What does ἄφαντος (áphantos) mean in the Bible?
ἄφαντος (áphantos): Sudden disappearance from sight, emphasizing the complete cessation of visibility rather than mere concealment
Greek · G855
ἄφαντος
ἄφαντος (áphantos): Sudden disappearance from sight, emphasizing the complete cessation of visibility rather than mere concealment
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ἄφαντοςG855
Pronunciationáphantos
What does ἄφαντος (áphantos) mean in the Bible?
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How does the BSB render G855?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include disappeared (1).
Where does ἄφαντος (áphantos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 24:31. Its strongest book concentrations include 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 Itdisappeared1×Luke 24:31
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 24:31
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Luke1
Source forms
ἄφαντος1xaphantosLuke 24:31
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular1xLuke 24:31
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Sudden disappearance from sight, emphasizing the complete cessation of visibility rather than mere concealment
Strong'sG855
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
disappearing
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Sudden disappearance from sight, emphasizing the complete cessation of visibility rather than mere concealment
(φαίνομαι), poët. and late prose (MM, see word) invisible, hidden: Luk.24:31.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 24:31Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἄφαντοςafantov
disappearing, invisible, hidden
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternNominative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineLuke 24:311×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Witnesses
Mark 1:16–20ἀφέντεςáphantos
having left, abandoned
Word Origins
ἄφαντος is built from these roots: