Strong G584ἀποδείκνυμι
to display
- Transliteration
- apodeiknumi
- Pronunciation
- ap-od-ike'-noo-mee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀπο-δείκνυμι
[in LXX: Est.2:9 (רָאָה), al.;]
1. to bring out, show forth, exhibit (Lft., Notes, 200; ICC, in l): 1Co.4:9.
2. to declare, show: Act.2:22
3. to prove: Act.25:7.
4. As frequently in late Gk., to proclaim to an office: before ὅτι, 2Th.2:4 (Milligan, in l; MM, see word; Lft., Notes. 113.)†
(AS)
[in LXX: Est.2:9 (רָאָה), al.;]
1. to bring out, show forth, exhibit (Lft., Notes, 200; ICC, in l): 1Co.4:9.
2. to declare, show: Act.2:22
3. to prove: Act.25:7.
4. As frequently in late Gk., to proclaim to an office: before ὅτι, 2Th.2:4 (Milligan, in l; MM, see word; Lft., Notes. 113.)†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G584 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- approve1
- by1
- prove1
- set1
- shew1
First verses
- Acts 2:22Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
- Acts 25:7And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
- 1 Corinthians 4:9For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀποδείκ-νῡμι
(and ἀποδεικνύω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.20, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.14.3))], Ionic dialect ἀποδέκνῦμι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“GDI” 5653b14 (Chios, 5th c.BC),)]future -δείξω, Ionic dialect -δέξω:—
A point away from other objects at one, and so:
A.I point out, display, make known, whether by deed or word, σφι γνώμας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.171, +others; τάφους καὶ συγγένειαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.26; ἦθος τὸ πρόσθε τοκήων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 727; ἀρετήν 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Epitaphius” 29; τὰ τῆς τεχνης ἐξευρήματα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “παραγγελίαι” 9)]; proclaim, τὴν ἡμέρην “GDI” [same place];—passive, τῶν οῠρων ἀποδεχθέντων[Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 134b22 (Milet., 4th c.BC).)]
A.I.2 bring forward, produce, μαρτύρια τούτων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.45; πολλοὺς παῖδας [prev. author] 1.136, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1405, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.6, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.5; ἐπόχους 8.1.35; ἀ. τρόπαια 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.147; χρήματα πλεῖστ᾽ ἀ. ἐν τῷ κοινῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 774; μορφὴν ἑτέραν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 839.14 (variant{ἐπέδειξεν}): with)]participle, ὑγιέα τινὰ ἐόντα ἀ. produce him safe and sound, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.130, compare 134.)]
A.I.3 produce, deliver accounts, τὸν λόγον[Refs ([prev. author] 7.119; ἀ. τετρακόσια τάλαντα τετελεσμένα [prev. work] 118.)]
A.I.4 publish a law, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.11.)]
A.I.5 appoint, assign, τέμενος ἀ. τινί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.67, 89; βωμόν τινι [prev. author] 7.178; ἓν βουλευτήριον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15; γῆς ὅρους [prev. work] 72)]; τὴν τρίτην ἀ. ἐκκλησίαν to fix, prescribe it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.25)]:—passive, τοῖσί ἐστι χῶρος ἀποδεδεγμένος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.153; τροφὴ αὐτοῖσι τοιαύτη ἀποδέδεκται [prev. author] 2.65.)]
A.I.5.b with infinitive, κώμας ὅθεν ἀπέδειξαν οἱ ἡγεμόνες λαμβάνειν τὰ ἐπιτήδεια whence they appointed that they should receive.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.14:)] —passive, τοῖσι ἀποδεδέχθαι.. ἕλκειν (impersonal) it had been appointed them to draw, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.124.)]
A.I.6 show by argument, prove, demonstrate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1334, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Anthologia Graeca” 0.75b37, etc.; ἀ. σαφεῖς τὰς ἀποδείξεις 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.3; ἀ. ὡς.. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 548, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 472d)]; ὅτι.. [Refs ([prev. author] “Prt.” 323c, etc.)]; πότερον.. ἢ.. [Refs ([prev. author] Alcaeus1.114b)]: with double accusative, prove one so and so, οὓς ἀποδείξω λέκτρων προδότας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 879, etc.; τοιούτους τινάς 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ εὐσχημοσύνης” 4)]: followed by participle, ἀ. λόγῳ.. οὐδὲν μετεόν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.94)]; ἀ. τινὰ λέγοντα οὐδέν make it evident that.., [Refs (7.17, compare 2.133.)]
A.II show forth a person or thing as so and so, hence:
A.II.1 appoint, proclaim, create, ἀ. τινὰ στρατηγόν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.1.2, +others)]: with infinitive, στρατηγὸν εῖναι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.25)]; ἀ. τούτους τὴν πόλιν νέμειν[NT ([prev. work] 29; ἑαυτὸν ὅτι ἐστὶ θεός NT.2Thes.2.4)]:—passive, to be so created, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.124, 162; μελεδωνοὶ ἀποδεδέχαται τῆς τροφῆς 2.65; ἀπεδέχθη εῖναι ἵππαρχος 7.154; αὐτοκράτωρ ἀποδέδεικται “POxy.” 1021.7 (1st c.AD))]; ὕπατος ἀποδεδειγμένος, = Latin consul designatus, [Refs (“OGI” 379.5 (from Tiflis), etc.)]
