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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16 - “Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:19 - “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:20 - “but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:41 - ‘Behold, you despisers,
Marvel and perish!
For I work a work in your days,
A work which you will by no means believe,
Though one were to declare it to you.’ ”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:14 - whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
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