ἈΦΑΝΙΣΕΙΝ, ἀφανισειν
APHANISEIN, aphanisein
Sounds Like: ah-fah-NEE-sane
Translations: to destroy, to make disappear, to vanish, to corrupt, to disfigure, to consume, to perish
From the root: ἈΦΑΝΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist active infinitive form of the verb 'ἀφανίζω'. It means to cause something to disappear, to destroy it, or to make it vanish. It can also imply corrupting or disfiguring something, or causing it to perish. It is used to express the action of making something unseen or non-existent.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0853 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 13:299
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 21:102
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΦΑΝΙΖΩ.
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.
- ἈΦΑΝΙΕΙ — will destroy, will make disappear, will abolish, will wipe out, will consume, will perish
- ἈΦΑΝΙΕΙΣ — you will destroy, you will abolish, you will make disappear, you will cause to vanish, you will corrupt, you will consume
- ἈΦΑΝΙΕΙΤΕ — you will destroy, you will make disappear, you will abolish, you will consume
- ἈΦΑΝΙΖΕΙ — destroys, makes disappear, perishes, wastes away, consumes
- ἈΦΑΝΙΖΕΣΘΑΙ — to disappear, to vanish, to be destroyed, to be corrupted, to be made unseen
- ἈΦΑΝΙΖΕΤΑΙ — perishes, vanishes, disappears, is destroyed, is corrupted, is made unseen
- ἈΦΑΝΙΖΟΙ — may he/she/it destroy, may he/she/it vanish, may he/she/it disappear, may he/she/it make unseen, may he/she/it corrupt
- ἈΦΑΝΙΖΟΝΤΑ — destroying, making disappear, causing to vanish, consuming, perishing, vanishing
- ἈΦΑΝΙΖΟΥΣΑ — destroying, making unseen, causing to vanish, wasting, corrupting
- ἈΦΑΝΙΖΩΝ — destroying, making unseen, causing to disappear, spoiling, corrupting, one who destroys
- ἈΦΑΝΙΣΑΙ — to make unseen, to destroy, to vanish, to disappear, to corrupt, to consume
- ἈΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ — will destroy, will make disappear, will vanish, will corrupt, will consume, will perish
- ἈΦΑΝΙΣΕΙΕΝ — to make unseen, to destroy, to vanish, to disappear, to corrupt, to consume
- ἈΦΑΝΙΣΘΕΝΤΟΣ — of having disappeared, of having vanished, of having been destroyed, of having been hidden
- ἈΦΑΝΙΣΘΗ — be destroyed, be abolished, be ruined, be consumed, be made to disappear, be corrupted
- ἈΦΑΝΙΣΘΗΣΕΣΘΑΙ — to disappear, to vanish, to be destroyed, to be hidden, to be made to disappear, to be made to vanish
- ἈΦΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ — disappearance, a disappearance, destruction, a destruction, perishing, ruin
- ἈΦΑΝΙΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will destroy, they will make disappear, they will vanish, they will put out of sight
- ἈΦΑΝΙΣΩΜΕΝ — let us destroy, let us make disappear, let us vanish, let us corrupt, let us consume, let us lay waste
- ἨΦΑΝΙΖΕΝ — was destroying, was making disappear, was vanishing, was spoiling, was corrupting, was wasting, was consuming
- ἨΦΑΝΙΖΟΝΤΟ — they were disappearing, they were vanishing, they were being destroyed, they were being ruined
- ἨΦΑΝΙΣΘΑΙ — to have been made to disappear, to have been destroyed, to have vanished, to have been hidden
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