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Lexicon :: Strong's G5316 - phainō

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φαίνω
Transliteration
phainō (Key)
Pronunciation
fah'-ee-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Prolongation for the base of φῶς (G5457)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:1,1244

Trench's Synonyms: lxxx. δοκέω, φαίνομαι.

Strong’s Definitions

φαίνω phaínō, fah'-ee-no; prolongation for the base of G5457; to lighten (shine), i.e. show (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative):—appear, seem, be seen, shine, × think.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x

The KJV translates Strong's G5316 in the following manner: appear (17x), shine (10x), be seen (2x), seem (1x), think (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x
The KJV translates Strong's G5316 in the following manner: appear (17x), shine (10x), be seen (2x), seem (1x), think (1x).

  1. to bring forth into the light, cause to shine, shed light

  2. shine

    1. to shine, be bright or resplendent

    2. to become evident, to be brought forth into the light, come to view, appear

      1. of growing vegetation, to come to light

      2. to appear, be seen

      3. exposed to view

    3. to meet the eyes, strike the sight, become clear or manifest

      1. to be seen, appear

    4. to appear to the mind, seem to one's judgment or opinion

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φαίνω phaínō, fah'-ee-no; prolongation for the base of G5457; to lighten (shine), i.e. show (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative):—appear, seem, be seen, shine, × think.
STRONGS G5316:
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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
1:17
Numbers
23:3
Matthew
1:20; 2:7; 2:13; 2:19; 6:5; 6:16; 6:18; 9:33; 13:26; 23:27; 24:27; 24:30
Mark
14:64; 16:9
Luke
9:8; 24:11
John
1:5; 5:35
Romans
7:13
2 Corinthians
13:7
Philippians
2:15; 2:15
Hebrews
11:3
James
4:14
1 Peter
4:18; 4:18
2 Peter
1:19
1 John
2:8
Revelation
1:16; 8:12; 8:12; 8:12; 18:23; 18:23; 21:23

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5316 matches the Greek φαίνω (phainō),
which occurs 33 times in 33 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:15 - and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:17 - And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:11 - And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:37 - Then Jacob took fresh sticks of poplar and almond and plane trees, and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white of the sticks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 - While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine. And Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:10 - And what he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and he put him to death also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:15 - By this you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:5 - And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:37 - You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:3 - And Balaam said to Balak, “Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps the LORD will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell you.” And he went to a bare height,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:4 - and God met Balaam. And Balaam said to him, “I have arranged the seven altars and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:8 - And Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed thousands, and what more can he have but the kingdom?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:26 - Yet Saul did not say anything that day, for he thought, “Something has happened to him. He is not clean; surely he is not clean.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:27 - And when the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:32 - And when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is surely the king of Israel.” So they turned to fight against him. And Jehoshaphat cried out.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:7 - But God was displeased with this thing, and he struck Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:20 - And whatever else is required for the house of your God, which it falls to you to provide, you may provide it out of the king’s treasury.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:7 - [fn] But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and that the breaches were beginning to be closed, they were very angry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:8 - And I was very angry, and I threw all the household furniture of Tobiah out of the chamber.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:18 - The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind;
your lightnings lighted up the world;
the earth trembled and shook.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:4 - His lightnings light up the world;
the earth sees and trembles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:31 - If the righteous is repaid on earth,
how much more the wicked and the sinner!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:2 - Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
but the LORD weighs the heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:5 - When your eyes light on it, it is gone,
for suddenly it sprouts wings,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:25 - but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight,
and a good blessing will come upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:5 - Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be wise in his own eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:16 - The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
than seven men who can answer sensibly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7 - One who is full loathes honey,
but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 - Each will be like a hiding place from the wind,
a shelter from the storm,
like streams of water in a dry place,
like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:3 - Your nakedness shall be uncovered,
and your disgrace shall be seen.
I will take vengeance,
and I will spare no one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:2 - For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples;
but the LORD will arise upon you,
and his glory will be seen upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7 - When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens
and make their stars dark;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon shall not give its light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:8 - All the bright lights of heaven
will I make dark over you,
and put darkness on your land,
declares the Lord GOD.
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