The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

φαίνω

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaφαίνω
Citation formφαίνω
Part of speechverb
GlossI shine, appear, seem
Strong’sG5316
Transliterationphaínō
Definitionto lighten (shine), i.e. show (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
KJV glosses:-- appear, seem, be seen, shine, X think.
Derivationprolongation for the base of
SBLGNT occurrences31

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἐφάνη
verb, third person, aorist, passive, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3API-S--) — Matthew 1:20
verb, third person, aorist, passive, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3API-S--) — Matthew 13:26
verb, third person, aorist, passive, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3API-S--) — Matthew 9:33
verb, third person, aorist, passive, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3API-S--) — Mark 16:9
verb, third person, aorist, passive, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3API-S--) — Luke 9:8
ἐφάνησαν
verb, third person, aorist, passive, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3API-P--) — Luke 24:11
φαίνει
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — John 1:5
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — 1 John 2:8
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — Revelation 1:16
φαίνεσθε
verb, second person, present, middle, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 2PMI-P--) — Philippians 2:15
verb, second person, present, passive, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 2PPI-P--) — Matthew 23:28
φαίνεται
verb, third person, present, middle, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PMI-S--) — Matthew 2:13
verb, third person, present, middle, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PMI-S--) — Matthew 2:19
verb, third person, present, middle, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PMI-S--) — Matthew 24:27
verb, third person, present, passive, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PPI-S--) — Mark 14:64
φαινομένη
verb, present, middle, participle, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT -PMPNSF-) — James 4:14
φαινομένου
verb, present, middle, participle, genitive, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PMPGSM-) — Matthew 2:7
φαινομένων
verb, present, middle, participle, genitive, plural, neuter (MorphGNT -PMPGPN-) — Hebrews 11:3
φαίνονται
verb, third person, present, passive, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3PPI-P--) — Matthew 23:27
φαίνοντι
verb, present, active, participle, dative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPDSM-) — 2 Peter 1:19
φαίνων
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPNSM-) — John 5:35
φαίνωσιν
verb, third person, present, active, subjunctive, plural (MorphGNT 3PAS-P--) — Revelation 21:23
φανεῖται
verb, third person, future, middle, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3FMI-S--) — 1 Peter 4:18
φανῇ
verb, third person, aorist, passive, subjunctive, singular (MorphGNT 3APS-S--) — Romans 7:13
φάνῃ
verb, third person, aorist, active, subjunctive, singular (MorphGNT 3AAS-S--) — Revelation 18:23
verb, third person, aorist, active, subjunctive, singular (MorphGNT 3AAS-S--) — Revelation 8:12
φανῇς
verb, second person, aorist, passive, subjunctive, singular (MorphGNT 2APS-S--) — Matthew 6:18
φανήσεται
verb, third person, future, passive, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3FPI-S--) — Matthew 24:30
φανῶμεν
verb, first person, aorist, passive, subjunctive, plural (MorphGNT 1APS-P--) — 2 Corinthians 13:7
φανῶσιν
verb, third person, aorist, passive, subjunctive, plural (MorphGNT 3APS-P--) — Matthew 6:16
verb, third person, aorist, passive, subjunctive, plural (MorphGNT 3APS-P--) — Matthew 6:5

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: φαινω.