A.II.2 make, render, mostly with an adjective, ἀ. τινὰς μοχθηροτάτους make them finished rascals, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1011; ἀ. κρατίστους τοὺς λόχους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.23; γοργότερον ἀ. τὸν ἵππον [prev. author] “Eq.” 1.10; ζῷον ἀγριώτερον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 516b)]: with a substantive, γέλωτα ἀ. τινά[Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 166a, compare “Phd.” 72c)]: with participle, βλέποντ᾽ ἀποδείξω σ᾽ ὀξύτερον τοῦ Λυγκέως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 210; ἀ. τινὰς ἀλλοτρίους ὄντας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 179c:)] —passive, πολέμιοι ἀποδεδειγμένοι declared enemies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.26, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.200.)]
A.II.3 represent as, ἀ. παῖδα πατρὸς ἑωυτῶν ἕκαστον ἐόντα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.143, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.17)]:— passive, ἀνδραγαθίη δ᾽ αὕτη ἀποδέδεκται is represented, considered as.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.136)]; οὐδὲ.. οὗτοι ἐν τοῖσι ἄλλοισι θεοῖσι ἀποδεδέχαται have not been considered, admitted among.., [Refs (2.43)]:—these two last examples may be passive usages of ἀποδέχομαι.
A.II.4 with infinitive, ordain a thing or person to be, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.30, “Lac.” 10.7.)]
A.II.5 dedicate, consecrate, θέατρον[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 29)]:—passive, νεὼς ἀποδέδεικται[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 5.)]
B middle, show forth, exhibit something of one's own, ἀποδέξασθαι τὴν γνώμην deliver one's opinion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.170, 207, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.87; also ἀ. μεγάλα ἔργα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.59, +others; ἀξιαπηγητότατα [prev. work] 16; οὐδὲν λαμπρὸν ἔργον [prev. work] 174)]; ἀ. ἀρετάς display high qualities, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.49 (compare above 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1.2); πνεύματα εἰς ἄλληλα στάσιν.. ἀποδεικνύμενα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1088)]; of buildings and the like, μνημόσυνα ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.101; χώματα ἀξιοθέητα 1.184)]; οὐδεμίαν στρατηΐην ἀ. not to have any military service to show, [Refs (2.111)]:—passive, ἔργα μεγάλα καὶ θαυμαστὰ.. ἀποδεχθέντα [Refs ([prev. author] “Prooem.”, compare)]
B.2 middle in active sense, ἀποδεδειγμένοι ἦσαν ὅτι had declared that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.9.)]
C passive, see above [Refs (1.5, 11.1, 2, 3:)]aorist ἀπεδείχθην is always passive, as [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.154)]; and so mostly perfect ἀποδέδειγμαι,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1.136, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.10, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.26)]; but the participle of the latter is sometimes active, see above [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 2.)]
(and ἀποδεικνύω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.20, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.14.3))], Ionic dialect ἀποδέκνῦμι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“GDI” 5653b14 (Chios, 5th c.BC),)]future -δείξω, Ionic dialect -δέξω:—
A point away from other objects at one, and so:
A.I point out, display, make known, whether by deed or word, σφι γνώμας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.171, +others; τάφους καὶ συγγένειαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.26; ἦθος τὸ πρόσθε τοκήων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 727; ἀρετήν 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Epitaphius” 29; τὰ τῆς τεχνης ἐξευρήματα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “παραγγελίαι” 9)]; proclaim, τὴν ἡμέρην “GDI” [same place];—passive, τῶν οῠρων ἀποδεχθέντων[Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 134b22 (Milet., 4th c.BC).)]
A.I.2 bring forward, produce, μαρτύρια τούτων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.45; πολλοὺς παῖδας [prev. author] 1.136, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1405, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.6, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.5; ἐπόχους 8.1.35; ἀ. τρόπαια 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.147; χρήματα πλεῖστ᾽ ἀ. ἐν τῷ κοινῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 774; μορφὴν ἑτέραν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 839.14 (variant{ἐπέδειξεν}): with)]participle, ὑγιέα τινὰ ἐόντα ἀ. produce him safe and sound, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.130, compare 134.)]
A.I.3 produce, deliver accounts, τὸν λόγον[Refs ([prev. author] 7.119; ἀ. τετρακόσια τάλαντα τετελεσμένα [prev. work] 118.)]
A.I.4 publish a law, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.11.)]
A.I.5 appoint, assign, τέμενος ἀ. τινί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.67, 89; βωμόν τινι [prev. author] 7.178; ἓν βουλευτήριον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15; γῆς ὅρους [prev. work] 72)]; τὴν τρίτην ἀ. ἐκκλησίαν to fix, prescribe it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.25)]:—passive, τοῖσί ἐστι χῶρος ἀποδεδεγμένος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.153; τροφὴ αὐτοῖσι τοιαύτη ἀποδέδεκται [prev. author] 2.65.)]
