- ἀφανίζω
- ἀφανίζω fut. ἀφανιῶ LXX and ἀφανίσω LXX, Da 2:44; 1 aor. ἠφάνισα LXX. Pass.: fut. ἀφανισθήσομαι LXX; aor. ἠφανίσθην; pf. 3 sg. ἠφάνισται Job 2:9 (s. ἀφανής; Soph.; Hdt.+)① to cause someth. to disappearⓐ act. destroy, ruin, of treasures (X., An. 3, 2, 11; Kaibel 531, 2; PRyl 152, 14; POxy 1220, 20; PLond II, 413, 14f p. 300 [the 3 last passages of destruction by animals]; LXX; mislead people PsSol 17:11) Mt 6:19f.ⓑ pass. freq. in act. sense be destroyed, perish, disappear (Diod S 15, 48, 3 [people and cities because of an earthquake]; Philostrat., Vi. Apoll. 1, 36 p. 38, 20 τὸ γένος αὐτῶν; Jos., Ant. 1, 76; Ath.) of the earth in a holocaust 2 Pt 3:10 v.l.; of scoffers Ac 13:41 (Hab 1:5). In imagery of the bond of wickedness IEph 19:3. Of honey be spoiled Hm 5, 1, 5. Of someth. that is seen and forthwith disappears (Antig. Car. 12; Artem. 2, 36 p. 134, 26; Eunap.Vi. Soph. 7, 6, 9 p. 63; Philo, Deus Imm. 123, Virt. 164; Jos., Ant. 9, 28) of mist evanesce Js 4:14.② to cause to become unrecognizable through change in appearance, render invisible/unrecognizable, of one’s face (opp. φαίνομαι in a play on words as Js 4:14; Aristot., HA 6, 7, 11 [583b 19]; Ps.-Aristot., De Mundo 6, 22) by covering the head (cp. Jer 14:4; 2 Km 15:30; Esth 6:12) or neglect of cleanliness (cp. POxy 294, 15 [22 A.D.]) Mt 6:16 in theatrical imagery (s. ὑποκριτής) of Pharisees who seem to don masks during their fasting (for the poss. rendering disfigure [s. M’Neile comm. ad loc.] cp. PAmh 2, 3, but the passage is too corrupt to determine the mng. with any precision; on the topic of a highly zealous piety s. Plut., Mor. 168d).—DELG s.v. φαίνω B. M-M. TW.
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