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STRONGS NUMBER G398
Transliteration: anaphainō
Phonetic Spelling: (an-af-ah'-ee-no)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to bring to light, make to appear
Meaning: to bring to light, make to appear
ἀναφαίνω: 1 aorist ἀνεφανα, Doric for the more common ἀνεφηνα (Acts 21:3 R T WH (with Erasm., Stephanus Thesaurus, Mill); cf. Passow, p. 2199; (Veitch, and Liddell and Scott, under the word φαίνω; Winers Grammar, 89 (85); Buttmann, 41 (35)); see ἐπιφαίνω); passive (present ἀναφαίνομαι); 2 aorist ἀνεφανην; (from Homer down); to bring to light, hold up to view, show; passive to appear, be made apparent: Luke 19:11. An unusual phrase is ἀναφανέντες τήν τήν Κύπρον having sighted Cyprus, for ἀναφανεισης ἡμῖν τῆς Κύπρου, Acts 21:3; cf. Buttmann, 190 (164); Winers Grammar, § 39, 1 a., p. 260 (244); here Rst T WH (see above) read ἀναφάναντες ... τήν Κύπρον after we had rendered Cyprus visible (to us); (R. V. had come in sight of Cyprus.).
Word Summary
anaphainō: to bring to light, make to appear
Original Word: ἀναφαίνωTransliteration: anaphainō
Phonetic Spelling: (an-af-ah'-ee-no)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to bring to light, make to appear
Meaning: to bring to light, make to appear
Strong's Concordance
appear, discover. From ana and phaino; to show, i.e. (reflexively) appear, or (passively) to have pointed out -- (should) appear, discover.
see GREEK ana
see GREEK phaino
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 398: ἀναφαίνωἀναφαίνω: 1 aorist ἀνεφανα, Doric for the more common ἀνεφηνα (Acts 21:3 R T WH (with Erasm., Stephanus Thesaurus, Mill); cf. Passow, p. 2199; (Veitch, and Liddell and Scott, under the word φαίνω; Winers Grammar, 89 (85); Buttmann, 41 (35)); see ἐπιφαίνω); passive (present ἀναφαίνομαι); 2 aorist ἀνεφανην; (from Homer down); to bring to light, hold up to view, show; passive to appear, be made apparent: Luke 19:11. An unusual phrase is ἀναφανέντες τήν τήν Κύπρον having sighted Cyprus, for ἀναφανεισης ἡμῖν τῆς Κύπρου, Acts 21:3; cf. Buttmann, 190 (164); Winers Grammar, § 39, 1 a., p. 260 (244); here Rst T WH (see above) read ἀναφάναντες ... τήν Κύπρον after we had rendered Cyprus visible (to us); (R. V. had come in sight of Cyprus.).