CategoryTheological Term / Biblical Event
Modern Equivalentan appearance or visible manifestation of God to a human being.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionA visible appearance of God to a human being in the physical world. OT theophanies include the burning bush, the pillar of cloud and fire, God's appearance to Moses on Sinai, and the Angel of the LORD — often understood as pre-incarnate appearances of Christ. The Incarnation itself is the supreme and final theophany.
Key Verses"And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day." (Genesis 18:1); "Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: and they saw the God of Israel." (Exodus 24:9–10)