"dressed by fire, roasted, broiled, etc., Lk. 24:42*"
Definition and meaning
dressed by fire, roasted, broiled, etc., Lk. 24:42*
In the original Greek the word is written: ὀπτός
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of optos (G3702) across the King James Bible.
And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
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Common questions
Strong's G3702 (optos) is a Greek word that means: dressed by fire, roasted, broiled, etc., Lk. 24:42* It appears 1 times in the King James Bible.
The word optos (G3702) appears 1 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3702 is optos, a Greek word defined as: dressed by fire, roasted, broiled, etc., Lk. 24:42*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
optos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.