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GreekG0853Verb

ἀφανίζω

aphanizō

5Occurrences
G0853Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to render unapparent, i.e. (actively) consume (becloud), or (passively) disappear (be destroyed)

from G852 (ἀφανής);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.to make unseen, hide from sight (Xen., a1.).
2.Later (a) to destroy
(b)to disfigure
LXX: for שָׁמֵם ni., שָׁמַד hi., etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

ἀφανίζω appears 5 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
3
Acts
1
James
1

Key Passages

Acts 13:41BSB

‘Look, you scoffers,wonder and perish!For I am doing a work in your daysthat you would never believe,even if someone told you.’”

James 4:14BSB

You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

Matthew 6:16BSB

When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

Matthew 6:19BSB

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

Matthew 6:20BSB

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.