Strong's Lexicon
G398 — ἀναφαίνω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G398 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀναφαίνω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G303 and G5316 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | anaphaino |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | an-af-ai'-no |
| Meaning: | 1. to show 2. (reflexively) appear 3. (passively) to have pointed out |
| KJV Renderings: | (should) appear, discover |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀναφαίνω: 1 aorist ἀνεφανα, Doric for the more common ἀνεφηνα (Act 21:3 R T WH (with Erasm., Stephanus Thesaurus, Mill); cf. Passow, p. 2199; (Veitch, and Liddell and Scott, under the word φαίνω; Winers Grammar, 89 (85); Buttmann, 41 (35)); see ἐπιφαίνω); passive (present ἀναφαίνομαι); 2 aorist ἀνεφανην; (from Homer down); to bring to light, hold up to view, show; passive to appear, be made apparent: Luk 19:11. An unusual phrase is ἀναφανέντες τήν τήν Κύπρον having sighted Cyprus, for ἀναφανεισης ἡμῖν τῆς Κύπρου, Act 21:3; cf. Buttmann, 190 (164); Winers Grammar, § 39, 1 a., p. 260 (244); here Rst T WH (see above) read ἀναφάναντες ... τήν Κύπρον after we had rendered Cyprus visible (to us); (R. V. had come in sight of Cyprus.).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀναφαίνω ((should) appear)
Luke 19:11
- KJV: And as they heard these things he added and spake a parable because he was nigh to Jerusalem and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear
- GK: ακουόντων δε αυτών ταύτα προσθείς είπεν παραβολήν διά το εγγύς αυτόν είναι Ιερουσαλήμ και δοκείν αυτούς ότι παραχρήμα μέλλει η βασιλεία του θεού αναφαίνεσθαι
Acts 21:3
- KJV: Now when we had discovered Cyprus we left it on the left hand and sailed into Syria and landed at Tyre for there the ship was to unlade her burden
- GK: αναφανέντες δε την Κύπρον και καταλιπόντες αυτήν ευώνυμον επλέομεν εις Συρίαν και κατήχθημεν εις Τύρον εκείσε γαρ ην το πλοίον αποφορτιζόμενον τον γόμον