To appear
ἐπιφαίνωStrong’s G2014epiphainō
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Epiphainō is the Greek word usually translated “shine upon”, “appearing” and “has appeared”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,”
Meaning
Usually translated “shine upon”, “appearing” and “has appeared”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to shine upon 1
- appearing 1
- has appeared 1
- appeared 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Titus 2
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Titus 3:4In contextBut after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
- Luke 1:79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
- Acts 27:20And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
Greek dictionary
ἐπιφαίνω epiphainō · to appear
ἐπι-φαίνω [in LXX for עוּר hi., etc. ;] 1. to show forth. 2. (= pass. in cl.) to appear: Act.27:20; with dative of person(s), Luk.1:79; metaphorically, Tit.3:4; with dative, Tit.2:11 (Cremer, 567).† (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.