Quick Definition
φανερόω v. I make clear, visible, or manifest
Strong's Definition
from 5318; to render apparent (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: appear, manifestly declare, (make) manifest (forth), shew (self)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | φαίνω
24.19 · Sensory Events and States · See
to make appear, to make visible, to cause to be seen to cause to become visible In a number of languages the meaning of ‘appeared to’ must be expressed as two closely related events, so that in JHN 21:1 it may be necessary to translate ‘Jesus came and was seen once more by his disciples’ or ‘Jesus came and once more his disciples saw him.’
MRK 16:12 · MRK 16:14 · JHN 21:1 · JHN 21:1 · JHN 21:14 · COL 3:4 · COL 3:4 · 1TI 3:16 · HEB 9:26 · 1PE 1:20 · 1PE 5:4 · 1JN 1:2 · 1JN 1:2 · 1JN 2:28 · 1JN 3:2 · 1JN 3:2 · 1JN 3:5 · 1JN 3:8 · REV 3:18 · REV 15:4
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
MRK 4:22 · JHN 1:31 · JHN 2:11 · JHN 3:21 · JHN 7:4 · JHN 9:3 · JHN 17:6 · ROM 1:19 · ROM 3:21 · 1CO 4:5 · 2CO 2:14 · 2CO 3:3 · 2CO 4:10 · 2CO 4:11 · 2CO 5:10 · 2CO 5:11 · 2CO 5:11 · 2CO 7:12 · 2CO 11:6 · EPH 5:13 · EPH 5:14 · COL 1:26 · COL 4:4 · 2TI 1:10 · TIT 1:3 · HEB 9:8 · 1JN 2:19 · 1JN 4:9
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.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φανερόω, -@; fut. φανερώσω ; 1 aor. ἐφανέρωσα; Pass., pres. φανεροῦμαι ; pf. πεφανέρωμαι; 1 aor. ἐφανερώθην; 1 fut. φανερωθήσομαι ; (φανερός) ; to make manifest or visibie or known what has been hidden or unknown, to of the | pavepow manifest, whether by words, or deeds, or in any other way; a. with an ace. of the thing: pass., Mk. iv. 22; Eph. v. 13; Rev. iii. 18; τὰ ἔργα τινός, pass. Jn. iii. 21; with ἔν τινι added, Jn. ix. 3; τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, of Christ, Jn. ii. 11; sc. τὴν γνῶσιν, 2 Co. xi.6 LT Tr WH; τὰς βουλὰς τῶν καρδιῶν, of God as judge, 1 Co. iv. 5; τὴν ὀσμὴν τῆς γνώσεως αὐτοῦ bt ἡμῶν ἐν παντὶ τύπῳ, 2 Co. ii. 14; τὴν σπουδὴν ὑμῶν ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ, pass. 2 Co. vii. 12; τὴν ζωὴν τοῦ ᾿Ιησοῦ ἐν τῷ σώματι, ἐν τῇ θνητῇ σαρκί, pass. 2 Co. iv. 10 84. ; χάρις τοῦ θεοῦ φανερωθεῖσα διὰ τῆς ἐπιφανείας τοῦ Χριστοῦ, 2 Tim. 1. 10; pass. used of something hitherto non-existent but now made actual and visible, realized, 1 Jn. iii. 2 (Germ. verwirklicht werden, in die Erscheinung treten); ὁδός, Heb. ix. 8 (ef. iter per Alpes patefieri volebat, Caes. bell. gall. 8,1); to bring to light or make manifest, by the advent, life, death, resurrection, of Jesus Christ: τὸ μυστήριον, pass. Ro. xvi. 26; with τοῖς ἁγίοις added, Col. i. 26; to make known by teaching: τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, Jn. xvii. 6 ; τὸ μυστήριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Col. iv.4; τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ, of God giving instruction through the preachers of the gospel, Tit. i. 3; τὸ γνωστὸν τοῦ θεοῦ αὐτοῖς, of God teaching the’ Gentiles concerning himself by the works of nature, Ro. i. 19; pass. δικαιοσύνη θεοῦ (made known in the gospel [ef. δικαιοσύνη, 1 6. p. 149» bot.]), Ro. iii. 21; pass. to become manifest, be made known: ἐν τούτῳ sc. ὅτι ete. herein that, ete. [see οὗτος, I. 2 b.], 1 Jn. iv. 9; τὰ δικαιώματα τοῦ θεοῦ, Rev. xv. 4. b. with an ace. of the person, to expose to view, make manifest, show one: ἑαυτὸν τῷ κόσμῳ, of Christ coming forth from his retirement in Galilee and showing himself publicly at Jerusalem, Jn. vii. 4; τοῖς μαθηταῖς, of the risen Christ, Jn. xxi. 1; pass. to.be made manifest, to show one’s self, appear : 'ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ βήματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, 2 Co. v. 10; of Christ risen from the dead, τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ, Jn. xxi. 14; Mk. xvi. 14; with ἐν ἑτέρᾳ μορφῇ added, Mk. xvi. 12 (absol. φανερωθείς, Barn. ep. 15, 9); of Christ previously hidden from view in heaven but after his incarnation made visible on earth as a man among men, Heb. ix. 26 (opp. to δεύτερον ὀφθήσεσθαι, of his future return from heaven, ibid. 28); 1 Pet. i. 20; 1 Jn. iii. 5,8; with ἐν σαρκί added, 1 Tim. iii. 16, (Barn. ep. 5, 6; 6, 7. 9. 14 ete.); ἡ ζωὴ (the life embodied in Christ; the centre and source of life) ἐφανερώθη, 1 In. i. 25 of Christ now hidden from sight in heaven but hereafter to return visibly, Col. iii. 4 (cf. 3); 1 Pet. v.4; 1 Jn. ii. 28; [ef. Westcott on the Epp. of St. John p. 79 56.1. of Christians, who after the Saviour’s return will be manifested ἐν δόξῃ [see δόξα, III. 4 b.], Coil. iii. 4. Pass. to become known, to be plainly recognized, thoroughly understood: who and what one is, revi, Jn. i. 831; what sort of person one is, τῷ θεῷ, 2 Co. v. 11; ἐν ταῖς συνειδήσεσιν ὑμῶν, ibid.; φανεροῦμαι foil. by ὅτι, 2 Co. iii. 3; 1 Jn. ii. 19; ἐν παντὶ φανερωθέντες ἐν πᾶσιν εἰς ὑμᾶς, in every way made manifest (such as we are) among all men to youward, 2 Co. xi. 6 [but L T Tr WH give the act. φανερώσαντες, we have made it manifest]. (Hdt., Dion. Hal, Dio Cass., Joseph.) [S¥N. see ἀποκαλύπτω, fin.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φανερόω phaneroō 49x
to bring to light, to set in a clear light; to manifest, display, Jn. 2:11; 7:4; 9:3; to show, Rom. 1:19; 2 Cor. 7:12; to declare, make known, Jn. 17:6; to disclose, Mk. 4:22; 1 Cor. 4:5; Col. 4:4; to reveal, Rom. 3:21; 16:26; Col. 1:26; to present to view, Jn. 21:1, 14; pass. to make an appearance, Mk. 16:12, 14; spc. of Christ, to be personally manifested, Jn. 1:31; Col. 3:4; 1 Pet. 1:20; 5:4; 1 Jn. 3:5; to be laid bare, appear in true character, 2 Cor. 5:10, 11
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φανερόω, -ώ
[in LXX: Je 40 (33):6 (גּלה pi.) * ;]
to make visible, clear, manifest or known: c. acc rei, Jo 2:11 17:6, Ro 1:19, I Co 4:5, II Co 2:14 11:6, Col 4:4, Tit 1:3; pass., Mk 4:22, Jo 3:21 9:3, Ro 3:21 16:26, II Co 4:10, 11, Eph 5:13, Col 1:26, II Ti 1:10, He 9:8, I Jo 3:2 4:9, Re 3:18 15:4; c. acc pers., of Christ, Jo 7:4 21:1; pass., II Co 3:3 5:10, 11, I Jo 2:19; of Christ, Mk 16:12, 14, Jo 1:31 21:14, Col 3:4, I Ti 3:16, He 9:26, I Pe 1:20 5:4, I Jo 1:2 (ἡ ζωή; v. Westc., in l.) 2:28 3:2, 5, 8.†
SYN.: v.s. ἀποκαλύπτω
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φανερόω, ““make clear,” ‘make known”: P Goodsp Cairo 1.519 (A.D. 362) ἐφανέρωσα τῇ μονῇ Kal τῷ Bonde [το]ῦ πραιποσίτου, “1 have made known both to the establishment of the praepfosttus and to his assistant” (Ed.). See also the Christian prayer P Oxy VI. 9254 (v/vi Α. Ὁ.) (= Selections, Ρ- 131) ὃ θ(εδὴς. . . φανέρωσόν μοι τὴν παρὰ σοὶ ἀλήθιαν εἰ βούλῃ με ἀπελθεῖν εἰς Χιούτ, ““Ο God, reveal to me thy truth, whether it be thy will that I go to Chiout” (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
φανερόω (phaneroō) — to reveal. φᾰνερ-όω, make manifest, σεαυτὸν τῷ κόσμῳ [NT]; reveal, make clear, τινὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν [Refs 5th c.AD+]; ἀληθῆ πεφανέρωται have been demonstrated, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. make known or famous, [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, become so, ἐφανερώθη ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας δαπάνῃσι μεγίστῃσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
