Appear

Appear - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

APPE'AR, v.i. [L. appareo, of ad and pareo, to appear, or be manifest.]

1. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to be visible.

The leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh. Lev 13.

And God said, Let the dry land appear. Gen 1.

2. To become visible to the eye, as a spirit, or to the apprehension of the mind; a sense frequent in scripture.

The Lord appeared to Abram, and said. Gen 12.

The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of the bush. Exo 3.

3. To stand in presence of, as parties or advocates before a court, or as persons to be tried. The defendant, being called, did not appear.

We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ. 2 Cor 5.

4. To be obvious; to be known, as a subject of observation or comprehension.

Let thy work appear to thy servant. Psa 90.

It doth not yet appear what we shall be. 1 John 3.

5. To be clear or made clear by evidence; as, this fact appears by ancient records.

But sin that it might appear sin. Rom 7.

6. To seem, in opposition to reality.

They disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Mat 6.

7. To be discovered, or laid open.

That they shame may appear. Jer 13.

APPE'AR, n. Appearance. Obs.

a-per': Of eight Hebrew originals the chief is ra'ah, "to be seen." Used mainly of God's self-revelations in person and in dreams and visions: "Yahweh appeared unto Abram" (Ge 12:7); to Moses (Ex 3:2); to Solomon (1Ki 3:5). All originals used of Nature's processes, of the appearing, i.e. coming of the morning (Ex 14:27); stars (Ne 4:21); flowers, flocks of goats, tender grapes (So 2:12; 4:1 m; So 7:12 margin). So New Testament ophthen, passive of horao, "I see," "to be seen" used especially of angelic revelations and visions: as on the Mount of Transfiguration (Mt 17:3); an angel (Lu 1:11); the risen Lord (Lu 24:34); cloven tongues at Pentecost (Ac 2:3); vision to Paul (Ac 16:9); a great wonder in heaven (Re 12:1, the King James Version). opiano, in Ac 1:3, of Christ appearing after his suffering; phainomai, "to shine," like the above with the added thought of a resplendent, luminous revelation, as of the Bethlehem star (Mt 2:7); the bringing to light of sin (Ro 7:13, the King James Version). Also phaneroo, "to make manifest," used exclusively of the post-resurrection appearances and second coming of Christ and of the disclosures of the great judgment day. See Col 3:4; 2Co 5:10; Re 3:18 and seven other passages the King James Version.

Dwight M. Pratt