adjective
emfanos
Greekἐμφανής (emfanēs)
Strong’sG1717
manifest, visible
stem emfan-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἐμφανής, -ές
(< ἐμφαίνω, to show in, exhibit), [in LXX: Mi 4:1, Is 2:2 (כּוּן ni.), Wi 6:22 7:21 14:17; ἐ. γίνεσθαι, Ex 2:14 (יָדַע ni.), Is 65:1 (דָּרַשׁ ni.)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1717 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | emfanos1×ἐμφανὴς | emfanas | emfanem | emfanois | emfanais | emfaneim |
| object accusative | emfanon1×ἐμφανῆ | emfanan | emfanoin | emfanain | ||
| direct address vocative | emfanor | emfanar | emfanoir | emfanair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | emfanou | emfanau | emfaneu | emfanoiu | emfanaiu | emfaneiu |
| to, for dative | emfano | emfana | emfane | emfanoi | emfanai | emfanei |
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
emfan 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
emfanos“manifest”subjectnominative singular1×
Romans 10:20“manifest”Ēsaios de apotolmatō kai legatō; Heuriskima en toi min mē zētarōtoi, emfanos ginema toi min mē eperōtarōtoi.And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”
emfanon“visible”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 10:40“visible”houton tos theos egeirata ta trita hēmera kai dōata auton emfanon ginera,God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen —