φαίνωphaínō
to lighten (shine), i.e. show (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
Greek (New Testament) · G5316
Meanings
I. Act.
1. to bring to light, cause to appear (so most frequently in classical Greek).
2. Absol., to give light, shine: John 1:5, John 5:35, 2 Peter 1:19, 1 John 2:8, Revelation 1:16, Revelation 8:12, Revelation 18:23, Revelation 21:23.
II. Pass., to come to light, appear, be manifest: Matthew 2:7, Matthew 13:26, Matthew 24:27, Matthew 24:30, Luke 9:8, Philippians 2:15, Hebrews 11:3, 1 Peter 4:18 (LXX); opposed to ἀφανίζεσθαι, James 4:14; with dative of person (Bl. § 54, 4), Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:19, Mark 16:9; with nom. predicate, Matthew 23:27, Matthew 23:28, Romans 7:13, 2 Corinthians 13:7; id. with dative of person, Matthew 6:5, Matthew 6:16, Matthew 6:18 (followed by nom. participle, but not as in classical Greek; see Bl., § 73, 4); impers., Matthew 9:33; of the mind and judgment (= δοκεῖ, see that word), Mark 14:64 (cf. 1 Esdras 2:21), Luke 24:11.
Synonyms
see δοκέω
Same root
- φῶςphōs · G5457compare G5316 (φαίνω), G5346 (φημί)); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative)
- ἄφαντοςáphantos · G855non-manifested, i.e. invisible
- ἀναφαίνωanaphaínō · G398to show, i.e. (reflexively) appear, or (passively) to have pointed out
- συκοφαντέωsykophantéō · G4811to be a fig-informer (reporter of the law forbidding the exportation of figs from Greece), "sycophant", i.e. (genitive and by extension) to defraud (exact unlawfully, extort)
- φαντάζωphantázō · G5324to make apparent, i.e. (passively) to appear (neuter participle as noun, a spectacle)
- ὑπερήφανοςhyperḗphanos · G5244appearing above others (conspicuous), i.e. (figuratively) haughty
- φωνήphōnḗ · G5456a tone (articulate, bestial or artificial); by implication, an address (for any purpose), saying or language
- διαφανήςdiaphanḗs · G1307appearing through, i.e. "diaphanous"
Where it appears
Appears 30 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 1:20 As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit.
- Matthew 2:7 Then Herod called for a private meeting with the wise men, and he learned from them the time when the star first appeared.
- Matthew 2:13 After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
- Matthew 2:19 When Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.
- Matthew 6:5 “When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get.
- Matthew 6:16 “And when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting. I tell you the truth, that is the only reward they will ever get.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.