Greek · G5316, G1096 · unreviewed

φανῇ / γένηται

To shine/appear · to be

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φαίνω G5316 to shine/appear

Pronunciation phaínō

To manifest or reveal something, making it visible or known; often used of divine revelation appearing to people.

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γίνομαι G1096 to be

Pronunciation gínomai

Denotes coming into being or becoming, not static existence; emphasizes transition and change rather than mere state.

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What does φανῇ / γένηται (phanē / genētai) mean in the Bible?

φαίνω · γίνομαι is a Greek word meaning "to lighten (shine), i.e. show (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)". to lighten (shine), i.

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Meaning

to lighten (shine), i.e. show (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)

Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses

Aorist Present Future

Voices

Passive Middle Active

Indicative states a fact or reality 18×

Aorist Passive Matt 1:20 · Matt 9:33 · Matt 13:26 · Mark 16:9 · Luke 9:8 · Luke 24:11 6×

Present Middle Matt 2:13 · Matt 2:19 · Matt 24:27 · Phil 2:15 4×

Present Active John 1:5 · 1 John 2:8 · Rev 1:16 3×

Present Passive Matt 23:27 · Matt 23:28 · Mark 14:64 3×

Future Passive Matt 24:30 1×

Future Middle 1 Pet 4:18 1×

Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 8×

Aorist Passive Matt 6:5 · Matt 6:16 · Matt 6:18 · Rom 7:13 · 2 Cor 13:7 5×

Aorist Active Rev 8:12 · Rev 18:23 2×

Present Active Rev 21:23 1×

Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 5×

Present Middle Matt 2:7 · Heb 11:3 · Jas 4:14 3×

Present Active John 5:35 · 2 Pet 1:19 2×

Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 389 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect

completed 174 ongoing 15 prospective 5 resultant 25 imperative 9 background 3 subjunctive 25 infinitive 29 participle 88 optative 16

Tense

aorist 296 present 45 perfect 37 future 6 imperfect 3 pluperfect 2

Voice

middle 336 active 39 passive 14

Mood

indicative 222 participle 88 infinitive 29 subjunctive 25 optative 16 imperative 9

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 Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 19 — The Word of the Lord Grows Mightily in Ephesus Ephesians 2 — Made Alive by Grace and Made One in Christ John 16 — The Spirit’s Convicting Witness, the Disciples’ Sorrow Turned to Joy, and Christ’s Victory over the World John 20 — The Risen Lord: Empty Tomb, Eyewitness Faith, Peace, Mission, Spirit, Thomas, and the Purpose of the Gospel Mark 13 — Watch and Endure: Temple Judgment, Gospel Witness, Tribulation, the Son of Man, and Readiness Matthew 11 — The Messiah Question, the Rejected Generation, and Rest for the Weary Matthew 18 — Kingdom Humility, Care for the Little Ones, Discipline, and Forgiveness in Christ’s Community Philippians 2 — The Mind of Christ and the Humility of Gospel Witness Romans 7 — Released from the Law, Exposed by the Law, and Crying Out for Deliverance

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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