ἐπιδείκνυμι
epideíknymi · G1925 · Greek · 7 occurrences
Meanings
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to show
To cause to be seen
ExamplesMatthew 22:19 “Show Me the coin used for the poll-tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.
Matthew 24:1 Jesus left the temple area and was going on His way when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him.
Luke 17:14 When He saw them, He said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were going, they were cleansed.
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to show to be true, to prove
To demonstrate that something is true
ExamplesMatthew 16:1 The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and putting Jesus to the test, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.
Acts 18:28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
Hebrews 6:17 In the same way God, desiring even more to demonstrate to the heirs of the promise the fact that His purpose is unchangeable, confirmed it with an oath,
How it’s used In 5 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
7 occurrences in 4 groups
- Not stated: you (more than one) 2
- Not stated (infinitive) 2
- Not stated (participle) 2
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
7 occurrences in 8 groups
- ἑαυτοῦhimself, herself, itself 1
- εἰμίto be 1
- ἱμάτιονclothing 1
- ἀμετάθετοςnot changing 1
- νόμισμαcoin 1
- οἰκοδομήbuilding up, building 1
To or for whomIndirect object
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2
- ἐγώI, we 1
- ἱερεύςpriest 1
- κληρονόμοςheir 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- διάthrough+ γραφήScripture, the Scriptures 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 4 groups
- βούλομαιto want, to intend 1
- ἐπερωτάωto ask 1
- πειράζωto test, to tempt 1
- προσέρχομαιto come to, to approach 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 2 entries
- To show24.25
- This verb describes displaying something for another to see, used of the Pharisees and Sadducees asking Jesus to show them a sign from heaven — "they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven" (Matthew 16:1), and of Jesus' instruction to the cleansed lepers to show themselves to the priests — "Go and show yourselves to the priests" (Luke 17:14).
- To show to be true, to prove72.5
- It also describes demonstrating the validity of a claim through evidence, used of Apollos powerfully refuting the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ — "he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ" (Acts 18:28).
Word family 14 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 1 aorist ἐπέδειξα; (present middle ἐπιδεικνυμαι); to exhibit, show (as though for…
a. to bring forth to view: τί, Mt 22:19; and Lk 20:24 Rec.; τί τίνι, Lk 24:40 R G; ἑαυτόν τίνι, Lk 17:14; to show i. e. bid to look at, τί τίνι, Mt 24:1; to show i. e. furnish to be looked at, produce what may be looked at: σημεῖον, Mt 16:1; Middle with the accusative of the thing, to display something belonging to oneself: χιτῶνας, the tunics as their own, Acts 9:39 (see Meyer).
b. to prove, demonstrate, set forth to be known and acknowledged: Heb 6:17; followed by the accusative and the infinitive Acts 18:28.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 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
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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