ἀφανίζω; [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 ἠφάνισε namely,
τὴν 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.
vor Schrecken vergehen);
to vanish away, James 4:14 (Herodotus 7, 6; 167; Plato and following).
c. to deprive of lustre, render unsightly; to disfigure:
τὸ πρόσωπον,
Matthew 6:16.
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Matthew
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6:16; 6:19
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Acts
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13:41
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James
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4:14
