArist 142; Philo).

① organ of sight, eye (mostly pl. ‘eyes’ Diod S 2, 6, 10; Plut., Mor. 88d; PGM 13, 582. But also the sg. ὅρασις Diod S 3, 37, 9; 5, 43, 1; Proclus on Pla., Cratyl. p. 7, 25 Pasqu.; Iren. 1, 18, 1 [Harv. I, 171, 1]; Orig., C. Cels. 1, 48, 31; Hippol., Ref. 6, 15, 1), and hence sight, appearance, face (CB I/2, 653 no. 564 εἰς ὅρασιν καὶ εἰς ὅλον τὸ σῶμα; PGM 4, 308; 5, 147; Sir 11:2; 25:17; 3 Macc 5:33) in imagery, of mental and spiritual perception ἀχλύος γέμοντες ἐν τῇ ὁράσει with eyes full of mistiness 2 Cl 1:6.

② that which is seen, appearance, sight

ⓐ appearance (Philo Mech. 51, 10; 62, 23; Ezk 1:5; 1 Km 16:12; Hippol., Ref. 4, 20, 1) ὅμοιος ὁράσει λίθῳ ἰάσπιδι like jasper in appearance Rv 4:3a; cp. vs. 3b.

ⓑ spectacle ἔσονται εἰς ὅρ. πάσῃ σαρκί they will be a spectacle for all flesh (Is 66:24) 2 Cl 7:6; 17:5.

③ vision in a transcendent mode (in this case the distinction made betw. ὅραμα 1 and 2 cannot be carried through w. certainty, so that the focus in 1 will certainly predominate.—Critodemus, a Hellenistic astrologer, wrote a book Ὅρασις in vision form [Vett. Val. 150, 11; 329, 18f]; Herm. Wr. 1, 30 ἀληθινὴ ὅρ.; Tob 12:19; Zech 10:2; Pel.-Leg. 18, 20) vision (cp. Da 7:1 Theod.; Iren. 4, 28, 3 [Harv. II 296, 16]) ἰδεῖν τι ἐν τῇ ὁρ. Rv 9:17. ὅρασιν ἰδεῖν or ὁρᾶν Ac 2:17 (Jo 3:1); Hv 2, 4, 2. Of the visions of Hermas Hv 2, 1, 1; 3, 10, 3ff; 3, 11, 2; 4; 3, 12, 1; 3, 13, 1; 4, 1, 1. Titles Hv 2; 3; 4.—DELG s.v. ὁράω. M-M. TW.

γέμω impf. ἔγεμον (Aeschyl., Hdt.+) to be full of someth. (of state rather than procedure), be full.

ⓐ w. simple gen. τινός (Thu. 7, 25, 1 et al.; LXX; GrBar 12:1; PGM 8, 94 πυρὸς γ.) of someth.: of bones of the dead Mt 23:27 (cp. Just., D. 17, 4; 112, 4); GNaass 284, 153; of sins B 11:11 (cp. Isocr., Panath. 10, 29 πολλῶν ἁμαρτημάτων γέμοντες); of rapacity and wickedness Lk 11:39 (cp. Isocr., Areop. 17, 43 πλείστων γ. ἐπιθυμιῶν; Plut., Pomp. 657 [72, 4], Aemil. 271 [31, 4]); of cursing and bitterness (cp. Philod., Ira p. 56 W. πικρίας) Ro 3:14 (Ps 9:28; 13:3); of incense Rv 5:8 (cp. GrBar 12:1–5); of pollutions 17:4; of the seven plagues 21:9; of God’s wrath 15:7. ζῷα γέμοντα ὀφθαλμῶν living creatures full of eyes (of heavily loaded animals, Posidon.: 87 Fgm. 2 Jac. ὄνους γέμοντας οἴνου; Aesop, Fab. 322a H./180 P./266 Ch./191 H-H. S. also Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 15 §55 γέμων ῥύπου, covered with filth) 4:6, 8. ὄρος σχισμῶν ὅλον ἔγεμεν the mountain was all full of cracks Hs 9, 1, 7; be full of mistiness 2 Cl 1:6 (contrast Diod. Sic. 13, 84, 3 ἡ πόλις ἔγεμε φωτός). Pregnant constr. θεοῦ γ. be full of God IMg 14 (cp. Vergil in Seneca Rhet., Suasoria 3, 5 HMüller: plena deo, of the Sibyl; Lucan 9, 564; Pollux 1, 15 πλήρης θεοῦ; schol. on Pla. 856e of μάντις• ἄνωθεν λαμβάνειν τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ πληροῦσθαι τοῦ θεοῦ).

ⓑ w. prep. and gen. ἔκ τινος of extortion Mt 23:25.

ⓒ w. acc. of thing: θηρίον γέμοντα (constr. ad sensum) ὀνόματα βλασφημίας full of sacrilegious names Rv 17:3 (s. AThumb, Hdb. d. neugriech. Volkssprache² 1910 §50c; B-D-F §159, 1; KWolf, Studien z. Sprache d. Malalas II, diss. Munich 1912, 33).—DELG. M-M. TW.