ἐμφανίζω
emphanízō · G1718 · Greek · 10 occurrences
Meanings
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to make appear, to make visible, to cause to be seen
To cause to become visible
ExamplesMatthew 27:53 and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered the holy city and appeared to many.
Hebrews 9:24 For Christ did not enter a holy place made by hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
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to make known, to make plain, to reveal, to bring to the light, to disclose, revelation
To cause something to be fully known by revealing clearly and in some detail
ExamplesJohn 14:21 “The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him.”
John 14:22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, what has happened that You are going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”
Acts 23:22 Then the commander let the young man go, instructing him, “Tell no one that you have notified me of these things.”
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to tell, to inform, to report
To reveal something which is not generally known
ExamplesActs 23:15 “Now therefore, you and the Council notify the commander to bring him down to you, as though you were going to investigate his case more thoroughly; and as for us, we are ready to kill him before he comes near the place.”
Acts 23:22 Then the commander let the young man go, instructing him, “Tell no one that you have notified me of these things.”
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to bring charges, to accuse formally
To make a formal report before authorities on a judicial matter
ExamplesActs 24:1 Now after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought charges against Paul to the governor.
Acts 25:2 And the chief priests and the leading men of the Jews brought charges against Paul, and they were pleading with Festus,
Acts 25:15 and when I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
10 occurrences in 10 groups
- Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- ἐμαυτοῦmyself 1
- ἐπιζητέωto seek, to desire 1
- οὗτοςthis 1
- σεαυτοῦyourself 1
To or for whomIndirect object
6 occurrences in 5 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2
- ἐγώI, we 1
- ἡγεμώνgovernor, ruler 1
- πολύςmany 1
- χιλίαρχοςcommander, chiliarch 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
6 occurrences in 5 groups
- κατάaccording to, against, down+ ΠαῦλοςPaul 2
- περίconcerning, about, for+ ὅςwho, which, that 1
- πρόςto, toward, with+ ἐγώI, we 1
- σύνwith, together with+ συνέδριονcouncil, Sanhedrin 1
- ὑπέρfor+ ἐγώI, we 1
With adverbsAdverbs
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- νῦνnow 2
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐκλαλέωto tell 1
- ἀγαπάωto love 1
- μέλλωto be about to 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 4 entries
- To make appear, to make visible, to cause to be seen24.19
- This verb describes causing something previously hidden to become visible, used of the saints who came out of the tombs after Jesus' resurrection and appeared to many — "they entered the holy city and appeared to many" (Matthew 27:53).
- To make known, to make plain, to reveal, to bring to the light, to disclose, revelation28.36
- It also describes Jesus revealing Himself personally to His disciples, used in His promise to the one who loves Him — "I will love him and will reveal Myself to him" (John 14:21), and in Judas' question, "what has happened that You are going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?" (John 14:22).
- To tell, to inform, to report33.208
- It further describes formally informing an official of something, used of the Jewish leaders' instructions to notify the Roman commander of a plot against Paul — "notify the commander to bring him down to you" (Acts 23:15), and of the commander's own charge to the young man who had reported the plot, "Tell no one that you have notified me of these things" (Acts 23:22).
- To bring charges, to accuse formally56.8
- It is also used of formally instructing an official to reconsider a legal case as though bringing renewed charges, in the same context of the plot against Paul reported to the commander — "as though you were going to investigate his case more thoroughly" (Acts 23:15).
Word family 46 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (see ἐν, III. 3); future ἐμφανίσω (Buttmann, 37 (32)); 1 aorist ἐνεφανισα; 1 aorist…
1. to manifest, exhibit to view: ἑαυτόν τίνι, properly, to present oneself to the sight of another, manifest oneself to (Ex 33:13), Jn 14:22; metaphorically of Christ giving evidence by the action of the Holy Spirit on the souls of the disciples that he is alive in heaven, Jn 14:21. Passive to Show oneself, come to view, appear, be manifest: τίνι (of spectres, Wis. 17:4; αὐτοῖς Θεούς ἐμφανίζεσθαι λέγοντες, Diag. Laërtius prooem. 7; so of God, Josephus, Antiquities 1, 13, 1), Mt 27:53; τῷ προσώπῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ, of Christ appearing before God in heaven, Heb 9:24; (of God imparting to souls the knowledge of himself, Wis. 1:2; Theophilus of Antioch ad Autol. 1, 2, 4).
2. to indicate, disclose, declare, make known: followed by ὅτι, Heb 11:14; with the dative of person Acts 23:15; τί πρός τινα, Acts 23:22; τί κατά τίνος, to report or declare a thing against a person, to inform against one, Acts 24:1; Acts 25:2; περί τίνος, about one, Acts 25:15. (Synonym: see δηλόω.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 4 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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