ἐμφανής (see ἐν, III. 3), ἐμφανές (ἐμφαίνω to show in, exhibit), manifest: γίνομαι τίνι, in its literal sense, Act_10:40; figuratively, of God giving proofs of his saving grace and thus manifesting himself, Rom_10:20 from Isa_65:1. (From Aeschylus down.)

ἐμφανής emphanēs 2x apparent, conspicuous, obvious to the sight, Act_10:40 ; met. manifest, known, comprehended, Rom_10:20

ἐμφανής , -ές ( < ἐμφαίνω , to show in, exhibit), [in LXX : Mic_4:1 , Isa_2:2 ( H3559 ni .), Wis_6:22 ; Wis_7:21 ; Wis_14:17 ; ἐ . γίνεσθαι , Exo_2:14 ( H3045 ni .), Isa_65:1 ( H1875 ni .) * ;] manifest: Act_10:40 ; metaph ., Rom_10:20 ( LXX ) ( see ἐπιφανής ).†

ἐμφανής [page 208] The phrase ἐν τῷ ἐμφανεῖ is found in P Hib I. 93 .4 ( c. B.C. 250) where a man, acting as surety, undertakes to produce his friend ἐν ] τῶι ἐμφανεῖ ἔξω ἱεροῦ κα [ὶ πάσης ] σκέπης , openly, outside of a temple or any other shelter, and similarly P Oxy IV. 785 ( c. A.D. 1) and the other citations in P Hamb I. p. 121 n .4 . The quasi-legal use of the adj. may be further illustrated from BGU IV. 1145 .40 (B.C. 5) ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἡ Διδύμη μὴ π [αρ ]έχηται τ̣[ὴν ] Λύκαν καὶ Διονύσιον τῷ Ἀχ̣ι̣λ (λεῖ ) ἐνφανεῖς , εἶναι καὶ αὐ (τὴν ) ἀγωγίμη (ν ), P Oxy II. 260 .11 (A.D. 59) ἔσασθα [ι ἐμ ]φανῆ τῷ Σαραπίωνο [ς ] ἀρχιδικαστοῦ [β ]ήματι , I will appear at the court of the chief justice Sarapion, and so ib. X. 1258 .6 (A.D. 45), P Gen I. 28 .24 (A.D. 136) al. In P Oxy VII. 1021 .2 (A.D. 54) the deceased Emperor Claudius is described as ἐνφανὴς θεός , god manifest : see further s.v. ἐπιφανής . For a Christian use see the fragment of a lost Gospel, P Oxy IV. 655 .19 , where the disciples ask the Lord πότε ἡμῖν ἐμφανὴς ἔσει καὶ πότε σε ὀψόμεθα ; and receive the answer ὅταν ἐκδύσησθε καὶ μὴ αἰσχυνθῆτε . The corr. subst. ἐμφανεία may be illustrated from P Grenf II. 62 .10 (A.D. 211) where Demetrius agrees to act as surety μονῆς καὶ ἐμφανίας , for the non-removal and appearance of Pasis : cf. P Oxy VIII. 1121 .22, .25 (A.D. 295).

ἐμφανής ἐμφα^νής, ές (adj e)mfa^n hs_es suff_acc ) "shewing in" itself, "reflecting", of mirrors, Plat. "visible to the eye, manifest", esp. of the gods "appearing bodily" among men, Soph. , etc.; so, ἐμφανῆ τινα ἰδεῖν to see him "bodily", id=Soph. :—of things, τἀμφανῆ κρύπτειν id=Soph. ; ἐμφ. τεκμήρια "visible" proofs, id=Soph. ; τὰ ἐμφ. κτήματα the "actual" property, Xen. ποιεῖν τι ἐμφανές to do it "in public", Lat. in propatulo, Hdt. ; τὸ ἐμφ. opp. to τὸ μέλλον, Thuc. ; εἰς τοὐμφανὲς ἰέναι to come into "light", Xen. "open, actual, palpable", Ar. , Thuc. , etc. "manifest, well-known", τὰ ἐμφανῆ Hdt. adv. -νῶς, ionic -νέως, "visibly, openly", Lat. palam, id=Hdt. , Aesch. , etc.; "openly", i. e. "not secretly or treacherously", Soph. ; οὐ λόγοις, ἀλλ᾽ ἐμφανῶς but "really", Ar. so in neut. adj., ἐξ ἐμφανέος or ἐκ τοῦ ἐμφ., Hdt. ; ἐν τῷ ἐμφανεῖ Thuc.

ἐμφανής, -ές (ἐμφαίνω, to show in, exhibit), [in LXX: Mic.4:1, Isa.2:2 (כּוּן ni.), Wis.6:22 7:21 14:17; ἐ. γίνεσθαι, Exo.2:14 (יָדַע ni.), Isa.65:1 (דָּרַשׁ ni.)* ;] manifest: Act.10:40; metaphorically, Rom.10:20 (LXX) (see: ἐπιφανής).† (AS)