What does φανερός · φανερῶς mean in the Bible?
φανερός · φανερῶς: Visible, evident, or openly disclosed; what is made plain or revealed rather than hidden.
Greek · G5318, G5320
φανερός
Clear · plainly
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φανερός G5318 clear
Pronunciation phanerós
Open to view or exposed; what cannot remain hidden or secret.
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φανερῶς G5320 plainly
Pronunciation phanerōs
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What does φανερός (phanerós) mean in the Bible?
φανερός · φανερῶς: Visible, evident, or openly disclosed; what is made plain or revealed rather than hidden.
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5318, G5320?
G5318, G5320 is connected to 18 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Visible, evident, or openly disclosed; what is made plain or revealed rather than hidden.
Source Gloss
shining, i.e. apparent (literally or figuratively); neuter (as adverb) publicly, externally
Extended definition
Visible, evident, or openly disclosed; what is made plain or revealed rather than hidden.
:--abroad, + appear, known, manifest, open (+ -ly), outward (+ -ly).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 18 Case pattern Nominative (11) Number pattern Singular (13)
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Mark 6:14 · Luke 8:17 · Acts 4:16 · Acts 7:13 · Rom 1:19 · 1 Cor 3:13 6×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter 1 Cor 14:25 · Gal 5:19 · 1 John 3:10 3×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 11:19 1×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine 1 Tim 4:15 1×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Rom 2:28 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 12:16 · Mark 3:12 2×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Mark 4:22 · Luke 8:17 2×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Phil 1:13 1×
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
Representative Scripture witnesses for this entry: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Witnesses
Mark 3:7–12 φανερός phanerós · phanerōs
manifest, openly known
Word Origins
φανερός is built from this root:
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