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verb

Greekἀναφαίνω (anafainō)
Biblang

anafanomō

Strong’sG398

I sight, I appear

stem anafan-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 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.

ἀνα-φαίνομαι,

[in LXX for צדק hi., גּלשׁ;]

to bring to light, make to appear: ἀναφάναντες τ. Κύπρον, i.e. having sighted C.: Ac 21:3 WH; pass., to appear, be made manifest: Lk 19:11.

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

Strong’s G398 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidan-af-ah'-ee-no

to show, i.e. (reflexively) appear, or (passively) to have pointed out

Fromfrom G303 and G5316;

King James(should) appear, discover.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
ἀναφαίνω,
poetry ἀμφ-: future -φᾰνῶ, but -φᾱνῶRefs 5th c.BC+aorist ἀνέφηνα, Hellenistic -έφᾱνα: perfect -πέφηνα late, Ps.-Refs 2nd c.AD+:—cause to give light, make to blaze up, ξύλα, δαΐδαςRefs 8th c.BC+
2 bring to light, produce, ὄφιαςRefs 5th c.BC+
2.b show forth, make known, display, θεοπροπίας, ἀρετήν, ἐπεσβολίας, Refs 8th c.BC+; rarely of sound, βοὰν ἀμφ. send forth a loud cry, Refs 5th c.BC+:—in middle, νίκαν ἀνεφάνατοRefs 5th c.BC+
3 proclaim, declare, βασιλέα ἀ. τινάRefs; νικάσαις ἀνέφανε ΚυράνανRefs: with participle, τοὺς πολίτας ἀγαθοὺς ὄντας ἀ.Refs 5th c.BC+infinitive, ἀναφαίνω σε τόδε.. ὀνομάζειν I proclaim that they call thee by this name, Refs 5th c.BC+ —middle, in Doric dialect form ἀμφ-, adopt as one's son, Refs
3.b of things, appoint, institute, ὃς τελετὰς ἀνέφηνε καὶ ὄργιαRefs 2nd c.AD+
4 ἀναφάναντες τὴν Κύπρον having sighted.., NT
II passive, future ἀναφᾰνήσομαιRefs 5th c.BC+ but also -φανοῦμαι Refsperfect ἀναπέφασμαι, but -πέφηναRefs 5th c.BC+, etc.: aorist ἀνεφᾰνηνRefs 5th c.BC+:—to be shown forth, appear plainly, ἀναφαίνεται ἀστήρRefs 8th c.BC+; ἀ. αἰπὺς ὄλεθροςRefs 8th c.BC+
II.b reappear, Refs 5th c.BC+; of rivers which flow underground, Refs; simply, spring up, Refs
II.2 ἀναφανῆναι μούναρχος to be declared king, Refs 5th c.BC+proved to be.., Refs; ἀ. λογογράφος ἐκ τριηράρχου from a sea-captain to come out a romancer, Refs 4th c.BC+:—also with participle, ἀναπέφανται ὢν ἀγαθόςRefs 5th c.BC+; ἀναφαίνεσθαι ἔχων, σεσωσμένοι, to be seen or found to have, to be plainly in safety, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+
III the active intransitive in later Greek, ἀνέφαινεν ἕσπεροςRefs 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.

appear1×sighted1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
anafanorōἀναφαίνεσθαιhappening now · the “to …” formpresent middle or passive infinitiveappear1×
anafanarantoisἀναφάναντεςhappened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculinesighted1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 140, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

the subject acts active voice

Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularanafanamōanafanameanafanamianafanamaanafanamēanafanamelē
you 2nd person singularanafanasōanafanaseanafanasianafanasaanafanasēanafanaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularanafanatōanafanateanafanatianafanataanafanatēanafanatelē
we 1st person pluralanafananōanafananeanafananianafananaanafananēanafananelē
ye 2nd person pluralanafanavōanafanaveanafanavianafanavaanafanavēanafanavelē
they 3rd person pluralanafanalōanafanaleanafanalianafanalaanafanalēanafanalelē

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfecthas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularanafanomōanafanomeanafanomēanafanomelē
you 2nd person singularanafanosōanafanoseanafanosēanafanoselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularanafanotōanafanoteanafanotēanafanotelē
we 1st person pluralanafanonōanafanoneanafanonēanafanonelē
ye 2nd person pluralanafanovōanafanoveanafanovēanafanovelē
they 3rd person pluralanafanolōanafanoleanafanolēanafanolelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

the subject acts active voice

Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularanafanameiōanafanameiaanafanameiē
you 2nd person singularanafanaseiōanafanaseiaanafanaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularanafanateiōanafanateiaanafanateiē
we 1st person pluralanafananeiōanafananeiaanafananeiē
ye 2nd person pluralanafanaveiōanafanaveiaanafanaveiē
they 3rd person pluralanafanaleiōanafanaleiaanafanaleiē

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
I 1st person singularanafanomeiōanafanomeiē
you 2nd person singularanafanoseiōanafanoseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularanafanoteiōanafanoteiē
we 1st person pluralanafanoneiōanafanoneiē
ye 2nd person pluralanafanoveiōanafanoveiē
they 3rd person pluralanafanoleiōanafanoleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

the subject acts active voice

Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularanafanasōranafanasaranafanasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularanafanatōranafanataranafanatēr
ye 2nd person pluralanafanavōranafanavaranafanavēr
they 3rd person pluralanafanalōranafanalaranafanalēr

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularanafanosōranafanosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularanafanotōranafanotēr
ye 2nd person pluralanafanovōranafanovēr
they 3rd person pluralanafanolōranafanolēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

the subject acts active voice

Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularanafanamoiōanafanamoia
you 2nd person singularanafanasoiōanafanasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularanafanatoiōanafanatoia
we 1st person pluralanafananoiōanafananoia
ye 2nd person pluralanafanavoiōanafanavoia
they 3rd person pluralanafanaloiōanafanaloia

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now present
I 1st person singularanafanomoiō
you 2nd person singularanafanosoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singularanafanotoiō
we 1st person pluralanafanonoiō
ye 2nd person pluralanafanovoiō
they 3rd person pluralanafanoloiō
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceanafanarōanafanarianafanaraanafanarē
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voiceanafanorō1×ἀναφαίνεσθαιanafanorē
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceanafanarōntosanafanarintosanafanarantos1×anafanarēntos
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voiceanafanorōntosanafanorēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
anafanstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

anafan 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.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

anafanorō“appear”happening now · the “to …” formpresent middle or passive infinitive1×

Luke 19:11… parachrēma mellatō tas basileias tou theou anafanorō;… thought the kingdom of God would appear imminently.

anafanarantois“sighted”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine1×

Acts 21:3“sighted”anafanarantois de tan Kupran kai kataleiparantois autan …After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at …