ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥΣΦΑΝΗΝΑΙ, αὐτουσφανηναι
AUTOUSPHANĒNAI, autousphanēnai
Sounds Like: ah-TOO-ss-fah-NAY-nye
Translations: for them to appear, for them to be seen, for them to become visible
From the root: ΑΥ̓ΤΟΣ, ΦΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Pronoun, Verb
Explanation: This is a compound phrase consisting of the accusative masculine plural pronoun ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥΣ (autous), meaning 'them' or 'themselves', and the aorist passive infinitive ΦΑΝΗΝΑΙ (phanenai), meaning 'to appear' or 'to be seen'. Together, it means 'for them to appear' or 'for them to be seen'. This construction is often used in indirect statements where the accusative pronoun acts as the subject of the infinitive.
Inflection: ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥΣ: Accusative, Plural, Masculine; ΦΑΝΗΝΑΙ: Aorist, Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s numbers: G0846 (Lookup on BibleHub), G5316 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 1:3
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΑΥ̓ΤΟΣ, ΦΑΙΝΩ, appear in our texts.
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