adjective

afantos

Greekἄφαντος (afantos)

Strong’sG855

disappearing, invisible, hidden

stem afant-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

invisible1×

What it means

* ἄφαντος, -ον

(< φαίνομαι), poët. and late prose (MM, s.v.),

invisible, hidden: Lk 24:31.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G855 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidaf'-an-tos

non-manifested, i.e. invisible

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G5316;

King Jamesvanished out of sight.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	afantos1×ἄφαντος	afantas	afantem	afantois	afantais	afanteim
object accusative	afanton	afantan		afantoin	afantain
direct address vocative	afantor	afantar		afantoir	afantair
of, belonging to genitive	afantou	afantau	afanteu	afantoiu	afantaiu	afanteiu
to, for dative	afanto	afanta	afante	afantoi	afantai	afantei

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

afantstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

afant 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

afantos“invisible”subjectnominative singular1×

Luke 24:31“invisible”autoiu de dianoigila tois ofthalmois kai epignōskala auton; kai autos afantos gineta apo autoiu.Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus — and He disappeared from their sight.