Strong's Concordance phainó: to bring to light, to cause to appear Original Word: φαίνωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: phainó Phonetic Spelling: (fah'-ee-no) Short Definition: I shine, appear, seem Definition: (a) act: I shine, shed light, (b) pass: I shine, become visible, appear, (c) I become clear, appear, seem, show myself as. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5316: φαίνωφαίνω; (1 aorist active subjunctive 3 person singular 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 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 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: 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; ἵ d. to appear to the mind, seem to one's judgment or opinion: τί ὑ Prolongation for the base of phos; to lighten (shine), i.e. Show (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative) -- appear, seem, be seen, shine, X think. see GREEK phos Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 531631 Occurrences ἐφάνη — 5 Occ. ἐφάνησαν — 1 Occ. φαίνει — 3 Occ. φαίνεσθε — 2 Occ. φαίνεται — 4 Occ. φαίνων — 1 Occ. φαίνωσιν — 1 Occ. φαινομένη — 1 Occ. φαινομένων — 1 Occ. φαινομένου — 1 Occ. φαίνονται — 1 Occ. φαίνοντι — 1 Occ. φανήσεται — 1 Occ. Matthew 1:20 V-AIP-3S GRK: NAS: of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, KJV: of the Lord appeared unto him INT: in a dream appeared to him saying Matthew 2:7 V-PPM/P-GMS Matthew 2:13 V-PIM/P-3S Matthew 2:19 V-PIM/P-3S Matthew 6:5 V-ASP-3P Matthew 6:16 V-ASP-3P Matthew 6:18 V-ASP-2S Matthew 9:33 V-AIP-3S Matthew 13:26 V-AIP-3S Matthew 23:27 V-PIM/P-3P Matthew 23:28 V-PIM/P-2P Matthew 24:27 V-PIM/P-3S Matthew 24:30 V-FIP-3S Mark 14:64 V-PIM/P-3S Mark 16:9 V-AIP-3S Luke 9:8 V-AIP-3S Luke 24:11 V-AIP-3P John 1:5 V-PIA-3S John 5:35 V-PPA-NMS Romans 7:13 V-ASP-3S 2 Corinthians 13:7 V-ASP-1P Philippians 2:15 V-PIM/P-2P Hebrews 11:3 V-PPM/P-GNP James 4:14 V-PPM/P-NFS 1 Peter 4:18 V-FIM-3S |