ΔΙΕΦΑΙΝΕΝ, διεφαινεν
DIEPHAINEN, diephainen
Sounds Like: dee-eh-FAH-ee-nen
Translations: was appearing through, was shining through, was showing through, was becoming visible, was appearing distinctly
From the root: ΔΙΑΦΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the imperfect active indicative form of the verb 'διαφαίνω' (diaphainō), which is a compound word formed from 'διά' (dia), meaning 'through' or 'apart', and 'φαίνω' (phainō), meaning 'to shine' or 'to appear'. It describes something that was in the process of becoming visible, shining through, or appearing distinctly, often implying a gradual or continuous action. It can be used to describe light breaking through, or an object becoming clear through a medium.
Inflection: Singular, 3rd Person, Imperfect, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G1219 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 4:97
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
- ΔΙΑΦΑΙΝΩΝ — shining through, appearing, showing through, becoming visible
- 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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