To display
ἀποδείκνυμιStrong’s G0584apodeiknumi
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Apodeiknumi is the Greek word usually translated “set forth”, “prove” and “has exhibited”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.”
Meaning
Usually translated “set forth”, “prove” and “has exhibited”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- set forth 1
- to prove 1
- has exhibited 1
- setting forth 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
- 1 Corinthians 1
- 2 Thessalonians 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 2:22Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
- Acts 25:7And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
- 1 Corinthians 4:9For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
Greek dictionary
ἀποδείκνυμι apodeiknumi · to display
ἀπο-δείκνυμι [in LXX: Est.2:9 (רָאָה), al. ;] 1. to bring out, show forth, exhibit (Lft., Notes, 200; ICC, in l): 1Co.4:9. 2. to declare, show: Act.2:22 3. to prove: Act.25:7. 4. As frequently in late Gk., to proclaim to an office: before ὅτι, 2Th.2:4 (Milligan, in l; MM, see word; Lft., Notes. 113.)† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “display” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DISPLAY, verb transitive
[Latin, gr., to unfold.]
- Literally, to unfold; hence, to open; to spread wide; to expand.
- To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the eyes, or to the mind; to make manifest.
- To carve; to dissect and open.
- To set to view ostentatiously.
All definitions and other forms of “display”
- To discover. [Not in use.]
- To open; to unlock. [Not used.]
DISPLAY, noun
- An opening or unfolding; an exhibition of any thing to the view.
- Show; exhibition; as, they make a great display of troops; a great display of magnificence.
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.