Strong's Lexicon

G5319

G5319 — φανερόω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekphanerooverbOccurrences: 49

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G5319
Word:φανερόω
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:from G5318
Language:Greek
Occurrences:49
Transliteration:phaneroo
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:fan-er-oh'-o
Meaning:1. to render apparent {literally or figuratively}
KJV Renderings:appear, manifestly declare, (make) manifest (forth), shew (self)

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

φανερόω, φανερῷ; future φανερώσω; 1 aorist ἐφανέρωσά; passive, present φανεροῦμαι; perfect πεφανερωμαι; 1 aorist ἐφανερωθην; 1 future φανερωθήσομαι; (φανερός); to make manifest or visible or known what has been hidden or unknown, to manifest, whether by words, or deeds, or in any other way;

a. with an accusative of the thing: passive, Mar 4:22; Eph 5:13; Rev 3:18; τά ἔργα τίνος, passive, Joh 3:21; with ἐν τίνι added, Joh 9:3; τήν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, of Christ, Joh 2:11; namely, τήν γνῶσιν, 2Co 11:6 L T Tr WH; τάς βουλάς τῶν καρδιῶν, of God as judge, 1Co 4:5; τήν ὀσμήν τῆς γνώσεως αὐτοῦ δἰ ἡμῶν ἐν παντί τόπῳ, 2Co 2:14; τήν σπουδήν ὑμῶν ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ; passive, 2Co 7:12; τήν ζωήν τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἐν τῷ σώματι, ἐν τῇ θνητῇ σαρκί, passive, 2Co 4:10 f; χάρις τοῦ Θεοῦ φανερωθεισα διά τῆς ἐπιφανείας τοῦ Χριστοῦ, 2Ti 1:10; passive used of something hitherto non-existent but now made actual and visible, realized, 1Jn 3:2 (German verwirklicht werden, in die Erscheinung treten); ὁδός, Heb 9:8 (cf. iter per Alpes patefieri volebat, Caesar bell. gall. 3, 1); to bring to light or make manifest, by the advent, life, death, resurrection, of Jesus Christ: τό μυστήριον, passive, Rom 16:26; with τοῖς ἁγίοις added, Col 1:26; to make known by teaching: τό ὄνομα τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, Joh 17:6; τό μυστήριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Col 4:4; τόν λόγον αὐτοῦ, of God giving instruction through the preachers of the gospel, Tit 1:3; τό γνωστόν τοῦ Θεοῦ αὐτοῖς, of God teaching the Gentiles concerning himself by the works of nature, Rom 1:19; passive, διακιοσυνη Θεοῦ (made known in the gospel (cf. δικαιοσύνη, 1 c., p. 149b hot.)), Rom 3:21; passive, to become manifest, be made known: ἐν τούτῳ namely, ὅτι etc. herein that, etc. (see οὗτος, I. 2 b.), 1Jn 4:9; τά δικαιώματα τοῦ Θεοῦ, Rev 15:4.

