Greek

To appear

ἀναφαίνωStrong’s G0398

anaphainō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Anaphainō is the Greek word usually translated “appear” and “having sighted”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.”

Luke 19:11 KJV

Meaning

Usually translated “appear” and “having sighted”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

to appear 1
having sighted 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Luke 1
Acts 1

2 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Acts 21:3Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.

Greek dictionary

ἀναφαίνω anaphainō · to appear

ἀνα-φαίνομαι [in LXX for צָדַק hi., גָּלַשׁ ;] to bring to light, make to appear: ἀναφάναντες τ. Κύπρον, i.e. having sighted C.: Act.21:3 WH; pass., to appear, be made manifest: Luk.19:11 (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “appear” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

APPE'AR, verb intransitive

[Latin appareo, of ad and pareo, to appear or be manifest.]

To come or be in sight; to be in view; to be visible.“The leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh” Leviticus 13:43“And God said, Let the dry land appear” Genesis 1:9
To become visible to the eye, as a spirit, or to the apprehension of the mind; a sense frequent in scripture.“The Lord appeared to Abram, and said. 2” Genesis 17:1“The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of the bush” Exodus 3:2
To stand in presence of, as parties or advocates before a court, or as persons to be tried.“We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ” 2 Corinthians 5:10
To be obvious; to be known, as a subject of observation or comprehension.“It doth not yet appear what we shall be” 1 John 3:2

All definitions and other forms of “appear”

To be clear or made clear by evidence; as, this fact appears by ancient records.“But sin that it might appear sin” Romans 7:13
To seem, in opposition to reality.“They disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast” Matthew 6:16
To be discovered, or laid open.“That they shame may appear” Jeremiah 13:26

APPE'AR, noun

Appearance. obsolete

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.