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Lexicon :: Strong's G853 - aphanizō

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ἀφανίζω
Transliteration
aphanizō (Key)
Pronunciation
af-an-id'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἀφανίζω aphanízō, af-an-id'-zo; from G852; to render unapparent, i.e. (actively) consume (becloud), or (passively) disappear (be destroyed):—corrupt, disfigure, perish, vanish away.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G853 in the following manner: corrupt (2x), disfigure (1x), perish (1x), vanish away (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G853 in the following manner: corrupt (2x), disfigure (1x), perish (1x), vanish away (1x).

  1. to snatch out of sight, to put out of view, to make unseen

  2. to cause to vanish away, to destroy, consume

  3. to deprive of lustre, render unsightly

    1. to disfigure

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀφανίζω aphanízō, af-an-id'-zo; from G852; to render unapparent, i.e. (actively) consume (becloud), or (passively) disappear (be destroyed):—corrupt, disfigure, perish, vanish away.
STRONGS G853:
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 ἠφάνισε namely, τὴν πόλιν, Plato, Phil. 66 a. ἀφανιζοντες κρύπτομεν).
b. to cause to vanish away, to destroy, consume: Matthew 6:19f (often so in Greek writings and the Sept. [cf. Buttmann, § 130, 5]); passive to perish: Acts 13:41 (Luth. vor Schrecken vergehen); to vanish away, James 4:14 (Herodotus 7, 6; 167; Plato and following).
c. to deprive of lustre, render unsightly; to disfigure: τὸ πρόσωπον, Matthew 6:16.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
6:16; 6:19
Acts
13:41
James
4:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G853 matches the Greek ἀφανίζω (aphanizō),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:14 - Whereas you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.
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