Quick Definition
ἄφαντος, ον Adj disappearing, invisible, hidden
Strong's Definition
from 1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of 5316; non-manifested, i.e. invisible
KJV Usage: vanished out of sight
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἄφαντος aphantos 1x
not appearing, not seen, invisible; hence, ἄφαντος γενέσθαι, to disappear, vanish, Lk. 24:31*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἄφαντος, -ον
(< φαίνομαι), poët. and late prose (MM, s.v.),
invisible, hidden: Lk 24:31.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἄφαντος. This poetic word, which reappears in the later prose writers (e.g. Diod. Sic. iv. 65. 9), is found in the NT only in Lk 2451 ἄφαντος ἐγένετο ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν. The addition of a complement such as ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν is not in accordance with the usual Greek usage of the word, and is explained by Psichari (Zssat sur le Grec de la LXX, p. 204 ff.) as a Hebraism. This would presumably mean that Luke imitated the occasional LXX ἀφανίζειν or -εσθαι ἀπό, but used the Hellenistic ἄφαντος γενέσθαι instead of the verb: clearly this combination was thoroughly vernacular prose by this time—it survives in Μόν.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἄφαντος (aphantos) — disappearing. ἄφαντ-ος, ον, (φαίνομαι) made invisible, blotted out, ἀκήδεστοι καὶ ἄ.[Refs 8th c.BC+]; hidden, ἄ. ἕρμα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁνὴρ ἄ. ἐκ.. στρατοῦ he has disappeared, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἄ. οἴχεσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἴχνος πλατᾶν ἄ. disappearing, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; invisible, νύξ[Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. in secret, ἄφαντα βρέμειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. obscure, [Refs]; θεοῖς δῆλος θνητοῖσι δ᾽ ἄ. Epimenid.II.—poetical and late Prose, ἄ. γενέσθαι[NT+4th c.BC+]