Greek · G5319, G1438 · unreviewed

ἐφανέρωσεν ἑαυτόν

To render apparent (literally or figuratively) · themself

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φανερόω G5319 to render apparent (literally or figuratively)

Pronunciation phaneróō

To make publicly visible or known; reveal what was hidden or obscure.

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ἑαυτοῦ G1438 themself

Pronunciation heautoû

Reflexive pronoun emphasizing the subject's action upon itself; also used reciprocally for "one another

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What does ἐφανέρωσεν ἑαυτόν (ephanerōsen heauton) mean in the Bible?

φανερόω · ἑαυτοῦ is a Greek word meaning "revealed himself, made himself manifest".

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Meaning

revealed himself, made himself manifest

Grammatical Forms

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

Tenses

Aorist Perfect Future Present

Voices

Passive Active

Indicative states a fact or reality 24×

Aorist Passive Mark 16:12 · Mark 16:14 · John 21:14 · Col 1:26 · 1 Tim 3:16 · 1 John 1:2 · 1 John 3:2 · 1 John 3:5 · 1 John 3:8 · 1 John 4:9 · Rev 15:4 12×

Aorist Active John 2:11 · John 21:1 · Rom 1:19 · Titus 1:3 · John 17:6 6×

Perfect Passive Rom 3:21 · Heb 9:26 · 2 Cor 5:11 3×

Future Active 1 Cor 4:5 1×

Present Passive Eph 5:13 1×

Future Passive Col 3:4 1×

Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 12×

Aorist Passive Mark 4:22 · John 1:31 · John 3:21 · John 9:3 · 2 Cor 4:10 · 2 Cor 4:11 · Col 3:4 · 1 John 2:28 · 1 John 3:2 · Rev 3:18 · 1 John 2:19 11×

Aorist Active Col 4:4 1×

Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 4×

Aorist Passive 2 Cor 5:10 · 2 Cor 7:12 2×

Perfect Passive 2 Cor 5:11 · Heb 9:8 2×

Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 7×

Aorist Passive 1 Pet 1:20 · 1 Pet 5:4 · 2 Tim 1:10 3×

Present Passive 2 Cor 3:3 · Eph 5:14 2×

Present Active 2 Cor 2:14 1×

Aorist Active 2 Cor 11:6 1×

Imperative command or strong request 1×

Aorist Active John 7:4 1×

Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 48 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect

completed 18 ongoing 1 prospective 2 resultant 3 imperative 1 subjunctive 12 infinitive 4 participle 7

Tense

aorist 37 perfect 5 present 4 future 2

Voice

passive 37 active 11

Mood

indicative 24 subjunctive 12 participle 7 infinitive 4 imperative 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 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.

1 Corinthians 14 — Pursue Love, Desire Gifts, and Let All Things Be Done for Edification and Order Colossians 3 — Raised with Christ: Putting Off the Old Life and Putting On the New Colossians 4 — Prayer, Wise Witness, Faithful Service, and Gospel Fellowship Ephesians 5 — Walking in Love, Light, Wisdom, and Spirit-Filled Order John 17 — The Son’s High Priestly Prayer: Glory, Preservation, Sanctification, Unity, Mission, and Love John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness Luke 9 — The Christ Revealed, the Cross Announced, and the Jerusalem Road Begun Mark 4 — The Mystery of the Kingdom: Hearing, Fruitfulness, and the Lord over the Storm Mark 8 — Seeing Jesus Clearly: Bread, Blindness, Confession, Cross, and Discipleship Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship Philippians 2 — The Mind of Christ and the Humility of Gospel Witness Romans 11 — The Remnant, the Grafted Gentiles, and the Mercy of God Toward Israel Romans 12 — Living Sacrifices, Renewed Minds, Humble Service, and Love Without Hypocrisy Romans 16 — Gospel Partnership, Holy Greeting, False-Teacher Warning, and Doxology to the God Who Establishes

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

Sources

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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

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