Quick Definition
ἐπιφανής, ές Adj manifest, glorious, illustrious
Strong's Definition
conspicuous, i.e. (figuratively) memorable
Derivation: from G2014 (ἐπιφαίνω);
KJV Usage: notable
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ές | φαίνω
79.22 · Features of Objects · Glorious
glorious, wonderful, marvelous pertaining to being glorious or wonderful, in view of being conspicuous and self-evident
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπιφανής, -€s, (emupaivw), conspicuous, manifest, ilustrious: Acts ii. 20 [Tdf. om.] fr. Joel ii. 31 (iii. 4) ; the Sept. here and in Judg. xiii. 6 [Alex.]; Hab. i. 7; Mal. i. 14 thus render the word $1) terrible, deriving it incorrectly from 787 and so confounding it with 7873.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπιφανής, -ές
(< ἐπιφαίνω), [in LXX (v. Thayer, s.v.) for יָרֵא, etc., Jg 13:6, Jl 2:11, 31 al.; II Mac 6:23, III Mac 5:35, al. ;]
renowned, illustrious, notable: Ac 2:20 (LXX) (cf. MM, Exp., xiv).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπιφανής. For this adj. = ‘‘ manifest, illustrious,’ as in Ac 27°, cf. OG/S go (Rosetta stone—B.C. 196), where it is said of King Ptolemy V.—émupavi 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 20. ὅ TItodepatov . . . Θεοῦ ᾿Εἰπιφανοῦς Evyaplorov, 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 /HS xx. p. 28f. 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? (A.D. 318), where an official return is headed—iratlas tov δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν. ΔΛικ[ι]ννίο[υ] Σεβαστοῦ τὸ € kal Kplomov τοῦ ἐπιφανεστάτ[ου] Καίσαρος τὸ a, ‘“‘in the consulship of our lords Licinius Augustus for the fifth time and Crispus the most illustrious Cesar for the first time’’ (Edd.). For the adv. see a Phrygian inscr. C. and B. i. p. 182, No. 70, Διονοισίου ἀνδρὸς βουλευτοῦ kal πάσας ἀρχὰς kt λειτουργίας λαμπρῶς κὲ ἐπιφανῶς ἐκτετελεκότος. "»» 66
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπιφανής (epiphanēs) — glorious. ἐπιφαν-ής, ές, coming to light, coming suddenly into view, appearing, of gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, present to aid, θεοὶ -έστατοι [Refs 1st c.BC+]
2. of places and things, in full view, πόλις ἐ. ἔξωθεν, of a place commanded by another, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινι to one,[Refs]; ἔχειν ἐπιφανεῖς θηλάς visible, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; φλέβες prominent, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3. manifest, evident, ὄνειδος [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἐκ τῶν ἐπιφανεστάτων σημείων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. of men, conspicuous, notable, distinguished by rank, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; notable, either for good or ill, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνδρείᾳ for courage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; famous, renowned, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνδρῶν ἐ. πᾶσα γῆ τάφος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, places, etc., χώρα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; -εστέρα τιμή [Refs 1st c.BC+]; -έσταται τιμαί [Refs]
II.2. of things, remarkable, οὗτοί σφεων οἱ -έστατοι νόμοι εἰσί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; -εστάτη μάχη Anon.Hist.[Refs]
II.3. as a title of divinities, τῶν -εστάτων θεῶν [Refs]; also of Eastern Kings, e.g.Ptolemy V, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; Antiochus of Syria, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
III. adverb -νῶς openly, conspicuously, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2. with distinction, λαμπρῶς καὶ ἐ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]: comparative -έστερον, ζην with greater distinction, [Refs 4th c.BC+]