b. with an accusative of the person, to expose to view, make manifest, show one: ἑαυτόν τῷ κόσμῳ, of Christ coming forth from his retirement in Galilee and showing himself publicly at Jerusalem, Joh 7:4; τοῖς μαθηταῖς, of the risen Christ, Joh 21:1; passive, to be made manifest, to show oneself, appear: ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ βήματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, 2Co 5:10; of Christ risen from the dead, τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ, Joh 21:14; Mar 16:14; with ἐν ἑτέρα μορφή added, Mar 16:12 (absolutely φανερωθεις, the Epistle of Barnabas 15, 9 [ET]); of Christ previously hidden from view in heaven but after his incarnation made visible on earth as a man among men, Heb 9:26 (opposed to δεύτερον ὀφθήσεσθαι, of his future return from heaven, Heb 9:28); 1Pe 1:20; 1Jn 3:5; 1Jn 3:8; with ἐν σαρκί added, 1Ti 3:16 (the Epistle of Barnabas 5, 6 [ET]; 6, 7 [ET]. 9. 14 etc.); ἡ ζωή (the life embodied in Christ; the centre and source of life) ἐφανερώθη, 1Jn 1:2; of Christ now hidden from sight in heaven but hereafter to return visibly, Col 3:4 (cf. Col 3:3); 1Pe 5:4; 1Jn 2:28; (cf. Westcott on the Epistles of St. John, pp. 79f). of Christians, who after the Saviour’s return will be manifested ἐν δόξῃ (see δόξα, III. 4 b.), Col 3:4. Passive, to become known, to be plainly recognized, thoroughly understood: who and what one is, τίνι, Joh 1:31; what sort of person one is, τῷ Θεῷ, 2Co 5:11; ἐν ταῖς συνειδήσεσιν ὑμῶν, ibid.; φανεροῦμαι followed by ὅτι, 2Co 3:3; 1Jn 2:19; ἐν παντί φανερωθέντες ἐν πᾶσιν εἰς ὑμᾶς, in every way made manifest (such as we are) among all men to you-ward, 2Co 11:6 (but L T Tr WH give the active φανερώσαντες, we have made it manifest). (Herodotus, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Dio Cassius, Josephus) (Synonym: see ἀποκαλύπτω, at the end.)

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

φανερόω (appear)

Mark 4:22

KJV: For there is nothing hid which shall not be manifested neither was any thing kept secret but that it should come abroad
GK: ου γαρ εστί τι κρυπτόν ο εάν μη φανερωθή ουδέ εγένετο απόκρυφον αλλ΄ ίνα εις φανερόν έλθη

Mark 16:12

KJV: After that he appeared in another form unto two of them as they walked and went into the country
GK: μετά δε ταύτα δυσίν εξ αυτών περιπατούσιν εφανερώθη εν ετέρα μορφή πορευομένοις εις αγρόν

Mark 16:14

KJV: Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen
GK: ύστερον ανακειμένοις αυτοίς τοις ένδεκα εφανερώθη και ωνείδισε την απιστίαν αυτών και σκληροκαρδίαν ότι τοις θεασσαμένοις αυτόν εγηγερμένον ουκ επίστευσαν

John 1:31

KJV: And I knew him not but that he should be made manifest to Israel therefore am I come baptizing with water
GK: καγώ ουκ ήδειν αυτόν αλλ΄ ίνα φανερωθή τω Ισραήλ διά τούτο ήλθον εγώ εν τω ύδατι βαπτίζων

John 2:11

KJV: This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee and manifested forth his glory and his disciples believed on him
GK: ταύτην εποίησεν την αρχήν των σημείων ο Ιησούς εν Κανά της Γαλιλαίας και εφανέρωσε την δόξαν αυτού και επίστευσαν εις αυτόν οι μαθηταί αυτού

John 3:21

KJV: But he that doeth truth cometh to the light that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God
GK: ο δε ποιών την αλήθειαν έρχεται προς το φως ίνα φανερωθή αυτού τα έργα ότι εν θεώ εστιν ειργασμένα

John 7:4

KJV: For no man doeth any thing in secret and he himself seeketh to be known openly If thou do these things shew thyself to the world
GK: ουδείς γαρ εν κρυπτώ τι ποιεί και ζητεί αυτός εν παρρησία είναι ει ταύτα ποιείς φανέρωσον σεαυτόν τω κόσμω

John 9:3

KJV: Jesus answered Neither hath this man sinned nor his parents but that the works of God should be made manifest in him
GK: απεκρίθη ο Ιησούς ούτε ούτος ήμαρτεν ούτε ο γονείς αυτού αλλ΄ ίνα φανερωθή τα έργα του θεού εν αυτώ

John 17:6

KJV: I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world thine they were and thou gavest them me and they have kept thy word
GK: εφανέρωσά σου το όνομα τοις ανθρώποις ους δέδωκάς μοι εκ του κόσμου σοι ήσαν και εμοί αυτούς δέδωκας και τον λόγον σου τετηρήκασι
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