King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G855
Transliteration: aphantos
Phonetic Spelling: (af'-an-tos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: invisible
Meaning: invisible
ἄφαντος, ἀφαντον (from φαίνομαι), taken out of sight, made invisible: ἄφαντος ἐγένετο ἀπ' αὐτῶν, he departed from them suddenly and in a way unseen, he vanished, Luke 24:31. (In poets from Homer down; later in prose writings also; Diodorus 4, 65 ἐμπεσών εἰς τό χάσμα ... ἄφαντος ἐγένετο, Plutarch, orac. def. c. 1. Sometimes angels, withdrawing suddenly from human view, are said ἀφανεῖς γίνεσθαι: 2 Macc. 3:34; Acta Thom. §§ 27 and 43.)
Word Summary
aphantos: invisible
Original Word: ἄφαντοςTransliteration: aphantos
Phonetic Spelling: (af'-an-tos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: invisible
Meaning: invisible
Strong's Concordance
vanished out of sight. From a (as a negative particle) and a derivative of phaino; non-manifested, i.e. Invisible -- vanished out of sight.
see GREEK a
see GREEK phaino
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 855: ἄφαντοςἄφαντος, ἀφαντον (from φαίνομαι), taken out of sight, made invisible: ἄφαντος ἐγένετο ἀπ' αὐτῶν, he departed from them suddenly and in a way unseen, he vanished, Luke 24:31. (In poets from Homer down; later in prose writings also; Diodorus 4, 65 ἐμπεσών εἰς τό χάσμα ... ἄφαντος ἐγένετο, Plutarch, orac. def. c. 1. Sometimes angels, withdrawing suddenly from human view, are said ἀφανεῖς γίνεσθαι: 2 Macc. 3:34; Acta Thom. §§ 27 and 43.)