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A. Verbs.
1.
(
&
, 5316) signifies, in the active voice, “to shine”; in the passive, “to
be brought forth into light, to become evident, to appear.” In Rom. 7:13, concerning sin,
the
RV
has “might be shewn to be,” for
KJV
, “appear.”
It is used of the “appearance” of Christ to the disciples, Mark 16:9; of His future
“appearing” in glory as the Son of Man, spoken of as a sign to the world, Matt. 24:30;
there the genitive is subjective, the sign being the “appearing” of Christ Himself; of
Christ as the light, John 1:5; of John the Baptist, 5:35; of the “appearing” of an angel of
the Lord, either visibly, Matt. 1:20, or in a dream, 2:13; of a star, 2:7; of men who make
an outward show, Matt. 6:5; 6:18 (see the
RV
); 23:27-28; 2 Cor. 13:7; of tares, Matt.
13:26; of a vapor, Jas. 4:14; of things physical in general, Heb. 11:3; used impersonally
in Matt. 9:33, “it was never so seen”; also of what appears to the mind, and so in the
sense of to think, Mark 14:64, or to seem, Luke 24:11 (
RV
, appeared). See
SEE
,
SEEM
,
SHINE
,
THINK
.
2.
(
# &
, 2014), a strengthened form of No. 1 but differing in
meaning, signifying “upon,” is used in the active voice with the meaning “to give
light,” Luke 1:79; in the passive voice, “to appear, become visible.” It is said of heavenly
bodies, e.g., the stars, Acts 27:20 (
RV
, “shone”); metaphorically, of things spiritual, the
grace of God, Titus 2:11; the kindness and the love of God, 3:4. See
LIGHT
.¶ Cf.
, B, No. 2.
3.
(
&
, 398),
, “forth, or up,” perhaps originally a nautical
term, “to come up into view,” hence, in general, “to appear suddenly,” is used in the
passive voice, in Luke 19:11, of the Kingdom of God; active voice, in Acts 21:3, “to
come in sight of,”
RV
; “having sighted” would be a suitable rendering (
KJV
, “having
discovered).¶
4.
(
$
, 5319), akin to No. 1, signifies, in the active voice, “to
manifest”; in the passive voice, “to be manifested”; so,regularly, in the
RV
, instead of “to
appear.” See 2 Cor. 7:12; Col. 3:4; Heb. 9:26; 1 Pet. 5:4; 1 John 2:28; 3:2; Rev. 3:18. To
be manifested, in the Scriptural sense of the word, is more than to “appear.” A person
may “appear” in a false guise or without a disclosure of what he truly is; to be manifested
is to be revealed in one’s true character; this is especially the meaning of
, see,
e.g., John 3:21; 1 Cor. 4:5; 2 Cor. 5:10-11; Eph. 5:13.
5.
(
#
&
, 1718), from , “in,” intensive, and
, “to shine,” is
used, either of “physical manifestation,” Matt. 27:53; Heb. 9:24; cf. John 14:22, or,
metaphorically, of “the manifestation of Christ” by the Holy Spirit in the spiritual
experience of believers who abide in His love, John 14:21. It has another, secondary
meaning, “to make known, signify, inform.” This is confined to the Acts, where it is used
five times, 23:15, 22; 24:1; 25:2, 15. There is perhaps a combination of the two meanings
in Heb. 11:14, i.e., to declare by oral testimony and to “manifest” by the witness of the
life. See
INFORM
,
MANIFEST
,
SHEW
,
SIGNIFY
.¶
6.
(
A 1
, 3700), “to see” (from
, “the eye”; cf. Eng. “optical,” etc.),
in the passive sense, “to be seen, to appear,” is used (a) objectively, with reference to the
person or thing seen, e.g., 1 Cor. 15:5-8,
RV
“appeared,” for
KJV
, “was seen”; (b)