δεικνύω (
δεικνύειν, 
Matthew 16:21; 
δεικνύεις, 
John 2:18; 
τοῦ δεικνύοντος, 
Revelation 22:8 [not 
Tdf.]) and 
δείκνυμι (
1 Corinthians 12:31; 
Matthew 4:8; 
John 5:20; cf. Buttmann, 45 (39)); future 
δείξω; 1 aorist 
ἔδειξα; 1 aorist passive participle 
δειχθείς (
Hebrews 8:5); the 
Sept. mostly for 
הִרְאָה; 
to show, exhibit;
1. properly, 
to show, i. e. expose to the eyes: 
τινί τι, 
Matthew 4:8; 
Luke 4:5; 
Luke 20:24 (for 
Rec. ἐπιδείξ.); 
Luke 22:12; 
24:40 [R G L, but T omits; Tr brackets WH reject the verse]; 
Mark 14:15; 
John 20:20; 
Acts 7:3; 
ὁδόν τινι, metaphorically, in which one ought to go, 
i. e. to teach one what he ought to do, 
1 Corinthians 12:31; 
κατὰ τὸν τύπον τὸν δειχθέντα σοι, 
Hebrews 8:5; 
ἑαυτὸν δεικνύναι τινί to expose oneself to the view of one, 
Matthew 8:4; 
Mark 1:44; 
Luke 5:14; 
δεῖξον ἡμῖν τὸν πατέρα render the Father visible to us, 
John 14:8f; of things presented to one in a vision: 
τινί τι, 
Revelation 17:1; 
Revelation 21:9; 
Revelation 22:1, 
8; 
δεῖξαί τινι, 
ἃ δεῖ γενέσθαι, 
Revelation 1:1; 
Revelation 4:1; 
Revelation 22:6. to show, equivalent to 
to bring to pass, produce what can be seen (German 
sehen lassen); of miracles performed in presence of others to be seen by them: 
σημεῖον, 
John 2:18, (Baruch 6 
[i. e., epistle of Jeremiah] 66; 
σῆμα, Homer, Odyssey 3, 174; Iliad 13, 244); 
ἔργα ἔκ τινος, works done by the aid of one, 
John 10:32; 
τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, spoken of God, as the author of Christ's visible return, 
1 Timothy 6:15; 
ἔργα δεικνύειν is used differently in 
John 5:20, to show works to one for him to do.
2. metaphorically,
a. with the accusative of the thing, 
to give the evidence or 
proof of a thing: 
πίστιν, 
James 2:18; 
τὶ ἔκ τινος, as 
τὴν πίστιν ἐκ τῶν ἔργων, ibid.; 
τὰ ἔργα ἐκ τῆς καλῆς ἀναστροφῆς, 
James 3:13.
b. to show by words, to teach: followed by 
ὅτι, 
Matthew 16:21 (
διδάσκειν in 
Mark 8:31 for 
δεικνύειν); followed by an infinitive 
Acts 10:28. [Compare: 
ἀνα-, 
ἀπο-, 
ἐν-, 
ἐπι-, 
ὑποδείκνυμι.] 
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