noun · masculine
afanismos
Greekἀφανισμός (afanismos)
Strong’sG854
disappearing, disappearance
stem afanism-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἀφανισμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< ἀφανίζω), [in LXX chiefly for שַׁמָּה, שְׁמָמָה;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G854 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidaf-an-is-mos'
disappearance, i.e. (figuratively) abrogation
Fromfrom G853;
King Jamesvanish away.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | afanismos | afanismois |
| object accusative | afanismon | afanismoin |
| direct address vocative | afanismor | afanismoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | afanismou1×ἀφανισμοῦ | afanismoiu |
| to, for dative | afanismo | afanismoi |
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
afanismo 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
afanismou“disappear”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Hebrews 8:13“disappear”en te legarō Kainan palaiatē tan prōtan, tem de palaiirōtem kai gēraskarōtem engus afanismou.By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.