What does ἀναφαίνω (anaphaínō) mean in the Bible?
ἀναφαίνω (anaphaínō): To bring into view or light; in Acts, to sight/come within view of land during sailing.
Greek · G398
ἀναφαίνω
To appear
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ἀναφαίνω G398
Pronunciation anaphaínō
What does ἀναφαίνω (anaphaínō) mean in the Bible?
ἀναφαίνω (anaphaínō): To bring into view or light; in Acts, to sight/come within view of land during sailing.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G398?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include appear (1), sighting (1).
Where does ἀναφαίνω (anaphaínō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 19:11. Its strongest book concentrations include 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 appear 1× Luke 19:11
sighting 1× Acts 21:3
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 19:11
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Luke 1 Acts 1
Source forms
ἀναφαίνεσθαι 1x anaphainesthai Luke 19:11
ἀναφάναντες 1x anaphanantes Acts 21:3
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 21:3
Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive 1x Luke 19:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To bring into view or light; in Acts, to sight/come within view of land during sailing.
Strong's G398
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to appear
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 19:11 Verb Present Passive Infinitive
ἀναφαίνεσθαι. anafainesqai
I sight, I appear
Read verse Acts 21:3 Verb Second Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀναφάναντες anafanantev
I sight, I appear
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 2 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Present, Aorist Voices Passive, Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Present Passive Luke 19:11 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Aorist Active Acts 21:3 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 1 present 1
Voice
active 1 passive 1
Mood
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)
Word Origins
ἀναφαίνω is built from these roots:
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