adjective
afanas
Strong’sG852
invisible
stem afan-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἀφανής, -ές
(< φαίνω), [in LXX: Ne 4:8 (2), Jb 24:20, Si 20:30 41:14, II Mac 3:34*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G852 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(φαίνομαι) unseen, especially of the nether world, Ταρτάρου πυθμήνRefs 7th c.BC+; χάσμα ἀ. a blind pit, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ ἀ. θεός, of Persephone, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ ἀ. πόλος, i. e. the south pole, Refs 4th c.BC+starless, Refs 2nd c.AD+
2 ἀ. γίγνεσθαι, ={ἀφανίζεσθαι}, disappear, ὑπὸ γῆνRefs 5th c.BC+disappeared, Refs 5th c.BC+; of soldiers missing after a battle, Refs 5th c.BC+; runaway, absconded, Refs 2nd c.AD+
2.b στήλας ἀ. ποιῆσαι obliterate, Refs
3 unnoticed, secret, ἀ. νόος ἀθανἁτωνRefs 6th c.BC+; ἀ. νεῦμα a secret sign, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. χωρίον out of sight, Refs; ἀ. ξιφίδιον concealed, Refs; δι᾽ ἐπιστολῶν ἀφανῶν secret or invisible writings, Refs 3rd c.BC+participle, ἀ. εἶναι ἀπιόντες depart without being noticed, Refs 5th c.BC+; μαντικῇ χρώμενος οὐκ ἀ. ἦν he was well known to do.., Refs 5th c.BC+
3.b uncertain, doubtful, ἀ. νοῦσοιRefs 5th c.BC+; σὺν ἀφανεῖ λόγῳ on an uncertain charge, Refs 5th c.BC+; μεθέντας τἀφανῆ, opposed to τὸ πρὸς ποσί, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. χάρις a favour from an unknown hand, Refs 5th c.BC+; of what is beyond the evidence of sense, opposed to φανερόν, ἁρμονίη ἀ. φανερῆς κρείττωνRefs 5th c.BC+; ἐν ἀφανεῖ ἔτι κεῖσθαι, ἐν τῷ ἀ. εἶναι, Refssecretly, Refs 5th c.BC+: neuter plural as adverb, Refs 5th c.BC+. Regul.adverb ἀφανῶςRefs 5th c.BC+: superlative -έσταταRefs 5th c.BC+
4 of persons and things, unnoticed, obscure, Refs 5th c.BC+
5 ἀ. οὐσία personal property, as money, which can be secreted and made away with Refs (real), as land, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to ἐμφανής, Refs; but simply, concealed, ἀφανῆ καταστῆσαι τὴν οὐσίανRefs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | afanos | afanas1×ἀφανὴς | afanem | afanois | afanais | afaneim |
| object accusative | afanon | afanan | afanoin | afanain | ||
| direct address vocative | afanor | afanar | afanoir | afanair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | afanou | afanau | afaneu | afanoiu | afanaiu | afaneiu |
| to, for dative | afano | afana | afane | afanoi | afanai | afanei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
afan is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
afanas“hidden”subjectnominative singular1×
Hebrews 4:13kai ouk atō ktisias afanas enōpion autou, panteim de gumneim kai …Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered …