Disappearing
ἄφαντοςStrong’s G0855aphantos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Aphantos is the Greek word usually translated “vanished”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.”
Meaning
Usually translated “vanished”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- vanished 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ἄφαντος aphantos · disappearing
ἄφαντος, -ον (φαίνομαι), poët. and late prose (MM, see word) invisible, hidden: Luk.24:31.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “disappearing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DISAPPEARING, participle present
tense Vanishing; receding from the sight; becoming invisible.
All definitions and other forms of “disappearing”
DISAPPEARING, noun
A vanishing or removal from sight.
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.