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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 Box Mat 6:16

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“Now whenever you fast, do not make a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they [fn]distort G853 their faces so that they will be noticed by people when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

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“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy G853, and where thieves break in and steal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:20 - “But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys G853, and where thieves do not break in or steal;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:41 -

‘LOOK, YOU SCOFFERS, AND BE ASTONISHED, AND [fn]PERISH G853;

FOR I AM ACCOMPLISHING A WORK IN YOUR DAYS,

A WORK WHICH YOU WILL NEVER BELIEVE, THOUGH SOMEONE SHOULD DESCRIBE IT TO YOU.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:14 - [fn]Yet you do not know [fn]what your life will be like tomorrow. For you are just a vapor that appears for a little while, and then vanishes G853 away G853.
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