Strong's Lexicon aphanizó: To destroy, to vanish, to disappear, to make unseen Original Word: ἀφανίζω NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom aphanés Definition to make unseen, i.e. destroy NASB Translation destroy (1), destroys (1), neglect (1), perish (1), vanishes away (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 853: ἀφανίζωἀφανίζω; (passive, present ἀφανίζομαι); 1 aorist ἠφανίσθην; (ἀφανής); a. to snatch out of sight, to put out of view, to make unseen (Xenophon, an. 3, 4, 8 ἥλιον νεφέλη παρακαλύψασα ἠφανισε namely, τήν πόλιν, Plato, Phil. 66 a. ἀφανιζοντες κρύπτομεν). b. to cause to vanish away, to destroy, consume: Matthew 6:19f (often so in Greek writings and the Sept. (cf. Buttmann, § 130, 5)); passive to perish: Acts 13:41 (Luth.vorSchreckenvergehen); to vanish away, James 4:14 (Herodotus 7, 6; 167; Plato and following). c. to deprive of lustre, render unsightly; to disfigure: τό πρόσωπον, Matthew 6:16. From aphanes; to render unapparent, i.e. (actively) consume (becloud), or (passively) disappear (be destroyed) -- corrupt, disfigure, perish, vanish away. see GREEK aphanes Englishman's Concordance Matthew 6:16 V-PIA-3PGRK: ὑποκριταὶ σκυθρωποί ἀφανίζουσιν γὰρ τὰ NAS: as the hypocrites [do], for they neglect their appearance KJV: for they disfigure their INT: hypocrites downcast in countenance they disfigure indeed the Matthew 6:19 V-PIA-3S Matthew 6:20 V-PIA-3S Acts 13:41 V-AMP-2P James 4:14 V-PPM/P-NFS Strong's Greek 853 |