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G1213 δηλόω (dēlóō)
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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

28.42 · Know · Well Known, Clearly Shown, Revealed

to make known, to make plain, to reveal to make something known by making evident what was either unknown before or what may have been difficult to understand

1CO 1:11 · 1CO 3:13 · COL 1:8 · HEB 9:8 · HEB 12:27 · 2PE 1:14

33.152 · Communication · Interpret, Mean, Explain

to make clear to make evident to make something evident or clear by explanation

HEB 12:27 · 1PE 1:11

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

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+]

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