ἘΝΕΦΑΙΝΟΝ, ἐνεφαινον
ENEPHAINON, enephainon
Sounds Like: en-EH-fai-non
Translations: they were appearing, they were showing, they were manifesting, they were revealing
From the root: ἘΜΦΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the imperfect active indicative, third person plural form of the verb 'ἐμφαίνω'. It describes an action that was ongoing or repeated in the past, meaning 'they were appearing' or 'they were showing themselves'. It is often used to describe something becoming visible or being made clear.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G1718 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 5:34
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΜΦΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΜΦΑΙΝΕΙΝ — to show, to display, to reveal, to make manifest, to declare, to indicate
- ἘΜΦΑΙΝΟΝΤΑ — showing, manifesting, revealing, displaying, making visible, making known
- ἘΜΦΑΙΝΟΥΣΑ — showing, manifesting, revealing, displaying, appearing, making visible
- ἘΜΦΑΙΝΩΝ — showing, displaying, manifesting, revealing, making visible, appearing
- ἘΜΦΗΝΑΙ — to show, to make visible, to reveal, to appear, to manifest
- ἘΝΕΦΑΙΝΕ — he was appearing, it was appearing, he was showing, it was showing, he appeared, it appeared
- ἘΝΕΦΑΙΝΕΝ — was showing, was appearing, was manifesting, was revealing, was making clear, was displaying
- ἘΝΕΦΗΝΕ — showed, revealed, manifested, declared, made known
- ἘΝΕΦΗΝΕΝ — he showed, she showed, it showed, he appeared, she appeared, it appeared, he manifested, she manifested, it manifested, he revealed, she revealed, it revealed
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