Quick Definition
δηλόω v. I show, make clear, reveal
Strong's Definition
from 1212; to make plain (by words)
KJV Usage: declare, shew, signify
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | δῆλος · ἔκδηλος · κατάδηλος · πρόδηλος
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δηλόω, -ὦ ; [impf. ἐδήλουν ; fut. δηλώσω]; 1 aor. ἐδήλωσα; Pass., [impf. 3 pers. sing. ἐδηλοῦτο (1 Pet. i. 11 WH mrg.)]; 1 aor. ἐδηλώθην ; (δῆλος) ; Sept. for yin and sometimes for ΤΠ ΤΙ ; in Grk. auth. fr. [ Aeschyl. and] Hdt. down; to make manifest: ri, 1 Co. iii. 13; to make known by relating, to declare: τί, Col. i. 8; τινὶ περί τινος, ὅτι, 1 Co. i. 11; to give one to understand, to indicate, signify: τί, Heb. xii. 27; 2 Pet. i. 14; foll. by ace. with inf. Heb. ix. 8; εἴς τι, point unto, 1 Pet. i. 11.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δηλόω dēloō 7x
to render manifest or evident; to make known, to tell, relate, declare, 1 Cor. 1:11; Col. 1:8; to show, point out, bring to light, 1 Cor. 3:13; to indicate, signify, Heb. 9:8; 12:27; 1 Pet. 1:11
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δηλόω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for ידע ;]
to make plain, declare: c. acc., I Co 3:13, Col 1:8, He 9:8 12:27; c. dat. pers., II Pe 1:14; c. dat. pers., seq. περί (pass.), I Co 1:11; seq. εἰς, I Pe 1:11.†
SYN.: ἐμφανίζω, to make manifest, render visible to the sight; δ. to render evident to the mind.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δηλόω, unlike δῆλος, is exceedingly common, and needs very few quotations. P Oxy IT. 237%! (A.p. 186) ψειλῶς σοι διὰ τῆς ἐπιστολῆς δεδήλωκεν τάδε, “he merely wrote you a letter to the following effect” (Edd.), 7. X. 12937 (a.D. 117-38) κομισαμένη οὖν δήλωσόν μοι, ‘when you have received it, let me know.” These are typical of a great many occurrences. P Leid W*1Y-17 (ii/iiiA.p.) ἀπάλιψόν μου τὰ τῆς ἱμαρμένης κακά" μὴ ὑπόστελλε σεαυτόν, κ(αὶ) δήλου μοι mavrTa—addressed to an angel. Τ' Flor I. 8658. (i/a.p., end) ἀκολούθω[ς] ταῖς διὰ τῶν [συν]γραφῶν δηλωθείσαις διαστολαῖς will serve as another type: cf. such papers as P Ryl 11. 2483 (8.6. 162) ἧς at γειτνίαι δεδήλωνται διὰ τῆς προκειμένης συγγραφῆς, P Tor I. 1 15. (B.c. 116) (= Chrest. 11. p. 32) συνεισέδωκέ μοι συνχώρησιν, καθ᾽ ἣν ἐδηλοῦτο μήτε πρότερον μήτε νῦν ἀντιποιεῖσθαι τῆς οἰκίας. A legal or quasi-legal tone predominates, but it is also largely used non-technically to denote “ἢ informing.” Anas. For this proper name, see P Lond 929% (ii/iii A.D.) (= III. p. 42), BGU I. 10! (a.p. 102). The earliest occurrence is P Petr III. 497, where Δημᾶδι follows Φιλίππωι and Τιμοθέωι, but the context has less Biblical suggestion : BGU III. 715 11:18 (a.p. 101-2) shows Demas in the company of several Jews, as’ Τωσῆς ὃ kal Tevprdo(s),’ ABpap[ios?,....]s ᾿Ισάκεως, Σαμβαθ(άων) ᾿Ιακούβου : the paper is a γραφὴ | σιτολ(όγων).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δηλόω (dēloō) — to make clear. δηλ-όω:— passive, future δηλωθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δηλώσομαι in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—make visible or manifest, show, exhibit, τὸν ἄνδρ᾽ Ἀχαιοῖς δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive added, ὡς γένος ἄτλητον ἀνθρώποισι δηλώσοιμ᾽ ὁρᾶν [Refs]:—passive, to be or become manifest, [Refs]
2. make known, disclose, reveal, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; prove, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; explain, set forth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; signify, ἐδήλουν οὐδὲν ὅτι ἴσασιν gave no sign of knowing, [Refs]: indicate, τὰς μεγίστας καὶ ἐλαχίστας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τι πρός or εἴς τινα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative et infinitive, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: followed by a relative clause, δ. ὅτι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative et participle, σκευή τε γάρ σε καὶ τὸ δύστηνον κάρα δηλοῦτον.. ὄνθ᾽ ὃς εἶ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥς σε δηλώσω κακόν [ὄντα[Refs]participle nominative, referring to the subject, δηλώσω πατρὶ μὴ ἄσπλαγχνος γεγώς I will show my father that I am no dastard, [Refs]; δηλοῖς.. τι καλχαίνουσ᾽ ἔπος thou showest that thou art pondering.., [Refs]; δηλώσω οὐ παραγενόμενος I will show that I was not present, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. intransitive, to be clear or plain, δηλοῖ ὅτι οὐκ Ὁμήρου τὰ Κύπρια ἔπεά ἐστι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be significant, possess a meaning, with dative, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. impersonal δηλοῖ, ={δῆλόν ἐστι}, δηλοῖ μοι ὅτι.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
