STRONGS G855:
ἄφαντος,
-ον, (from
φαίνομαι),
taken out of sight, made invisible:
ἄφαντος ἐγένετο ἀπ’ αὐτῶν, he departed from them suddenly and in a way unseen, he vanished,
Luke 24:31. (In poets from Homer down; later in prose writings also; Diodorus 4, 65
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ἄφαντος ἐγένετο, Plutarch, orac. def. c. 1. Sometimes angels, withdrawing suddenly from human view, are said
ἀφανεῖς γίνεσθαι: 2 Macc. 3:34; Acta Thom. §§ 27 and 43.)
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