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Strong's #853 - ἀφανίζω
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- to snatch out of sight, to put out of view, to make unseen
- to cause to vanish away, to destroy, consume
- to deprive of lustre, render unsightly
- to disfigure
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ἀφᾰν-ίζω,
Att. fut. -ῐῶ X. An. 3.2.11, Pl. Tht. 184a: pf. ἠφάνικα D. 36.18: —
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1. make unseen, hide, νεφέλη.. ἠφάνισεν ἥλιον X. An. 3.4.8; hush up, ἔργον Pl. Smp. 217e: hence, lose sight of, Eub. 107.18; ἀ. τὸ συμφορώτατον do away with, reject, Hp. VM 21 (v.l. for ἀφαιρέοντας); make away with a person, Hdt. 3.126, X. Mem. 1.2.53, Th. 4.80; μή μ' ἀφανίσῃ λαβών Men. Epit. 210: — Pass., τὴν γνώμην μηδὲν.. ἀφανισθεῖσαν in no part concealed or suppressed, Th. 7.8.
2. do away with, remove, ἄχος S. OC 1712 (lyr.); τινὰ πόλεος carry one off from the city, E. Ph. 1041 (lyr.); Μούσας ἀ. Ar. Nu. 972; ἀ. αὑτὸν εἰς τὸν νεών disappear into the temple, Id. Pl. 741.
3. destroy, Ἀθήνας X. An. 3.2.11, cf. Plb. 1.81.6, LXX De. 7.2; ὅλως ἀ. ἱερά D. 21.147, cf. Epigr.Gr. 376.8 (Aezani).
4. obliterate writing, Th. 6.54; footsteps, X. Cyn. 5.3, etc.; traces of bloodshed, Antipho 5.45; spirit away a witness, ib.52; get rid of, δίκην Ar. Nu. 760.
5. secrete, steal, X. Oec. 14.2.
6. obscure, mar one's good name, etc., πατρικὰς ἀρετάς, ἀξίωσιν, δόξαν, Th. 7.69, 2.61: in good sense, ἀ. ἀγαθῷ κακόν wipe out ill deeds by good, ib. 42; δύσκλειαν Id. 3.58; τὰ χρώματα ἀ. ἐκ τοῦ σώματος, of the wasting effect of grief, Antiph. 98; τρίχα βαφῇ ἀ. disguise it by dyeing, Ael. VH 7.20; ἀ. τὰ πρόσωπα (cf. ἀπρόσωπος), of artificial disfigurement, Matthew 6:16, cf. LXX Joel 2:20, Zechariah 7:14. spoil, οἶνον, ὕδωρ, Sor. 1.90, Gal. 9.645.
7. make away with property, etc., ἀργύριον, ναυτικόν, ἀνθρώπους, Aeschin. 1.101, 3.222, D. 28.12; ἀ. τὴν οὐσίαν Aeschin. 1.103; but, conceal the existence of, ἐργαστήριον, οὐσίαν, D. 27.26,44.
8. drain a cup of wine, Eub. 82.
9. ἀφανίσαι· σκεπάσαι, προνομεῦσαι, Hsch.
II Pass.,
1. disappear, be missing, Hdt. 4.8, 124, S. Ant. 255; of persons buried by a sand-storm, Hdt. 3.26; or lost at sea, Th. 8.38, X. HG 1.6.33; ἀ. κατὰ τῆς θαλάσσης, of islands, Hdt. 7.6; ὑποβρύχιος ἠφ. Plu. Crass. 19; ἀ. ἐκ τῶν Θρηίκων Hdt. 4.95; ἐξ ἀνθρώπων Lys. 2.11; ἀ. εἰς ὕλην disappear into it, X. Cyn. 10.23; καταγελασθὲν ἠφανίσθη was laughed down and disappeared, Th. 3.83.
2. live retired, X. Ages. 9.1.
ἀφανίζω; (passive, present ἀφανίζομαι); 1 aorist ἠφανίσθην; (ἀφανής);
a. to snatch out of sight, to put out of view, to make unseen (Xenophon, an. 3, 4, 8 ἥλιον νεφέλη παρακαλύψασα ἠφανισε namely, τήν πόλιν, Plato, Phil. 66 a. ἀφανιζοντες κρύπτομεν).
b. to cause to vanish away, to destroy, consume: Matthew 6:19f (often so in Greek writings and the Sept. (cf. Buttmann, § 130, 5)); passive to perish: Acts 13:41 (Luth.vor Schrecken vergehen); to vanish away, James 4:14 (Herodotus 7, 6; 167; Plato and following).
c. to deprive of lustre, render unsightly; to disfigure: τό πρόσωπον, Matthew 6:16.
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ἀφανίζω ,
(< ἀφανής ),
[in LXX for H8074 ni., H8045 hi., etc.;]
1. to make unseen, hide from sight (Xen., a1.).
2. Later (MM, s.v.),
(a) to destroy: Matthew 6:19-20;
(b) to disfigure: Matthew 6:16. Pass., to vanish: James 4:14; to perish: Acts 13:41(LXX).†
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For the ordinary sense cf. (e.g.) BGU I. 38.12 πάντα ἠφάνισται . For the later meaning ";disfigure,"; ";destroy,"; cf. P Oxy IX. 1220.20 (iii/A.D.) οὐδὲν ἠφάνισεν ὁ ἱπποποτάμις , ";the hippopotamus has destroyed nothing,"; P Ryl II. 152.14 (A.D. 42) κατενέμησαν καὶ κατέφαγαν καὶ τοῖς ὅλοις ἠφάνισαν ";overran, cropped, and utterly destroyed [my pasturage]"; (Edd.), and P Lond 413.14 f. (c. A.D. 346) (= II p. 302) a request for nets since the gazelles were ";spoiling"; the writer’s crops—ἐπιδὴ τὰ δορκάδι [α ] ἀφανίζουσειν τὸ (l. τὰ ) σπόριμα . A near parallel to Matthew 6:16 is afforded by the Christian hymn P Amh I. 2.3 (iv/A.D.) Γάμον ἤλυθες βασιλῆος , Γάμον . . .. : .. ἵνα μή σ᾽ ἀφανίσῃς ";Thou hast come to the marriage of the King, the marriage . . . that thou mayst not disfigure thy face."; In a fragment of a Gnostic Gospel of early iv/A.D., P Oxy VIII. 1081.25 ff., the Saviour in answer to the disciples’ question, ";How then can we find faith?"; is represented as replying διελθο ̣[ῦσιν ἐκ τῶν ] ἀφανῶν κα [ὶ εἰ ]ς τ ̣ο ̣̣ [φῶ ]ς τῶν φαινο [μέ ]νων , ";if ye pass from the things that are hidden,"; etc. (Ed.)
In Kaibel 376.8 (Aezani, ii/A.D.) the verb is used of the ";defacing"; of a relief, ὅστις νεκρὰν πρόσοψιν ἀφανίσει τέκνου : cf. ib. 531.2 (Thrace) μου τὸ κάλλος ἠφάνισ [ε ]ν (presumably Death is the subject). In 492.3 (Thebes, i/B.C.or A.D.) Fortune ἠφάνισε a young athlete. A British Museum papyrus printed in Archiv vi. p. 102 (A.D. 114–5) has (l..7) μετέδωκέν μοι . . τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ (sc. the record office) βιβλία ἀφαν [ί ]ζεσθαι , τὰ δὲ πλεῖστα καὶ ἀνεύρετα εἶναι : the present tense suits best the meaning ";are being ruined.";
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