Quick Definition
ἀφανίζω v. I cause to disappear, I hide, remove, disfigure
Strong's Definition
from 852; to render unapparent, i.e. (actively) consume (becloud), or (passively) disappear (be destroyed)
KJV Usage: corrupt, disfigure, perish, vanish away
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀ- + φαίνω
20.46 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Destroy
to destroy, to completely ruin to destroy the value or use of something See 4.49.
79.17 · Features of Objects · Beautiful, Ugly
to make unsightly, to disfigure, to make ugly to cause something to be unattractive or unsightly
24.27 · (ἀφανίζομαι[a]) · Sensory Events and States · See
to become invisible (in the passive, to disappear, to vanish) to become such as not to be seen In a number of instances one can best render ‘vanishes’ as ‘cannot be seen’ or ‘suddenly people cannot see it.’
13.98 · (ἀφανίζομαι[b]) · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Exist
to cease to exist, to disappear, to die, disappearance to cease to exist, with the implication of no longer being evident or visible
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀφανίζω ; [Pass., pres. ἀφανίζομαι7 ; 1 aor. ἠφανίσθην ; (ἀφανής); a. to snatch out of sight, to put out of view, to make unseen, (Xen. an. 3, 4, 8 ἥλιον νεφέλη mapaxav aca ἠφάνισε sc. τὴν πόλιν, Plat. Phil. 66 a. ἀφανίζοντες κρύmropev). b. to cause to vanish away, to destroy, consume 1 Mt. vi. 19 sq. (often so in Grk. writ. and Sept. [ef. B. § 130, 5]); Pass. to perish: Acts xiii. 41 (Luth. vor Schrecken vergehen) ; to vanish away, Jas. iv. 14, (Hat. 7, 6; 167; Plat. et sqq-). ©. to deprive of lustre, render unsightly; to disfigure: τὸ πρόσωπον, Mt. vi. 16.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀφανίζω aphanizō 5x
to remove out of sight, cause to disappear; pass. to disappear, vanish, Jas. 4:14; by impl. to destroy, consume, so that nothing shall be left visible, Mt. 6:19, 20; met. to spoil, deform, disfigure, Mt. 6:16; to perish, Acts 13:41*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀφανίζω,
(< ἀφανής), [in LXX for שׁמם ni., שׁמד hi., etc.;]
to make unseen, hide from sight (Xen., al.).
Later (MM, s.v.), to destroy: Mt 6:19, 20;
to disfigure: Mt 6:16. Pass., to vanish: Ja 4:14; to perish: Ac 13:41(LXX).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀφανίζω. For the ordinary sense cf. (6. g.) BGU I. 3813 πάντα ἠφάvuorat, For the later meaning ‘‘disfigure,’’ ‘‘ destroy,” cf. P Oxy IX. 122079 (iii/A.D.) οὐδὲν ἠφάνισεν ὁ ἱπποποτάμις, “the hippopotamus has destroyed nothing,’’ P Ryl II. 1521} (A.D. 42) κατενέμησαν καὶ κατέφαγαν καὶ τοῖς ὅλοις ἠφάνισαν ‘overran, cropped, and utterly destroyed [my pasturage]’’ (Edd.), and P Lond 413'*f (c. a.D. 346) 95 ὀφελότης (=II. p. 302) a request for nets since the gazelle; were “spoiling '’ the writer’s crops—émS} τὰ δορκάδι[α] ἀφανίἵουσειν τὸ (/. τὰ) σπόριμα. A near parallel to Mt 615 is afforded by the Christian hymn P Amh 1. 2° (iv/a.p.) Τάμον ἤλυθες βασιλῆος, Papov .. . .:. . ἵνα μή σ᾽ adaνίσῃς “Thou hast come to the marriage of the King, the marriage . . . that thou mayst not disfigure thy face.” In a fragment of a Gnostic Gospel of early iv/a.D., P Oxy VIII. 10815, the Saviour in answer to the disciples’ question, “How then can we find faith?’’ is represented as replying διελθοζῦσιν ἐκ τῶν] ἀφανῶν Kall εἰ]ς Td [φῶ]ς τῶν φαινο[μέ]νων, ‘‘if ye pass from the things that are hidden,” etc. (Ed.) In Aazbel 3768 (Aezani, ii/A.p.) the verb is used of the “‘defacing'’ of a relief, ὅστις νεκρὰν πρόσοψιν ἀφανίσει τέκνου : cf. 75. 5315 (Thrace) pov τὸ κάλλος ἠφάνιστε]ν (presumably Death is the subject). In 4923 (Thebes, i/B.c. or A.D.) Fortune ἠφάνισε a young athlete. A British Museum papyrus printed in Arckzv vi. p. 102 (A.D, 114-5) has (I. 7) μετέδωκέν μοι. . τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ (sc. the record office) βιβλία ἀφαν[ζεσθαι, τὰ δὲ πλεῖστα καὶ ἀνεύρετα εἶναι : the present tense suits best the meaning ‘‘are being ruined.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀφανίζω (aphanizō) — to destroy. ἀφᾰν-ίζω, Attic dialect future -ῐῶ[Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἠφάνικα[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—make unseen, hide, νεφέλη.. ἠφάνισεν ἥλιον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; hush up, ἔργον[Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, lose sight of, [Refs 4th c.BC+]do away with, reject, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; make away with a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, τὴν γνώμην μηδὲν.. ἀφανισθεῖσαν in no part concealed or suppressed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. do away with, remove, ἄχος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινὰ πόλεος carry one off from the city, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. αὑτὸν εἰς τὸν νεών disappear into the temple, [Refs]
3. destroy, Ἀθήνας[LXX+5th c.BC+]
4. obliterate writing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; traces of bloodshed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; spirit away a witness, [Refs]; get rid of, δίκην[Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. secrete, steal, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
6. obscure, mar one's good name, etc., πατρικὰς ἀρετάς, ἀξίωσιν, δόξαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+] wipe out ill deeds by good,[Refs]; τὰ χρώματα ἀ. ἐκ τοῦ σώματος, of the wasting effect of grief, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τρίχα βαφῇ ἀ. disguise it by dyeing, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἀ. τὰ πρόσωπα (compare ἀπρόσωπος), of artificial disfigurement, [LXX+NT]
6. b spoil, οἶνον, ὕδωρ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
7. make away with property, etc., ἀργύριον, ναυτικόν, ἀνθρώπους, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but, conceal the existence of, ἐργαστήριον, οὐσίαν, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
8. drain a cup of wine, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
9. ἀφανίσαι· σκεπάσαι, προνομεῦσαι, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
II. passive, disappear, be missing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons buried by a sand-storm, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; or lost at sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. κατὰ τῆς θαλάσσης, of islands, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. εἰς ὕλην disappear into it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καταγελασθὲν ἠφανίσθη was laughed down and disappeared, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. live retired, [Refs 5th c.BC+]