adjective
epifanas
Greekἐπιφανής (epifanēs)
Strong’sG2016
manifest, glorious, illustrious
stem epifan-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἐπιφανής, -ές
(< ἐπιφαίνω), [in LXX (v. Thayer, s.v.) for יָרֵא, etc., Jg 13:6, Jl 2:11, 31 al.; II Mac 6:23, III Mac 5:35, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2016 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidep-if-an-ace'
conspicuous, i.e. (figuratively) memorable
Fromfrom G2014;
King Jamesnotable.
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 | epifanos | epifanas | epifanem | epifanois | epifanais | epifaneim |
| object accusative | epifanon | epifanan1×ἐπιφανῆ | epifanoin | epifanain | ||
| direct address vocative | epifanor | epifanar | epifanoir | epifanair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | epifanou | epifanau | epifaneu | epifanoiu | epifanaiu | epifaneiu |
| to, for dative | epifano | epifana | epifane | epifanoi | epifanai | epifanei |
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
epifan 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
epifanan“glorious”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 2:20“glorious”tos hēlios metastrefiti eis skotem kai tas selēnas eis haimem prin ē erchara hēmeran kuriou tan megan kai epifanan.The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.