What does φανέρωσις (phanérōsis) mean in the Bible?
φανέρωσις (phanérōsis): Making the hidden visible; revelation as active disclosure rather than passive concealment or mystery.
Greek · G5321
φανέρωσις
Revelation
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φανέρωσις G5321
Pronunciation phanérōsis
What does φανέρωσις (phanérōsis) mean in the Bible?
φανέρωσις (phanérōsis): Making the hidden visible; revelation as active disclosure rather than passive concealment or mystery.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5321?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include by open proclamation (1), manifestation (1).
Where does φανέρωσις (phanérōsis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 12:7. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), 2 Corinthians (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 by open proclamation 1× 2 Corinthians 4:2
manifestation 1× 1 Corinthians 12:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 1 Corinthians 12:7
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
1 Corinthians 1 2 Corinthians 1
Source forms
φανερώσει 1x phanerōsei 2 Corinthians 4:2
φανέρωσις 1x phanerōsis 1 Corinthians 12:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x 2 Corinthians 4:2
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x 1 Corinthians 12:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Making the hidden visible; revelation as active disclosure rather than passive concealment or mystery.
Strong's G5321
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 Corinthians 12:7 Source Gloss
revelation
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.
1 Corinthians 12:7 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
φανέρωσις fanerwsiv
a manifestation
Read verse 2 Corinthians 4:2 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
φανερώσει fanerwsei
a manifestation
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 this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 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 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Dative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 12:7 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine 2 Cor 4:2 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Public display of the Spirit's gifts given for common benefit
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
φανέρωσις 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