A.I.5.b with infinitive, κώμας ὅθεν ἀπέδειξαν οἱ ἡγεμόνες λαμβάνειν τὰ ἐπιτήδεια whence they appointed that they should receive.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.14:)] —passive, τοῖσι ἀποδεδέχθαι.. ἕλκειν (impersonal) it had been appointed them to draw, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.124.)]
A.I.6 show by argument, prove, demonstrate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1334, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Anthologia Graeca” 0.75b37, etc.; ἀ. σαφεῖς τὰς ἀποδείξεις 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.3; ἀ. ὡς.. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 548, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 472d)]; ὅτι.. [Refs ([prev. author] “Prt.” 323c, etc.)]; πότερον.. ἢ.. [Refs ([prev. author] Alcaeus1.114b)]: with double accusative, prove one so and so, οὓς ἀποδείξω λέκτρων προδότας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 879, etc.; τοιούτους τινάς 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ εὐσχημοσύνης” 4)]: followed by participle, ἀ. λόγῳ.. οὐδὲν μετεόν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.94)]; ἀ. τινὰ λέγοντα οὐδέν make it evident that.., [Refs (7.17, compare 2.133.)]
A.II show forth a person or thing as so and so, hence:
A.II.1 appoint, proclaim, create, ἀ. τινὰ στρατηγόν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.1.2, +others)]: with infinitive, στρατηγὸν εῖναι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.25)]; ἀ. τούτους τὴν πόλιν νέμειν[NT ([prev. work] 29; ἑαυτὸν ὅτι ἐστὶ θεός NT.2Thes.2.4)]:—passive, to be so created, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.124, 162; μελεδωνοὶ ἀποδεδέχαται τῆς τροφῆς 2.65; ἀπεδέχθη εῖναι ἵππαρχος 7.154; αὐτοκράτωρ ἀποδέδεικται “POxy.” 1021.7 (1st c.AD))]; ὕπατος ἀποδεδειγμένος, = Latin consul designatus, [Refs (“OGI” 379.5 (from Tiflis), etc.)]
A.II.2 make, render, mostly with an adjective, ἀ. τινὰς μοχθηροτάτους make them finished rascals, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1011; ἀ. κρατίστους τοὺς λόχους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.23; γοργότερον ἀ. τὸν ἵππον [prev. author] “Eq.” 1.10; ζῷον ἀγριώτερον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 516b)]: with a substantive, γέλωτα ἀ. τινά[Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 166a, compare “Phd.” 72c)]: with participle, βλέποντ᾽ ἀποδείξω σ᾽ ὀξύτερον τοῦ Λυγκέως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 210; ἀ. τινὰς ἀλλοτρίους ὄντας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 179c:)] —passive, πολέμιοι ἀποδεδειγμένοι declared enemies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.26, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.200.)]
A.II.3 represent as, ἀ. παῖδα πατρὸς ἑωυτῶν ἕκαστον ἐόντα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.143, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.17)]:— passive, ἀνδραγαθίη δ᾽ αὕτη ἀποδέδεκται is represented, considered as.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.136)]; οὐδὲ.. οὗτοι ἐν τοῖσι ἄλλοισι θεοῖσι ἀποδεδέχαται have not been considered, admitted among.., [Refs (2.43)]:—these two last examples may be passive usages of ἀποδέχομαι.
A.II.4 with infinitive, ordain a thing or person to be, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.30, “Lac.” 10.7.)]
A.II.5 dedicate, consecrate, θέατρον[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 29)]:—passive, νεὼς ἀποδέδεικται[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 5.)]
B middle, show forth, exhibit something of one's own, ἀποδέξασθαι τὴν γνώμην deliver one's opinion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.170, 207, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.87; also ἀ. μεγάλα ἔργα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.59, +others; ἀξιαπηγητότατα [prev. work] 16; οὐδὲν λαμπρὸν ἔργον [prev. work] 174)]; ἀ. ἀρετάς display high qualities, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.49 (compare above 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1.2); πνεύματα εἰς ἄλληλα στάσιν.. ἀποδεικνύμενα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1088)]; of buildings and the like, μνημόσυνα ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.101; χώματα ἀξιοθέητα 1.184)]; οὐδεμίαν στρατηΐην ἀ. not to have any military service to show, [Refs (2.111)]:—passive, ἔργα μεγάλα καὶ θαυμαστὰ.. ἀποδεχθέντα [Refs ([prev. author] “Prooem.”, compare)]
B.2 middle in active sense, ἀποδεδειγμένοι ἦσαν ὅτι had declared that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.9.)]
C passive, see above [Refs (1.5, 11.1, 2, 3:)]aorist ἀπεδείχθην is always passive, as [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.154)]; and so mostly perfect ἀποδέδειγμαι,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1.136, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.10, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.26)]; but the participle of the latter is sometimes active, see above [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 2.)]