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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 - 'And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:19 - 'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:20 - but treasure up to yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth disfigure, and where thieves do not break through nor steal,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:41 - See, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish, because a work I -- I do work in your days, a work in which ye may not believe, though any one may declare it to you.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:14 - who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;
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