ἐπιφανής, ἐπιφανές (ἐπιφαίνω), conspicuous, manifest, illustrious: Act_2:20 (Tdf. omits) from Joe_2:31 (); the Sept. here and in Jdg_13:6 (Alex.); Hab_1:7; Mal_1:14 thus render the word πεψΘΰ terrible, deriving it incorrectly from ψΘΰΘδ and so confounding it with πΔψΐΰΖδ.

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ἐπιφανής , -ές ( < ἐπιφαίνω ), [in LXX ( v. Thayer , s.v. ) for H3372 , etc., Jdg_13:6 , Joe_2:11 ; Joe_2:31 al. ; 2Ma_6:23 , 3Ma_5:35 , al. ;] renowned, illustrious, notable: Act_2:20 ( LXX ) ( cf. MM , Exp., xiv).†

ἐπιφανής [page 250] For this adj. = manifest, illustrious, as in Act_2:20 , cf. OGIS 90 .47 (Rosetta stone B.C. 196), where it is said of King Ptolemy V. ἐπιφανῆ ποιήσαντος τήν τε ἄνω χώραν καὶ τὴν κάτω . The same inscr. shows the word frequently as a title of the King when it can only be regarded as = Avatar, see Dittenberger s note on ib. .5 Πτολεμαίου . . . Θεοῦ Ἐπιφανοῦς Εὐχαρίστου , and cf. what has already been said s.v. ἐπιφάνεια . We may also refer to E. R. Bevan s discussion of this title of Antiochus IV. in JHS xx. p. 28 f. He shows that Seleucus I. was worshipped as Zeus Olympios : Antiochus replaced Zeus on his coins, the intervening kings having substituted Apollo. His title meant a claim to be worshipped as Zeus incarnate. The wider sense of the word may be further illustrated from P Oxy XII. 1425 .2 (A.D. 318), where an official return is headed ὑπατίας τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Λικ [ι ]ννίο [υ ] Σεβαστοῦ τὸ ε̄ καὶ Κρίσπου τοῦ ἐπιφανεστάτ [ου ] Καίσαρος τὸ ᾱ , in the consulship of our lords Licinius Augustus for the fifth time and Crispus the most illustrious Cζsar for the first time (Edd.). For the adv. see a Phrygian inscr. C. and B. i. p. 182, No. 70, Διονοισίου ἀνδρὸς βουλευτοῦ καὶ πάσας ἀρχὰς κὲ λειτουργίας λαμπρῶς κὲ ἐπιφανῶς ἐκτετελεκότος .

ἐπιφανής ἐπιφα^νής, ές "coming to light, appearing", of gods, Hdt. , etc. "in full view", πόλις ἐπ. ἔξωθεν, of a place "commanded by another", Thuc. "manifest, evident", of proofs, id=Thuc. of men, "conspicuous, famous, distinguished" by rank, Hdt. ; "notable", for well or ill, Thuc. , Xen. of things, "remarkable", Hdt. adv. -νῶς, "openly", Thuc. : Sup. -έστατα, id=Thuc.

ἐπιφανής, -ές (ἐπιφαίνω), [in LXX (see Thayer, see word) for יָרֵא, etc., Jdg.13:6, Jol.2:11, 31 al.; 2Ma.6:23, 3Ma.5:35, al. ;] renowned, illustrious, notable: Act.2:20 (LXX) (cf. MM, Exp., xiv).† (AS)