ἐπιφαίνω
epiphaínō · G2014 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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to illuminate, to shine upon
To cause light to shine upon some object, in the sense of illuminating it
ExamplesLuke 1:79 To shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Acts 27:20 Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was assailing us, from then on all hope of our being saved was slowly abandoned.
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to appear, appearance, appearing
To appear to someone or at some place
ExamplesActs 27:20 Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was assailing us, from then on all hope of our being saved was slowly abandoned.
Titus 2:11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people,
Titus 3:4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
How it’s used In 3 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
4 occurrences in 6 groups
- ἥλιοςthe sun 1
- φιλανθρωπίαlove of mankind 1
- χάριςgrace, favor, thanks 1
- χρηστότηςkindness 1
- ἄστρονstar 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
To or for whomIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κάθημαιto sit 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐπίon+ ἡμέραday 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 illuminate, to shine upon14.39
- In Luke 1:79, Zechariah's prophecy describes the coming Messiah's purpose “to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,” the literal sense of light shining upon something.
- Appearance, appearing24.21
- In Titus 2:11, Paul writes that “the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people” — the sense of a manifestation or appearing, not literal light.
Word family 46 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 1 aorist infinitive ἐπιφᾶναι (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 24ff; Winers Grammar, 89 (85);…
1. transitive, to show to or upon; to bring to light.
2. intransitive and in the passive to appear, become visible;
a. properly: of stars, Acts 27:20 (Theocritus, 2, 11); τίνι, to one, Lk 1:79.
b. figuratively equivalent to to become clearly known, to show oneself: Tit 3:4; τίνι, Tit 2:11.
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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