G1718: ἐμφανίζω (emphanízō)

G1718 ἐμφανίζω (emphanízō)

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Quick Definition

ἐμφανίζω v. I make visible, report against, appear before

Strong's Definition

from 1717; to exhibit (in person) or disclose (by words)

KJV Usage: appear, declare (plainly), inform, (will) manifest, shew, signify

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐμφανίζω (G1718)

verb | φανίζω

24.19 · Sensory Events and States · See

to make appear, to make visible, to cause to be seen to cause to become visible

MAT 27:53 · HEB 9:24

28.36 · Know · Well Known, Clearly Shown, Revealed

to make known, to make plain, to reveal, to bring to the light, to disclose, revelation to cause something to be fully known by revealing clearly and in some detail For another interpretation of ἐμφανίζω in ACT 23:22, see 33.208.

JHN 14:21 · JHN 14:22 · ACT 23:22 · HEB 11:14

33.208 · Communication · Inform, Announce

to tell, to inform, to report to reveal something which is not generally known For another interpretation of ἐμφανίζω in ACT 23:22, see 28.36.

ACT 23:15 · ACT 23:22

56.8 · Courts and Legal Procedures · Accusation

to bring charges, to accuse formally to make a formal report before authorities on a judicial matter

ACT 24:1 · ACT 25:2 · ACT 25:15

¹ All of these meanings involve a shift from the sensory domain of seeing, causing to see, or giving light to, to the cognitive domain of making something fully known, evident, and clear. ² JHN 14:21 In JHN 14:21 it is difficult to know precisely the manner or extent of the revealing represented by the verb ἐμφανίζω. It would seem that cognitive awareness or knowledge about is far more likely than any physical or visual appearance. ³ ἀγγέλλω appears to be more generic in meaning than a term such as ἐμφανίζω[c] (33.208), but it is difficult to indicate in all instances the various aspects of denotation and connotation associated with the meanings in this subdomain.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐμφανίζω [see ἐν, III. 3]; fut. ἐμφανίσω [B. 37 (32)]; 1 aor. ἐνεφάνισα ; 1 aor. pass. ἐνεφανίσθην ; fr. Xen. and Plato down; (ἐμφανής); 1. to manifest, exhibit to view : ἑαυτόν τινι, prop. to present one’s self to the sight of another, manifest one’s self to (Ex. xxxiii. 13), Jn. xiv. 22; metaph. of Christ giving evidence by the action of the Holy Spirit on the souls of the disciples that he is alive in heaven, Jn. xiv. 21. Pass. to show one’s self, come to view, appear, be manifest: τινί (of spectres, Sap. xvii. 4 ; αὐτοῖς θεοὺς ἐμφανίζεσθαι λέγοντες, Diog. Laért. prooem. 7; so of God, Joseph. antt. 1, 13,1), Mt. xxvii. 53; τῷ προσώπῳ τοῦ θεοῦ, of Christ appearing before God in heaven, Heb. ix. 24; (of God imparting to souls the knowledge of himself, Sap. i. 2; Theoph. Ant. ad Autol. ΠΣ YE 2. to indicate, disclose, declare, make known : foll. by ὅτι, Heb. xi. 14; with dat. of pers. Acts xxiii. 15; τὶ πρός τινα, ib. 22; τὶ κατά twos, to report or declare a thing against a person, to inform against one, Acts xxlv. 1; xxv. 2; περί twos, about one, Acts xxv. 15. [Syn. see dAdo. ]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐμφανίζω emphanizō 10x

to cause to appear clearly; to communicate, report, Acts 23:15, 22; to bring charges against, Acts 24:1; 25:2, 15, to manifest, intimate plainly, Heb. 11:14; to reveal, make known, Jn. 14:21, 22; pass. to appear, be visible, Mt. 27:53; to present one’s self, Heb. 9:24*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐμφανίζω

[in LXX for יָדַע hi., etc. ;]

to manifest, exhibit: ἐαυτόν, c. dat pers., Jo 14:21, 22 (DCG, ii, 112b). Pass. and mid., to show oneself, appear: Mt 27:53, He 9:24 (cf. MM, Exp., xii).

to declare, make known: seq. ὅτι, He 11:14; c. dat. pers., Ac 23:15; c acc rei, seq. πρός, Ac 23:22; κατά, c. gen. pers., Ac 24:1 25:2; περί, Ac 25:15.†

SYN.: δηλόω, q.v

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐμφανίζω. The quasi-technical sense of this word = ‘* report,”’ as in Ac 23}, 33 (cf. 2 Macc 37), may be illustrated from P Magd 119% (B.C, 221) ἐθισμοῦ ὄντος, ἐάν τισιν τῶν ναυκλήρων τοιοῦτό τι συμβῆι, ἐμφανίζειν τοῖς ἐπὶ τῶν τόπων στρατηγοῖς, 7. 173 (B.C. 221) ἀποδόντος γάρ μου] ἔντευξιν Διοφάνει τῶι στρατηγῶι, δι ἧς ἐνεφάνίισα κτλ. 7. 2611} (B.C. 217) ὡς δ[ι]ὰ τῆῇ[9] ἐντεύξεως ἐμφανίζομεν, P Par 26'S (petition from the Serapeum Twins—B.c. 163-2) (= Selections, p. 15) ὑμῖν, καθ᾽ ds ἐποεῖσθ᾽ ἐν Μέμφει παρουσίας, ἐνεφανίζομεν ὑπὲρ τούτων, ‘we laid information on these matters before you, on the occasion of your visits to Memphis,” PSI IV. 442° (iii/B.c.) ταῦτα δὲ ἐνεφάνισά σοι, ὅπως ἂν μηθείς σε παρακρούηται. Cf. the use of ἐμφανισμός in P Amh II. 3312 (¢. B.C. 157) ἀφ᾽ ὧν ἐπιδ[ε]δώκειμεν αὐτοῖς ἐνφανισμῶν seal τινων ἀδικημάτω[ν] kal παραλογειῶν σίτου τε καὶ χαλκοῦ, ‘* by written declarations previously handed in to them of certain misdeeds and peculations of both corn and money” (Edd.), and of ἐμφανιστής in P Tor I. 1 vil-22 (B.C. 117) ἐμφανιστοῦ kal κατηγόρου, where Peyron translates ἐ. by ‘‘delator,” and refers (p. 178) to Ac 241, 252 15, See also Ey, Petr. 10 συνεσκέπτοντο οὖν ἀλλήλοις ἐκεῖνοι ἀπελθεῖν kal ἐνφανίσαι ταῦτα τῷ Πειλάτῳ. make an official

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐμφανίζω (emphanizō) — to show. ἐμφαν-ίζω, Attic dialect future -ιῶ[Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἐμπεφάνικα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—show forth, manifest, exhibit, αὐτὸς αὑτόν E.[same place],[Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐ. τινὰ ἐπίορκον, ἐχθρόν, exhibit or represent him as.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— middle, exhibit in court, [Refs 6th c.AD+]:—passive, to become visible, be manifested, τινί [LXX+NT+1st c.AD+]

2. make clear or plain, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄστρα ἡμῖν τῆς νυκτὸς τὰς ὥρας ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. declare, explain, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; give orders, τινὶ ποιεῖν τι [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; report, περί τινος [Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc.: —passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

4. lay an information against, τινά [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ὁ -ισθείς [Refs 7th c.BC+]