φαίνω; (1 aorist active subjunctive 3 person singular 
φανῇ, 
L T WH in 
Revelation 8:12; 
Revelation 18:23 (see below and 
ἀναφαίνω; 
Winers Grammar, § 15, under the word; 
Buttmann, 41 (35))); passive, present 
φαίνομαι; 2 aorist 
ἐφαινην; 2 future 
φανήσομαι and (in 
1 Peter 4:18) 
φανοῦμαι (cf. Kühner, § 343, under the word; (
Veitch, under the word)); (
φάω); in Greek writings from 
Homer down; 
to bring forth into the light, cause to shine; to show. In Biblical Greek: 
1. Active intransitively, 
to shine, shed light (which the Greeks (commonly (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, A. II.)) express by the passive), the 
Sept. for 
הֵאִיר: 
τό φῶς φαίνει, 
John 1:5; 
1 John 2:8; 
ὁ λύχνος, 
John 5:35; 
2 Peter 1:19 (1 Macc. 4:50; 
Genesis 1:17); 
ἥλιος, 
Revelation 1:16; 
ὁ ἥλιος καί ἡ σελήνη, 
Revelation 21:23; 
ἡ ἡμέρα, 
Revelation 8:12 Rec. 
2. Passive, 
a. to shine, be bright or resplendent: 
ἡ ἡμέρα, 
Revelation 8:12 Tr ((see above); 
Revelation 18:23 R G Tr — but see 
Veitch, under the word; moreover, the following examples should be brought under the next head; see Meyer on 
Philippians 2:15); 
ὡς φωστῆρες, 
Philippians 2:15; 
ὁ ἀστήρ, 
Matthew 2:7; 
ἡ ἀστραπή, 
Matthew 24:27. 
b. to become evident, to be brought forth into light, come to view, appear: 
Matthew 24:30; opposed to 
ἀφανίζεσθαι, 
James 4:14; of the appearance of angels: 
τίνι, 
Matthew 1:20; 
Matthew 2:13, 
19 (2 Macc. 3:33 2Macc. 10:29 2Macc. 11:8; of God, 
Josephus, Antiquities 7, 7, 3; for 
נִקְרָה in reference to the same, 
Numbers 23:3); of those restored to life, 
Luke 9:8; 
τίνι, 
Mark 16:9; of growing vegetation, 
to come to light, Matthew 13:26; universally, 
to appear, be seen: 
φαινομενα, 
Hebrews 11:3; impersonally, 
φαίνεται, 
it is seen, exposed to view: 
οὐδέποτε ἐφάνη οὕτως ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ, never was it seen in such (i. e. so remarkable) a fashion — never was such a sight seen — in Israel, 
Matthew 9:33. 
c. to meet the eyes, strike the sight, become clear or manifest, with a predicate nominative (be seen to be) (cf. 
Buttmann, § 144, 15 a., 18): 
Matthew 6:16, 
18; 
Matthew 23:27; 
2 Corinthians 13:7; 
ἵνα (namely, 
ἡ ἁμαρτία) 
φανῇ ἁμαρτία (equivalent to 
ἁμαρτωλός), 
Romans 7:13; with the dative of the person added, 
Matthew 6:5 (namely, 
προσευχόμενοι praying); 
to be seen, appear: 
ὁ ἁμαρτωλός ποῦ φανεῖται; i. e. he will nowhere be seen, will perish, 
1 Peter 4:18. 
d. to appear to the mind, seem to one's judgment or opinion: 
τί ὑμῖν φαίνεται (
A. V. what think ye), 
Mark 14:64 (1 Esdr. 2:18 (21)); 
ἐφάνησαν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ὡσεί ληροι, 
Luke 24:11 (
Winers Grammar, § 33 f.; 
Buttmann, § 133, 3. Synonym: see 
δοκέω, at the end.) 
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