What does ἐπιφαίνω (epiphaínō) mean in the Bible?
ἐπιφαίνω (epiphaínō): Divine manifestation or revelation appearing to illuminate human experience, often God's grace becoming visible
Greek · G2014
ἐπιφαίνω
To appear
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ἐπιφαίνω G2014
Pronunciation epiphaínō
What does ἐπιφαίνω (epiphaínō) mean in the Bible?
ἐπιφαίνω (epiphaínō): Divine manifestation or revelation appearing to illuminate human experience, often God's grace becoming visible
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2014?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include appeared (2), has appeared (1), to shine on (1).
Where does ἐπιφαίνω (epiphaínō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 1:79. Its strongest book concentrations include Titus (2), Acts (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It appeared 2× Acts 27:20, Titus 3:4
has appeared 1× Titus 2:11
to shine on 1× Luke 1:79
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 1:79 ἐπιφᾶναι to to shine on Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Acts 27:20 ἐπιφαινόντων to appeared Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Neuter Plural Titus 2:11 Ἐπεφάνη to has appeared Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular Titus 3:4 ἐπεφάνη to appeared Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 1:79
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Luke 1 Acts 1 Titus 2
Source forms
ἐπεφάνη 1x epephanē Titus 3:4
Ἐπεφάνη 1x Epephanē Titus 2:11
ἐπιφαινόντων 1x epiphainontōn Acts 27:20
ἐπιφᾶναι 1x epiphanai Luke 1:79
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular 2x Titus 2:11, Titus 3:4
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active 1x Luke 1:79
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Neuter Plural 1x Acts 27:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Divine manifestation or revelation appearing to illuminate human experience, often God's grace becoming visible
Strong's G2014
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Titus 2:11-15 Source Gloss
to appear
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Divine manifestation or revelation appearing to illuminate human experience, often God's grace becoming visible
1to show forth.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 1:79 Verb Aorist Active Infinitive
ἐπιφᾶναι epifanai
I appear, shine upon
Read verse Acts 27:20 Verb Present Active Participle Genitive Plural Neuter
ἐπιφαινόντων epifainontwn
I appear, shine upon
Read verse Titus 2:11 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Passive Indicative
ἐπεφάνη epefanh
I appear, shine upon
Read verse Titus 3:4 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Passive Indicative
ἐπεφάνη epefanh
I appear, shine upon
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 4 Tenses Aorist, Present Voices Passive, Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 2×
Aorist Passive Titus 2:11 · Titus 3:4 2×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Aorist Active Luke 1:79 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Present Active Acts 27:20 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 3 present 1
Voice
active 2 passive 2
Mood
indicative 2 participle 1 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
To become visible or manifest.
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἐπιφαίνω is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Paul frames Christ’s coming as a visible manifestation of divine grace, anchoring salvation in historical revelation. Titus 2:11-15
Canonical Themes
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain