STRONGS G398:
ἀναφαίνω: 1 aorist
ἀνέφανα, Doric for the more common
ἀνέφηνα (
Acts 21:3 R T WH [with Erasm., Stephanus Thesaurus, Mill]; cf. Passow, p. 2199; [Veitch, and Liddell and Scott, under the word
φαίνω; Winers Grammar, 89 (85); Buttmann, 41 (35)]; see
ἐπιφαίνω); passive [present
ἀναφαίνομαι]; 2 aorist
ἀνεφάνην; [from Homer down];
to bring to light, hold up to view, show; passive
to appear, be made apparent:
Luke 19:11. An unusual phrase is
ἀναφανέντες τὴν Κύπρον having sighted Cyprus, for
ἀναφανείσης ἡμῖν τῆς Κύπρου,
Acts 21:3; cf. Buttmann, 190 (164); Winers Grammar, § 39, 1 a., p. 260 (244); here
Rst T WH [see above] read
ἀναφάναντες τὴν Κ. after we had rendered Cyprus visible (to us); [
R. V. had come in sight of Cyprus.].
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