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G1212 δῆλος (dēlos)
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Quick Definition

δῆλος, η, ον Adj clear, manifest, evident

Strong's Definition

of uncertain derivation; clear

KJV Usage: + bewray, certain, evident, manifest

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -η, -ον | δηλόω

28.58 · Know · Able To Be Known

clearly known, easily known, evident, plain, clear pertaining to being clearly and easily able to be known

MAT 26:73 · 1CO 15:27 · GAL 3:11

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

δῆλος, -7, -ov, [fr. Hom. down], clear, evident, manifest : Mt. xxvi. 73; δῆλον se. ἐστίν it is manifest, evident, foll. by ore (4 Mace. ii. 7; Xen. an. 1, 3, 9; al.): 1 Co. xv. 27 [here some would take the words adverbially and parenthetically 1. 6. δηλονότι manifestly cf. W. § 64, 2 a.]; Gal. iii. 11; 1 Tim. vi. 7 (here L T Tr WH om. δῆλον)" [Syn. δῆλος, φανερός: δ. evident, what is known and understood, φ. manifest, as opp. to what is concealed or invisible ; δ. points rather to inner perception, φ. to outward appearance. Cf. Schmidt ch. 129.] -

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

δῆλος dēlos 3x

pr. clearly visible; plain, manifest, evident, Mt. 26:73; 1 Cor. 15:27; Gal. 3:11*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

δῆλος, -η, -ον

[in LXX for אוּר, etc. ;]

visible.

clear to the mind, evident: Mt 26:73; δ. (sc. ἐστίν), seq. ὅτι, I Co 15:27, Ga 3:11.†

SYN.: φανερός, with ref. to outward appearance, manifest as opp. to concealed; δ. with ref. to inner perception, evident, known, under­stood.

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

δῆλος. CP Herm 6°, a petition addressed to an Emperor, has in a fragmentary context ]rt[w]pevor καθ᾽ ἕκαστον τῷ[ν λοῆγισ[μ]ῶν δῆλός ἐστιν ἀριθμὸς καὶ λειτουρ[ γιῶν. Τ᾿ Oxy VIII. T1ot!? (A. 1). 367-70) ὅτι δὲ κεκώλυται παρὰ τοῖς νόμοις τοῦτο, δῆλον, “ταὶ this is forbidden by the law is clear” (Ed.). Jb. X. 126427 (A.D. 272) πρὸς τὸ πᾶσι δῆλα εἶναι τὰ ὑπόντα por... δίκαια. I Thead 19" (iv/A.p.) ἕρμαιον δηλονότι Alyn loapéve (ἡ. ἐ. -n) τὸν θάνατον τοῦ πατρός pov. P Flor I. 36°8 (iv/A.p., beginning) ἢ δῆλον ὅτι κιν[δυνεύσι eis TO] σὸν | ἄχραντον δικα[στ]ήριον. 70. ILI. 367%! (iii/A.p.) ἀλ]λὰ δηλονότι πλούτῳ γαυρωθείς κτλ. BGU IIL. 80.339 (ii/iiia 10.) ἐγένετο δὲ δῆλον τότ ε ., Ζῤ. go2!® (A Ὁ. 168-9) ἐξ ὧν δῆλ(ον) γ(ίνεται) ὀφείλειν κτλ. The word is by no means common: we have quoted almost all the instances we can find in papyri. The adverb appears in P Oxy III. 474° | | ὃ ἅγιος ὁ ἀληθινὸς φιλάνθρωπος καὶ δημιουργὸς κτλ. | description of Tarsus in OG/S 57813 (A.D. 222--35) as μόνη | in vividness” (Ed.).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

δῆλος (dēlos) — Urim. δῆλος (also Doric dialect, [Refs 4th c.BC+], η, ον, also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: Epic dialect δέελος:

I. properly visible, conspicuous, δέελον δ᾽ ἐπὶ σῆμά τ᾽ ἔθηκε [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II. commonly, clear to the mind, manifest, νῦν δ᾽ ἤδη τόδε δ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.2. δ. εἰμι is frequently used with participle, δ. ἐστιν ἀλγεινῶς φέρων i.e. it is clear that he takes it ill, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἳ ἂν δ. ὦσι μὴ ἐπιτρέψοντες who are clearly not going to permit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. ὁρᾶσθαι.. ὤν being as was plainly to be seen, [Refs 5th c.BC+] and a Verb, δ. ἐστιν ὅτι.. ἀκήκοεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle or relative clause must be supplied, καταγελᾷς μου, δ. εἶ (i.e. καταγελῶν) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δῆλοι δέ (i.e. οὐ μένοντες) [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. δῆλον ποιεῖν show plainly, τινὶ ὅτι.. [Refs]: with participle, δῆλον ἐποιήσατε.. μηδίσαντες [Refs]

II.4. δῆλον (i.e. ἐστί) it is manifest, αὐτὸς πρὸς αὑτοῦ· δῆλον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δῆλον δέ, to introduce a proof, followed by γάρ, [Refs 5th c.BC+], see at {δηλονότι}: in plural, δῆλα δή, δ. δ. καὶ ταῦτα [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb, usually written δηλαδή (which see).

II.5. adverb δήλως is rejected by Attic dialect, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

III. δῆλοι, οἱ, Urim, [LXX]

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