adjective
epifanas
Strong’sG2016
manifest, glorious, illustrious
stem epifan-once in the New Testament1 of 26 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.
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.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
coming to light, coming suddenly into view, appearing, of gods, Refs 5th c.BC+: hence, present to aid, θεοὶ -έστατοι Refs 1st c.BC+
2 of places and things, in full view, πόλις ἐ. ἔξωθεν, of a place commanded by another, Refs 5th c.BC+; τινι to one,Refs; ἔχειν ἐπιφανεῖς θηλάς visible, Refs 4th c.BC+; φλέβες prominent, Refs 2nd c.AD+
3 manifest, evident, ὄνειδος Refs 3rd c.AD+; ἐκ τῶν ἐπιφανεστάτων σημείων Refs 5th c.BC+
II of men, conspicuous, notable, distinguished by rank, Refs 5th c.BC+; notable, either for good or ill, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀνδρείᾳ for courage, Refs 5th c.BC+; famous, renowned, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀνδρῶν ἐ. πᾶσα γῆ τάφος Refs 5th c.BC+; of things, places, etc., χώρα Refs 2nd c.BC+; -εστέρα τιμή Refs 1st c.BC+; -έσταται τιμαί Refs
II.2 of things, remarkable, οὗτοί σφεων οἱ -έστατοι νόμοι εἰσί Refs 5th c.BC+; -εστάτη μάχη Anon.Hist.Refs
II.3 as a title of divinities, τῶν -εστάτων θεῶν Refs; also of Eastern Kings, e.g.Ptolemy V, Refs 2nd c.BC+; Antiochus of Syria, Refs 2nd c.BC+
III adverb -νῶς openly, conspicuously, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 with distinction, λαμπρῶς καὶ ἐ. Refs 1st c.AD+: comparative -έστερον, ζην with greater distinction, Refs 4th 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 | 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
epifanan“glorious”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 2:20… erchara hēmeran kuriou tan megan kai epifanan.… the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.