noun · feminine
epifaneias
Strong’sG2015
appearing, manifestation
stem epifanei-6 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 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.
ἐπιφάνεια, -ας, ἡ
(< ἐπιφανής), [in LXX: II Ki 7:23 (נוֹרָא), Es 5:1, Am 5:22, II Mac 2:21 3:24 5:4 12:22 14:16 15:27, III Mac 2:9 5:8, 51,*;] (in late Gk. and Inscr., freq. of deities, v. MM, Exp., xiv)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2015 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidep-if-an'-i-ah
a manifestation, i.e. (specially) the advent of Christ (past or future)
Fromfrom G2016;
King Jamesappearing, brightness.
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
(i.e. ἱερά), τά, sacrifices in celebration of an ἐπιφάνεια, Δημήτριος τὰ ἐ. τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ θύων Refs 2nd 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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | epifaneias | epifaneiais |
| object accusative | epifaneian3×ἐπιφάνειαν | epifaneiain |
| direct address vocative | epifaneiar | epifaneiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | epifaneiau2×ἐπιφανείας | epifaneiaiu |
| to, for dative | epifaneia1×ἐπιφανείᾳ | epifaneiai |
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
epifaneia 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.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
epifaneian“appearing”objectaccusative singular3×
2 Timothy 4:1… krinarō zōarōntoin kai nekroin, kai tan epifaneian autou kai tan basileian autou;… dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:
2 Timothy 4:8… alla kai pantoi toi agaparēntoi tan epifaneian autou.… but to all who crave His appearing.
Titus 2:13“appearing”prosdechorōntois tan makarian elpidan kai epifaneian tau doxau tou megou theou kai …… we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus …
epifaneiau“appearing”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
1 Timothy 6:14“appearing”… tan entolan aspilan anepilēmptan mechris tau epifaneiau tou kuriou nu Iēsu Christou,Keep this commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Timothy 1:10fanerirantan de nun dia tau epifaneiau tou sōtērou nu Iēsu Christou, katargarantou …… has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who …
epifaneia“appearance”to, fordative singular1×
2 Thessalonians 2:8“appearance”… teu stomeu autou kai katargati ta epifaneia tau parousiau autou,… breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.