Strong's Concordance
aoratos: invisible
Original Word: ἀόρατος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: aoratos
Phonetic Spelling: (ah-or'-at-os)
Short Definition: unseen, invisible
Definition: unseen, invisible.
HELPS Word-studies
517 aóratos (from 1 /A "not" and 3708 /horáō, "see") – properly, not seen; invisible to the physical ("naked") eye; (figuratively) spiritual reality as perceived through God's inbirthings of faith. Accordingly, 517 (aóratos) and faith (4102 /pístis) are closely associated (Ro 1:17-20; 1 Tim 1:17-19; Heb 11:27).
The antonym of faith is not fear – but sight!
Heb 11:27: "By faith (4102 /pístis) he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing Him who is unseen (517 /aóratos)" (NASU).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 517: ἀόρατοςἀόρατος,
ἀόρατον (
ὁράω), either, not seen i. e.
unseen, or that cannot be seen i. e.
invisible. In the latter sense of God in
Colossians 1:15;
1 Timothy 1:17;
Hebrews 11:27;
τά ἀόρατα αὐτοῦ his (God's) invisible nature (perfections),
Romans 1:20;
τά ὁρατά καί τά ἀόρατα,
Colossians 1:16. (
Genesis 1:2;
Isaiah 45:3; 2 Macc. 9:5;
Xenophon,
Plato,
Polybius,
Plutarch, others.)
