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Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἀ- (a-) + φαίνομαι (phaínomai) + -ής (-ḗs)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pʰa.nɛ̌ːs/ → /a.ɸaˈnis/ → /a.faˈnis/
Adjective
ἀφᾰνής • (aphanḗs) m or f (neuter ἀφᾰνές); third declension
- unseen, invisible
- Synonyms: ἀμάνδαλος (amándalos), ἀϊδής (aïdḗs)
- unnoticed, secret, not manifest
New Testament,
Epistle to the Hebrews 4:13:
- Καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν κτίσις ἀφανὴς ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ πάντα δὲ γυμνὰ καὶ τετραχηλισμένα τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ πρὸς ὃν ἡμῖν ὁ λόγος.
- Kaì ouk éstin ktísis aphanḕs enṓpion autoû pánta dè gumnà kaì tetrakhēlisména toîs ophthalmoîs autoû pròs hòn hēmîn ho lógos.
- Translation by KJV
- Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
- unknown, uncertain, obscure
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Further reading
- ἀφανής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀφανής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἀφανής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀφανής”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G852 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- clandestine idem, page 134.
- close idem, page 138.
- concealed idem, page 154.
- confidential idem, page 158.
- covert idem, page 180.
- dark idem, page 195.
- disappeared idem, page 228.
- doubtful idem, page 248.
- dubious idem, page 255.
- furtive idem, page 351.
- hidden idem, page 398.
- hypothetical idem, page 412.
- impenetrable idem, page 420.
- inarticulate idem, page 427.
- indirect idem, page 433.
- inglorious idem, page 440.
- inscrutable idem, page 444.
- invisible idem, page 458.
- latent idem, page 478.
- low idem, page 502.
- mean idem, page 519.
- missing idem, page 535.
- misty idem, page 536.
- mysterious idem, page 549.
- nameless idem, page 550.
- nebulous idem, page 553.
- obscure idem, page 566.
- occult idem, page 568.
- problematical idem, page 643.
- remote idem, page 694.
- secret idem, page 747.
- speculative idem, page 800.
- stealthy idem, page 814.
- stolen idem, page 819.
- surreptitious idem, page 844.
- tacit idem, page 851.
- uncertain idem, page 909.
- undecided idem, page 912.
- unknown idem, page 923.
- unseen idem, page 931.
- vague idem, page 942.
- vanished idem, page 943.