φαίνω

φαίνω

[in LXX for אוֹר hi., רָאָה ni., etc. ;]

I. Act.,

1. to bring to light, cause to appear (so most frequently in cl.).

2. Absol., to give light, shine (Hom., Plat., al.): Joh 1,5; 5,35, 2 Pet 1,19, 1 Joh 2,8, Åb 1,16; 8,12; 18,23; 21,23.

II. Pass., to come to light, appear, be manifest: Matt 2,7; 13,26; 24,27, 30, Luk 9,8, Fil 2,15, Hebr 11,3, 1 Pet 4,18" (LXX) ; opposite to ἀφανίζεσθαι, Joh 4,14 with dative of person(s) (Bl. § 54, 4), Matt 1,20; 2,13, 19 Mark 16,9; with nom. pred., Matt 23,27-28, Rom 7,13, 2 Kor 13,7; id. with dative of person(s), Matt 6,5, 16; 6,18 (before nom. ptcp., but not as in cl.; see Bl., § 73, 4); impers., Matt 9,33 of the mind and judgment (= δοκεῖ, which see), Mark 14,64 (cf. I Est 2,21), Luk 24,11.†

SYN.: see: δοκέω