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Disfigure

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: ἀφανίζω

(Strong's #853 — Verb — aphanizo — af-an-id'-zo )

primarily means "to cause to disappear," hence (a) "to make unsightly, to disfigure," as of the face, Matthew 6:16; (b) "to cause to vanish away, consume," Matthew 6:19,20; (c) in the Passive Voice, "to perish," Acts 13:41 , or "to vanish away," James 4:14 . See CONSUME.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Disfigure'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​d/disfigure.html. 1940.