ΚΑΤΕΦΑΙΝΟΝΤΟ, κατεφαινοντο
KATEPHAINONTO, katephainonto
Sounds Like: kah-teh-FAH-ee-non-toh
Translations: they were appearing, they were being shown, they were being made visible
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΦΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the imperfect passive indicative form of the verb 'καταφαίνω' (kataphainō), which means 'to appear,' 'to be shown,' or 'to become visible.' In this form, it describes an ongoing action in the past, indicating that a group of subjects were in the process of appearing or being made visible.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Passive, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G2716 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:296
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΦΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΙΝΕΤΑΙ — it appears, it becomes visible, it is evident, it is clear
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΙΝΟΝΤΑΙ — appear, are clearly seen, are evident, are manifest, are revealed
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΙΝΩ — appear, become visible, show oneself, be manifest
- ΚΑΤΕΦΑΙΝΕΤΟ — appeared, was appearing, became visible, was shown, was made clear
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