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Strong's #2014 - ἐπιφαίνω
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- to show to or upon
- to bring to light
- to appear, become visible
- of stars
- to become clearly known, to show one's self
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ἐπιφαίνω,
aor. I (late) -έφᾱνα LXX Deuteronomy 33:2, Luke 1:79 : —
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1. show forth, display, abs., μηδὲ λίην ἐπίφαινε Thgn. 359 (s.v.l.); ἐ.προστασίαν ἀξιωματικήν Plb. 10.18.8; μηδὲν τεχνικόν D.H. Amm. 1.10; τὸ ἀγέρωχον, τὴν προαίρεσιν, Plu. Mar 1, 2.139d; ἀνθρωπόμορφόν τι Luc. Alex. 12; τὸν μισοπόνηρον play the μ., Phld. Ir. p.74W.: — Pass., come into view, ἠέλιος δ' ἐπέλαμψε, μάχη δ' ἐπὶ πᾶσα φαάνθη Il. 17.650; of an enemy, Hdt. 2.152, 4.122, Th. 8.42, etc.; διὰ τὸ ἐπιφανέντα με κωλῦσαι Test. ap. D. 21.22; ἐ.ἐς τὴν Νάξον Hdt. 5.30, cf. X. An. 3.4.13; ἐπιφανῆναι ἐπὶ τὸ ἔργον Id. Oec. 21.10; ἐπὶ τὰ Δρέπανα Plb. 1.49.7; ἐ.τινὶ ἐς οἶκον to present oneself, Hdt. 4.97; ἐ. τινί show oneself, appear to one, Id. 1.24,al.; freq. of dreams and visions, Id. 2.91, 3.27; ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ Id. 7.16; of a divine manifestation, ἐπιφαινομένης αὐτοῖς Ἀρτέμιδος SIG 557.5 (Magn.Mae., iii B.C.), cf. IG 4.951.26 (Epid., iii B.C.); so ἡ χρηστότης ἐπεφάνη τοῦ θεοῦ Titus 3:4; of an Emperor, δήμοις ἑορτάζουσιν ἐπιφανείς Hdn. 1.7.2; also ἵνα σφι τιμωρίη..ἐπιφανήσεται Hdt. 8.49; τὰ ἐπιφαινόμενα symptoms which make their appearance, Hp. Aph. 1.12, cf. Sor. 1.17,al.
2. c.acc.et inf., make it manifest that.., Plu. 2.1044d.
3. Pass., lit. appear upon the surface, Ti.Locr. 101d; ἐ. ταῖς εἰκόσιν ἰδέα Plu. Arat. 3: metaph., τὸ ἦθος ὡς χρῶμα ταῖς πράξεσιν ἐ. ib. 48,cf. Galb. 23.
II seemingly intr., in Act., show light, dawn, ἡμέρας ἐπιφαινούσης Plb. 5.6.6 (so ἀνατολῆς ἐπιφαινομένης Id. 3.113.1); ἐπιφᾶναι τοῖς ἐν σκότει καθημένοις to shine upon..,Luke 1:79, cf. LXX Deuteronomy 33:2.
ἐπιφαίνω; 1 aorist infinitive ἐπιφᾶναι (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 24ff; Winers Grammar, 89 (85); Buttmann, 41 (35); (the Sept. Psalm 30:17
1. transitive, to show to or upon; to bring to light.
2. intransitive and in the passive to appear, become visible;
a. properly: of stars, Acts 27:20 (Theocritus, 2, 11); τίνι, to one, Luke 1:79.
b. figuratively equivalent to to become clearly known, to show oneself: Titus 3:4; τίνι, Titus 2:11.
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ἐπι -φαίνω ,
[in LXX for H5782 hi., etc.;]
1. to show forth.
2. (= pass. in cl.) to appear: Acts 27:20; c. dat. pers., Luke 1:79; metaph., Titus 3:4; c. dat., Titus 2:11 (Cremer, 567).†
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ἐπιφαίνω is used of the ";epiphany"; of the goddess Artemis Leukophryene in a Magnesian inscr. not before B.C. 200, Syll 256.6 ἐπιφαινομένης αὐτοῖς Ἀρτέμι [δο ]ς Λε [υκοφρυηνῆς : cf. Titus 2:11; Titus 3:4. See also Syll 802.26 (iii/B.C.) ἐπιφανέντα [τ ]ὸν θεὸν ἐφαλέσθαι ἐπὶ τὰν χῆρα καὶ ἐκτεῖναί οὑ τοὺς δακτύ [λ ]ους, of a temple-vision by which a man with powerless fingers was healed.
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