ἘΞΕΦΗΝΑΝ, ἐξεφηναν
EXEPHĒNAN, exephēnan
Sounds Like: eks-EH-fay-nan
Translations: they revealed, they made clear, they showed forth, they declared, they manifested
From the root: ΕΚΦΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἐκ (ek), meaning 'out of' or 'from', and the verb φαίνω (phainō), meaning 'to shine' or 'to appear'. Together, it means 'to cause to shine forth', 'to bring to light', or 'to make manifest'. It describes the act of revealing something that was previously hidden or unclear, making it evident or known to others. It is used to describe actions where a person or group makes their thoughts, intentions, or a truth known.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G1621 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 4:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΦΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΦΑΙΝΕ — reveal, manifest, show, make known, disclose
- ἘΚΦΑΙΝΟΜΕΝΗΣ — appearing, being revealed, being made visible, becoming manifest, of appearing, of being revealed
- ἘΚΦΑΙΝΟΥΣΑ — showing forth, making manifest, revealing, displaying
- ἘΚΦΑΙΝΩΝ — revealing, showing forth, making known, manifesting
- ἘΚΦΑΝΑΙ — to make known, to show forth, to reveal, to declare, to manifest
- ἘΚΦΑΝΕΙΣΗΣ — having appeared, having been revealed, having become visible, having shone forth
- ἘΞΕΦΑΑΝΘΗ — was revealed, was made manifest, appeared, was shown
- ἘΞΕΦΑΙΝΕ — was showing forth, was making manifest, was revealing, was appearing
- ἘΞΕΦΑΝΕΝ — he appeared, he showed, he revealed, he made manifest
- ἘΞΕΦΑΝΗ — appeared, was revealed, was made manifest, was shown, was brought to light
- ἘΞΕΦΑΝΘΗ — was revealed, was made manifest, appeared, was shown
- ΕΚΦΑΙΝΕ — to make known, to show, to reveal, to declare, to disclose, to manifest
- ΕΚΦΑΙΝΕΙ — reveals, makes known, shows, discloses, brings to light, manifests
- ΕΚΦΑΙΝΩ — to make manifest, to show forth, to reveal, to declare, to disclose
- ΕΚΦΑΙΝΩΝ — manifesting, showing forth, revealing, making known, bringing to light
- ΕΚΦΑΝ — to make known, to show, to reveal, to declare, to manifest
- ΕΚΦΑΝΑΙ — to make known, to show, to reveal, to declare, to bring to light
- ΕΚΦΑΝΕΙ — he appears, he manifests, he shows, he makes known, he reveals
- ΕΚΦΑΝΟΥΣΙΝ — they will show, they will make manifest, they will reveal, they will appear
- ΕΚΦΑΝΩΣΙΝ — they may appear, they may be revealed, they may make manifest, they may show, they may declare
- ΕΞΕΦΑΝΗ — he appeared, she appeared, it appeared, he was manifested, she was manifested, it was manifested, he shone forth, she shone forth, it shone forth
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