Bible dictionaries
Appearing
What Bible dictionaries say about “Appearing”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Appearing - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
APPE'ARING, ppr. Coming in sight; becoming evident; making an external show; seeming; having the semblance.
APPE'ARING, n. The act of becoming visible; appearance.
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-per'-ing (apokalupsis, "an unveiling"; epiphaneia, "a manifestation"): Exclusively technical, referring in the six passages where found to the return, the millennial advent of Christ (e.g. 1Pe 1:7, the King James Version; 2Ti 1:10; Tit 2:13).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915