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Name of God’s Son

ΔΙΑΦΑΙΝΩΝ, διαφαινων

DIAPHAINŌN, diaphainōn

Sounds Like: dee-ah-FAY-nohn

Translations: shining through, appearing, showing through, becoming visible

From the root: ΔΙΑΦΑΙΝΩ

Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)

Explanation: This is a compound word formed from the preposition ΔΙΑ (DIA), meaning 'through' or 'across', and the verb ΦΑΙΝΩ (PHAINO), meaning 'to shine' or 'to appear'. As a participle, it describes an action that is ongoing or concurrent with the main verb of the sentence. It means to shine or appear through something, or to become clearly visible.

Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Masculine, Singular, Nominative

Strong’s number: G1212 (Lookup on BibleHub)

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Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΦΑΙΝΩ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

  • ΔΙΑΦΑΙΝΩ — to shine through, to appear, to become visible, to become clear, to dawn
  • ΔΙΕΦΑΙΝΕΝ — was appearing through, was shining through, was showing through, was becoming visible, was appearing distinctly
  • ΔΙΕΦΑΙΝΕΤΟ — was appearing through, was shining through, was becoming visible, was showing through
  • ΔΙΕΦΑΝΗ — appeared, shone through, became visible, was revealed
  • ΔΙΕΦΑΝΗΣΑΝ — they appeared, they shone through, they became visible, they became clear
  • ΔΙΕΦΑΝΗΤΕ — you appeared, you shone through, you became visible
  • ΔΙΕΦΑΥΣΕΝ — it dawned, it became light, it shone through, it appeared
  • ΙΑΦΑ — shine through, appear, dawn, become visible, be clear

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