φαίνω; (1 aorist active subjunctive 3 person singular
φανῇ,
L T WH in
Revelation 8:12;
Revelation 18:23 (see below and
ἀναφαίνω;
Winers Grammar, § 15, under the word;
Buttmann, 41 (35))); passive, present
φαίνομαι; 2 aorist
ἐφαινην; 2 future
φανήσομαι and (in
1 Peter 4:18)
φανοῦμαι (cf. Kühner, § 343, under the word; (
Veitch, under the word)); (
φάω); in Greek writings from
Homer down;
to bring forth into the light, cause to shine; to show. In Biblical Greek:
1. Active intransitively,
to shine, shed light (which the Greeks (commonly (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, A. II.)) express by the passive), the
Sept. for
הֵאִיר:
τό φῶς φαίνει,
John 1:5;
1 John 2:8;
ὁ λύχνος,
John 5:35;
2 Peter 1:19 (1 Macc. 4:50;
Genesis 1:17);
ἥλιος,
Revelation 1:16;
ὁ ἥλιος καί ἡ σελήνη,
Revelation 21:23;
ἡ ἡμέρα,
Revelation 8:12 Rec.
2. Passive,
a. to shine, be bright or resplendent:
ἡ ἡμέρα,
Revelation 8:12 Tr ((see above);
Revelation 18:23 R G Tr — but see
Veitch, under the word; moreover, the following examples should be brought under the next head; see Meyer on
Philippians 2:15);
ὡς φωστῆρες,
Philippians 2:15;
ὁ ἀστήρ,
Matthew 2:7;
ἡ ἀστραπή,
Matthew 24:27.
b. to become evident, to be brought forth into light, come to view, appear:
Matthew 24:30; opposed to
ἀφανίζεσθαι,
James 4:14; of the appearance of angels:
τίνι,
Matthew 1:20;
Matthew 2:13,
19 (2 Macc. 3:33 2Macc. 10:29 2Macc. 11:8; of God,
Josephus, Antiquities 7, 7, 3; for
נִקְרָה in reference to the same,
Numbers 23:3); of those restored to life,
Luke 9:8;
τίνι,
Mark 16:9; of growing vegetation,
to come to light, Matthew 13:26; universally,
to appear, be seen:
φαινομενα,
Hebrews 11:3; impersonally,
φαίνεται,
it is seen, exposed to view:
οὐδέποτε ἐφάνη οὕτως ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ, never was it seen in such (i. e. so remarkable) a fashion — never was such a sight seen — in Israel,
Matthew 9:33.
c. to meet the eyes, strike the sight, become clear or manifest, with a predicate nominative (be seen to be) (cf.
Buttmann, § 144, 15 a., 18):
Matthew 6:16,
18;
Matthew 23:27;
2 Corinthians 13:7;
ἵνα (namely,
ἡ ἁμαρτία)
φανῇ ἁμαρτία (equivalent to
ἁμαρτωλός),
Romans 7:13; with the dative of the person added,
Matthew 6:5 (namely,
προσευχόμενοι praying);
to be seen, appear:
ὁ ἁμαρτωλός ποῦ φανεῖται; i. e. he will nowhere be seen, will perish,
1 Peter 4:18.
d. to appear to the mind, seem to one's judgment or opinion:
τί ὑμῖν φαίνεται (
A. V. what think ye),
Mark 14:64 (1 Esdr. 2:18 (21));
ἐφάνησαν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ὡσεί ληροι,
Luke 24:11 (
Winers Grammar, § 33 f.;
Buttmann, § 133, 3. Synonym: see
δοκέω, at the end.)
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