Quick Definition
ἐπιφώσκω v. I dawn, am near commencing
Strong's Definition
a form of 2017; to begin to grow light
KJV Usage: begin to dawn, X draw on
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | φαίνω
14.41 · Physical Events and States · Light
to dawn, to become light to change from darkness to light in the early morning hours In some languages dawning is divided into more than one aspect or period of time. The first may be only a glimmering of light in the east; the second period makes visibility quite easy; and the third period involves shafts of light or colored clouds visible in the sky immediately before sunrise. Usually an expression for one of these periods of time is more generalized in usage, and therefore it is probably satisfactory to adopt such an expression for any transition from darkness to light.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-φώσκω ; [impf. ἐπέφωσκον ; to grow light, to dawn [ef. B. 68 (60)]: Lk. xxiii. 54; foll. by εἰς, Mt. xxviii. 1, on which see εἰς, A. II. 1.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπιφώσκω epiphōskō 2x
to dawn, Mt. 28:1; hence, used of the reckoned commencement of the day, to be near commencing, to dawn on, Lk. 23:54*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-φώσκω
[in LXX for הָלַל hi., Jb 41:18 A (Bא, ἐπιφαύσκ-) * ;]
to let shine.
to dawn (cf. MM, Exp., xiv): Lk 23:54; seq. εἰς, Mt 28:1.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπιφώσκω. A horoscope P Lond 1308 (=I. p. 134) is dated—érovs τρίτου θεοῦ Titov Φαρμουθὶ τῇ ἐπιφωσκούσῃ, z.c. April Ist, A.D. 81, though the use of the title θεός = ““ dvus,” shows, as the editor points out, that the document itself was not drawn up until after the Emperor’s death; cf. also the late P Grenf II. 112!5 (a Festal Epistle by the Patriarch of Alexandria with reference to the date of Easter—a.D. 577 Ὁ) Tr ἑξῆς ἐπιφωσκούσῃ κυριακῇ. We cannot discuss here the crux of Mt 28! (see Allen’s note in 7CC ad 4), but two instances of the verb may be cited from the Gosp. of Peter —2 ἐπεὶ καὶ σάββατον ἐπιφώσκει (cf. Lk 23°4), 9 τῇ δὲ νυκτὶ ἡ ἐπέφωσκεν ἣ κυριακή. On the meaning see Notes by €. H. Turner in /ZS xiv. p: 188 ff, and! by ἘΣ: (δ: Burkitt in 74. p. 538 ff. The latter claims the verb as apparently ‘fa real example of that ‘Jewish Greek’ which the discoveries of Egyptian papyri have reduced to such restricted compass,” but see the first citation s#fva, in which no direct trace of Semitic influence can be predicated.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπιφώσκω (epiphōskō) — to dawn. ἐπιφώσκω, =ἐπιφαύσκω, grow towards daylight, dawn, [NT+1st c.AD+]
II. transitive, let shine forth, φέγγος poetical de herb.[Refs]