Strong's Lexicon
G853 — ἀφανίζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G853 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀφανίζω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G852 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | aphanizo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | af-an-id'-zo |
| Meaning: | 1. to render unapparent 2. (actively) consume (becloud) 3. (passively) disappear (be destroyed) |
| KJV Renderings: | corrupt, disfigure, perish, vanish away |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀφανίζω; (passive, present ἀφανίζομαι); 1 aorist ἠφανίσθην; (ἀφανής);
a. to snatch out of sight, to put out of view, to make unseen (Xenophon, an. 3, 4, 8 ἥλιον νεφέλη παρακαλύψασα ἠφανισε namely, τήν πόλιν, Plato, Phil. 66 a. ἀφανιζοντες κρύπτομεν).
b. to cause to vanish away, to destroy, consume: Mat 6:19 f (often so in Greek writings and the Sept. (cf. Buttmann, § 130, 5)); passive to perish: Act 13:41 (Luth.vorSchreckenvergehen); to vanish away, Jas 4:14 (Herodotus 7, 6; 167; Plato and following).
c. to deprive of lustre, render unsightly; to disfigure: τό πρόσωπον, Mat 6:16.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀφανίζω (corrupt)
Matthew 6:16
- KJV: Moreover when ye fast be not as the hypocrites of a sad countenance for they disfigure their faces that they may appear unto men to fast Verily I say unto you They have their reward
- GK: όταν δε νηστεύσητε μη γίνεσθε ώσπερ οι υποκριταί σκυθρωποί αφανίζουσι γαρ τα πρόσωπα αυτών όπως φανώσι τοις ανθρώποις νηστεύοντες αμήν λέγω υμίν ότι απέχουσι τον μισθόν αυτών
Matthew 6:19
- KJV: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth where moth and rust doth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal
- GK: μη θησαυρίζετε υμίν θησαυρούς επί της γης όπου σης και βρώσις αφανίζει και όπου κλέπται διορύσσουσι και κλέπτουσι
Matthew 6:20
- KJV: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through nor steal
- GK: θησαυρίζετε δε υμίν θησαυρούς εν ουρανώ όπου ούτε σης ούτε βρώσις αφανίζει και όπου κλέπται ου διορύσσουσιν ουδέ κλέπτουσιν
Acts 13:41
- KJV: Behold ye despisers and wonder and perish for I work a work in your days a work which ye shall in no wise believe though a man declare it unto you
- GK: ίδετε οι καταφρονηταί και θαυμάσατε και αφανίσθητε ότι έργον εγώ εργάζομαι εν ταις ημέραις υμών ο ου πιστεύσητε εάν τις εκδιηγήται υμίν
James 4:14
- KJV: Whereas ye know not what on the morrow For what your life It is even a vapour that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away
- GK: οίτινες ουκ επίστασθε το της αύριον ποία γαρ η ζωή υμών ατμίς γαρ έσται η προς ολίγον φαινομένη έπειτα δε αφανιζομένη