Bible dictionaries
Apparently
What Bible dictionaries say about “Apparently”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Apparently - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
APPA'RENTLY, adv.
1. Openly; evidently; as, the goodness of God is apparently manifest in his works of providence.
2. Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
a-par'-ent-li (mar'eh, the Revised Version (British and American) "manifestly," signifying in the only place so translated (Nu 12:8) "in the form of seeing" (Keil and Delitzsch), i.e. "an appearance," "a similitude," a manifestation of the invisible God in human form): This is the Old Testament manner of Divine revelation "in the person and form of the angel of Yahweh": "In the bush I did manifestly reveal myself, and talked with Moses" (2 Esdras 14:3). God talked with Moses openly, without figure, in a direct manner revealing to him His will in the clear distinctness of a spiritual communication: "With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of Yahweh shall he behold."
M. O. Evans
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915