ΚΑΤΕΦΑΙΝΕΤΟ, κατεφαινετο
KATEPHAINETO, katephaineto
Sounds Like: kah-teh-FAH-ee-neh-toh
Translations: appeared, was appearing, became visible, was shown, was made clear
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΦΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes something that was appearing, becoming visible, or being shown. It is often used to indicate that something became evident or clear, or that someone was revealed in a certain way. It is a compound word formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb φαίνω (phainō), meaning 'to shine' or 'to appear'.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Middle/Passive, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G2716 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 8:275
Josephus' The Jewish War
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
- ΚΑΤΕΦΑΙΝΟΝΤΟ — they were appearing, they were being shown, they were being made visible
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