ΥΠΟΦΑΙΝΕΙΝ, υποφαινειν
YPOPHAINEIN, ypophainein
Sounds Like: hoo-po-FEYE-neen
Translations: to appear, to show itself, to dawn, to begin to appear
From the root: ΥΠΟΦΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from 'ὑπό' (hypo), meaning 'under' or 'from under', and 'φαίνω' (phainō), meaning 'to shine' or 'to appear'. Therefore, it means to appear from under something, to begin to show itself, or to dawn, as in the dawning of a new day. It describes something becoming visible or evident, often gradually.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G5262 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 2:51
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΦΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΦΑΙΝΕΤΟ — was appearing faintly, was showing itself slightly, was dawning, was beginning to appear
- ΥΠΟΦΑΙΝΟΝΤΑΙ — appear, show themselves, become visible, shine forth, gleam, dawn
- ΥΠΟΦΑΙΝΟΥΣΗΣ — of appearing, of dawning, of showing itself, of becoming visible
- ΥΠΟΦΑΙΝΩ — to appear, to show, to shine forth, to dawn
- ΥΠΟΦΑΝΕΝΤΟΣ — having appeared, having shone forth, having become visible, having been shown
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