Strong G853ἀφανίζω
to destroy
- Transliteration
- aphanizō
- Pronunciation
- af-an-id'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G852; to render unapparent that is (actively) consume (becloud) or (passively) disappear (be destroyed): - corrupt disfigure perish vanish away.
Detailed definition
ἀφανίζω
(ἀφανής), [in LXX for שָׁמֵם ni., שָׁמַד hi., etc.;]
1. to make unseen, hide from sight (Xen., a1.).
2. Later (MM, see word)
__(a) to destroy: Mat.6:19-20;
__(b) to disfigure: Mat.6:16. Pass., to vanish: Jas.4:14; to perish: Act.13:41(LXX).†
(AS)
(ἀφανής), [in LXX for שָׁמֵם ni., שָׁמַד hi., etc.;]
1. to make unseen, hide from sight (Xen., a1.).
2. Later (MM, see word)
__(a) to destroy: Mat.6:19-20;
__(b) to disfigure: Mat.6:16. Pass., to vanish: Jas.4:14; to perish: Act.13:41(LXX).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G853 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- doth2
- disfigure1
- perish1
- vanisheth1
First verses
- Matthew 6:16Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
- Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
- Matthew 6:20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
- Acts 13:41Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
- James 4:14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀφᾰν-ίζω,
Attic dialect future -ῐῶ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 184a)]: perfect ἠφάνικα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.18)]:—make unseen, hide, νεφέλη.. ἠφάνισεν ἥλιον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.8)]; hush up, ἔργον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 217e)]: hence, lose sight of, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 107.18; ἀ. τὸ συμφορώτατον)]do away with, reject, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 21 (variant for{ἀφαιρέοντας}))]; make away with a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.126, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.53, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.80; μή μ᾽ ἀφανίσῃ λαβών 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 210:)] —passive, τὴν γνώμην μηδὲν.. ἀφανισθεῖσαν in no part concealed or suppressed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.8.)]
2 do away with, remove, ἄχος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1712 (Lyric poetry))]; τινὰ πόλεος carry one off from the city, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1041 (Lyric poetry); Μούσας ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 972)]; ἀ. αὑτὸν εἰς τὸν νεών disappear into the temple, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pl.” 741.)]
3 destroy, Ἀθήνας[LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.11, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.81.6, LXX.Deu.7.2; ὅλως ἀ. ἱερά 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.147, compare “epigram Gr.” 376.8 (from Aezani).)]
4 obliterate writing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54; footsteps, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.3, etc.)]; traces of bloodshed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.45)]; spirit away a witness, [Refs ([prev. work]52)]; get rid of, δίκην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 760.)]
5 secrete, steal, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 14.2.)]
6 obscure, mar one's good name, etc., πατρικὰς ἀρετάς, ἀξίωσιν, δόξαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.69, 2.61: in good sense, ἀ. ἀγαθῷ κακόν)] wipe out ill deeds by good,[Refs ([prev. work] 42; δύσκλειαν [prev. author] 3.58)]; τὰ χρώματα ἀ. ἐκ τοῦ σώματος, of the wasting effect of grief, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 98)]; τρίχα βαφῇ ἀ. disguise it by dyeing, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 7.20)]; ἀ. τὰ πρόσωπα (compare ἀπρόσωπος), of artificial disfigurement, [LXX+NT (NT.Matt.6.16, cf. LXX.Joel.2.20, LXX.Zech.7.14.)]
6.b spoil, οἶνον, ὕδωρ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.90, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.645.)]
7 make away with property, etc., ἀργύριον, ναυτικόν, ἀνθρώπους, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.101, 3.222, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 28.12; ἀ. τὴν οὐσίαν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.103)]; but, conceal the existence of, ἐργαστήριον, οὐσίαν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.26,44.)]
8 drain a cup of wine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 82.)]
9 ἀφανίσαι· σκεπάσαι, προνομεῦσαι, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
II passive, disappear, be missing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.8, 124, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 255)]; of persons buried by a sand-storm, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.26)]; or lost at sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.38, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.6.33)]; ἀ. κατὰ τῆς θαλάσσης, of islands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.6; ὑποβρύχιος ἠφ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Crassus” 19; ἀ. ἐκ τῶν Θρηίκων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.95; ἐξ ἀνθρώπων 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.11)]; ἀ. εἰς ὕλην disappear into it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 10.23)]; καταγελασθὲν ἠφανίσθη was laughed down and disappeared, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.83.)]
II.2 live retired, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 9.1.)]
Attic dialect future -ῐῶ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 184a)]: perfect ἠφάνικα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.18)]:—make unseen, hide, νεφέλη.. ἠφάνισεν ἥλιον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.8)]; hush up, ἔργον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 217e)]: hence, lose sight of, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 107.18; ἀ. τὸ συμφορώτατον)]do away with, reject, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 21 (variant for{ἀφαιρέοντας}))]; make away with a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.126, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.53, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.80; μή μ᾽ ἀφανίσῃ λαβών 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 210:)] —passive, τὴν γνώμην μηδὲν.. ἀφανισθεῖσαν in no part concealed or suppressed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.8.)]
2 do away with, remove, ἄχος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1712 (Lyric poetry))]; τινὰ πόλεος carry one off from the city, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1041 (Lyric poetry); Μούσας ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 972)]; ἀ. αὑτὸν εἰς τὸν νεών disappear into the temple, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pl.” 741.)]
3 destroy, Ἀθήνας[LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.11, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.81.6, LXX.Deu.7.2; ὅλως ἀ. ἱερά 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.147, compare “epigram Gr.” 376.8 (from Aezani).)]
4 obliterate writing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54; footsteps, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.3, etc.)]; traces of bloodshed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.45)]; spirit away a witness, [Refs ([prev. work]52)]; get rid of, δίκην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 760.)]
5 secrete, steal, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 14.2.)]
6 obscure, mar one's good name, etc., πατρικὰς ἀρετάς, ἀξίωσιν, δόξαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.69, 2.61: in good sense, ἀ. ἀγαθῷ κακόν)] wipe out ill deeds by good,[Refs ([prev. work] 42; δύσκλειαν [prev. author] 3.58)]; τὰ χρώματα ἀ. ἐκ τοῦ σώματος, of the wasting effect of grief, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 98)]; τρίχα βαφῇ ἀ. disguise it by dyeing, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 7.20)]; ἀ. τὰ πρόσωπα (compare ἀπρόσωπος), of artificial disfigurement, [LXX+NT (NT.Matt.6.16, cf. LXX.Joel.2.20, LXX.Zech.7.14.)]
6.b spoil, οἶνον, ὕδωρ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.90, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.645.)]
7 make away with property, etc., ἀργύριον, ναυτικόν, ἀνθρώπους, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.101, 3.222, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 28.12; ἀ. τὴν οὐσίαν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.103)]; but, conceal the existence of, ἐργαστήριον, οὐσίαν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.26,44.)]
8 drain a cup of wine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 82.)]
9 ἀφανίσαι· σκεπάσαι, προνομεῦσαι, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
II passive, disappear, be missing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.8, 124, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 255)]; of persons buried by a sand-storm, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.26)]; or lost at sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.38, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.6.33)]; ἀ. κατὰ τῆς θαλάσσης, of islands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.6; ὑποβρύχιος ἠφ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Crassus” 19; ἀ. ἐκ τῶν Θρηίκων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.95; ἐξ ἀνθρώπων 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.11)]; ἀ. εἰς ὕλην disappear into it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 10.23)]; καταγελασθὲν ἠφανίσθη was laughed down and disappeared, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.83.)]
II.2 live retired, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 9.1.)]