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Bible Lexicons
Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary Greek Lexicon
Strong's #869 - ἄφνω
Transliteration
áphnō
Phonetics
af'-no
Origin
from (G852) (contraction)
Parts of Speech
adverb
TDNT
None
Definition
- Thayer
- Strong
- Mounce
Thayer's
- suddenly
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LEB (0)
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions
ἄφνω,
Adv.
unawares, of a sudden, A. Fr. 195, E. Med. 1205, Alc. 420, Eup. 268, etc.: in Prose, Th. 4.104, 7.37, D. 21.41, Acts 2:2, etc.: — also ἄφνως, Epigr.Gr. 468.
Thayer's Expanded Definition
ἄφνω, adverb (akin to αἰφνης, see in αἰφνίδιος above), suddenly: Acts 2:2; Acts 16:26; Acts 28:6. (the Sept.; (Aeschylus), Thucydides and subsequent writings.)
Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament
ἄφνω ,
adv.,
[in LXX for H6597;]
suddenly: Acts 2:2; Acts 16:26; Acts 28:6.†
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
αφνω άφνω ἄφνω αφοβίας άφοβος aphno aphnō áphno áphnō