Greek semantic word

φαίνω

Transliteration: phaino

4 lexical sense(s); 31 exact STEP occurrence token(s).

Lexical senses and semantic domains

Sense 1: to shine, to give light, to bring light

to shine or to produce light, as in the case of heavenly bodies, lightning, candles, torches, etc.

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-005207-01
Source
ubs_greek_dictionary
Licence
CC-BY-SA-4.0
Source-linked references
9 (9 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 2: to appear, to become visible

to become visible to someone

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-005207-02
Source
ubs_greek_dictionary
Licence
CC-BY-SA-4.0
Source-linked references
15 (15 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 3: to make known, to make plain, to reveal, to bring to the light, to disclose, revelation

to cause something to be fully known by revealing clearly and in some detail[source note 1]

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-005207-03
Source
ubs_greek_dictionary
Licence
CC-BY-SA-4.0
Source-linked references
1 (1 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 4: to appear to be (something), to give an impression of

to make known only the superficial and not the real character of something

Semantic domains for this sense

Advanced source details
Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-005207-04
Source
ubs_greek_dictionary
Licence
CC-BY-SA-4.0
Source-linked references
6 (6 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
Source-exact record
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Related words and biblical concepts

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Advanced record identity
Lemma ID
SDBC-GRK-LEMMA-005207
Page model version
1.0
Direction
ltr
Domain policy
Sense-specific only; no lemma-level union
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