Quick Definition
φαντάζω v. I cause to appear
Strong's Definition
from a derivative of 5316; to make apparent, i.e. (passively) to appear (neuter participle as noun, a spectacle)
KJV Usage: sight
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | φαίνω
24.26 · (φαντάζομαι) · Sensory Events and States · See
sight, spectacle to become visible, implying an extraordinary and startling appearance
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φαντάζω phantazō 1x
to render visible, cause to appear; pass. to appear, be seen; τὸ φανταζόμενον, the sight, spectacle, Heb. 12:21*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** φαντάζω
(< φαίνω) [in LXX: Wi 6:16, Si 31 (34):5* ;]
to make visible. In cl. used in pass. only, = φαίνομαι, to become visible, appear: ptcp., He 12:21.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φαντάζω. In its only occurrence in the NT (Heb 1221) the pass. participle of this verb is used, as in classical Greek, = “appearing”: cf. the magic P Lond 121888 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p- 112) φανταζομένη ἀγρυπνοῦσα, in an address to the moon-goddess. For the sense ‘‘make visible,” see P Oxy XVI. 1873? (late v/A.D.), a letter in highflown language describing a riot at Lycopolis—é]r τὴν Λυκοπολιτῶν στάσιν kal plalviay φ[αντά]ζομαι, ““1 still see in imagination the riots and madness at Lycopolis” (Edd.). Cf. also M. Anton. x. 28 φαντάζου πάντα τὸν ἐφ᾽ ᾧτινιοῦν λυπούμενον, “* picture to thyself every one that is grieved at any occurrence whatever ” (Haines). ‘ φαντασία. For the meaning ‘‘pomp,”’ ‘‘ dignity,” as in Ac 2533, cf. Vett. Val. p. 38° εὐπόρους δὲ καὶ πλουσίους kal μετὰ πλείστης φαντασίας διεξάγοντας, ef saege. The word is used of idols in 74. p, 67° ὑπὸ δαιμονίων καὶ φαντασίας εἰδώλων χρηματισθήσονται. For its philosophic use see Epict. i, 1. 15 δῆλον ὅτι ἢ χρηστικὴ δύναμις ταῖς φαντασίαις, “clearly it (sc. reason) is the faculty which can deal with our impressions” (Matheson), and for its use by medical writers to denote the ‘‘appearance”’ or ‘‘ manifestation” of disease, see Hobart, p. 265. ?
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
φαντάζω (phantazō) — to make visible. φαντάζω, (φαίνω) make visible, present to the eye or mind, τι [Refs 3rd c.AD+] deceive, [Refs 4th c.AD+]:—middle, with aorist passive, place before one's mind, picture an object to oneself, imagine, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; fancy, imagine, ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς μηδὲ φαντασθεῖσιν ὡς καλόν.. [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; with accusative and infinitive, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
II. in early writers only in passive, future φαντασθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐφαντάσθην [Refs]:— become visible, appear, σφι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, to be heard, μυκαὶ σηκοῖς ἔνι φ. [NT+3rd c.BC+]
II. b to be terrified by visions or phantasms, [Refs]
II.2. make a show, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. φαντάζεσθαί τινι make oneself like someone, take his form, φανταζόμενος.. γυναικί [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.4. appear so and so, to be imagined, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5. com. for συκοφαντεῖσθαι, to be informed against, [Refs 5th c.BC+]