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ἐμφανίζωStrong’s G1718

emphanizō

Appears in 10 verses of the New Testament

In short

Emphanizō is the Greek word usually translated “made a presentation”, “appeared” and “show”. It appears in 10 verses of the New Testament.

“And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.”
Matthew 27:53 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “made a presentation”, “appeared” and “show”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • made a presentation 2
  • appeared 1
  • i will show 1
  • to manifest 1
  • do make a report 1
  • you reported 1
  • made a representation 1
  • to appear 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Acts 5
  • John 2
  • Hebrews 2
  • Matthew 1

4 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 10 verses, by book
Matthew 1
27:53
Hebrews 2
9:2411:14
Greek dictionary

ἐμφανίζω emphanizō · to show

ἐμφανίζω [in LXX for יָדַע hi., etc. ;] 1. to manifest, exhibit: ἐαυτόν, with dative of person(s), Jhn.14:21-22 (DCG, ii, 112b). Pass. and mid., to show oneself, appear: Mat.27:53, Heb.9:24 (cf. MM, Exp., xii). 2. to declare, make known: before ὅτι, Heb.11:14; with dative of person(s), Act.23:15; with accusative of thing(s), before πρός, Act.23:22; κατά, with genitive of person(s), Act.24:1 25:2; περί, Act.25:15.† SYN.: δηλόω, q.v (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

SHOW, verb transitive

preterit tense showed; participle passive shown or showed. It is sometimes written shew, shewed, shewn. [If the radical letter lost was a labial, show coincides with the Gr.]

  1. To exhibit or present to the view of others.
  2. To afford to the eye or to notice; to contain in a visible form.
  3. To make or enable to see.
  4. To make or enable to perceive.
All definitions and other forms of “show”
  1. To make to know; to cause to understand; to make known; to teach or inform.
  2. To prove; to manifest.
  3. T oinform; to teach; with of.“The time cometh when I shall no more speak to you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father” John 16:25
  4. To point out, as a guide.
  5. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor or mercy on any person.
  6. To prove by evidence, testimony or authentic registers or documents.“They could not show their father's house” Ezra 2:59
  7. To disclose; to make known.“I durst not show mine opinion” Job 32:6
  8. To discover; to explain; as, to show a dream or interpretation.

SHOW, verb intransitive

  1. To appear; to look; to be in appearance.
  2. To have appearance; to become or suit well or ill.

SHOW, noun

  1. Superficial appearance; not reality.
  2. A spectacle; something offered to view for money.
  3. Ostentatious display or parade.
  4. Appearance as an object of notice.
  5. Public appearance, in distinction of concealment; as an open show.
  6. Semblance; likeness.
  7. Seciousness; plausibility.
  8. External appearance.
  9. Exhibition in view; as a show o fcattle, or cattle-show.
  10. Pomp; magnificent spectacle.
  11. A phantom; as a fairy show.
  12. Representative action; as a dumb show.
  13. External appearance; hypocritical pretense.“Who devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers” Luke 20:47

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.