φαίνω

[in LXX for אוֹר hi. רָאָה ni. etc. ;]

__I. Act.

__1. to bring to light, cause to appear (so most frequently in cl.).

__2. Absol. to give light, shine (Hom. Plat. al.): Jhn.1:5 5:35, 2Pe.1:19, 1Jn.2:8, Rev.1:16 8:12 18:23 21:23.

__II. Pass. to come to light, appear, be manifest: Mat.2:7 13:26 24:27, 30, Luk.9:8, Php.2:15, Heb.11:3, 1Pe.4:18" (LXX) ; opposite to ἀφανίζεσθαι, Jhn.4:14; with dative of person(s) (Bl. § 54, 4), Mat.1:20 2:13, 19 Mrk.16:9; with nom. pred. Mat.23:27-28, Rom.7:13, 2Co.13:7; id. with dative of person(s), Mat.6:5, 16 6:18 (before nom. ptcp. but not as in cl.; see Bl. § 73, 4); impers. Mat.9:33; of the mind and judgment (= δοκεῖ, which see), Mrk.14:64 (cf. I Est.2:21), Luk.24:11.†

SYN.: see: δοκέω (AS)

to bring to light, cause to appear; to give light, shine; to come to light, appear, be manifest