Lexical Definition
ἀφανίζω aphanízō (af-an-id'-zo) to destroy G:V
from ἀφανής
corrupt, disfigure, perish, vanish away.
- to render unapparent, i.e. (actively) consume (becloud), or (passively) disappear (be destroyed)
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| ἀφανιζομένη | vanishing | Jas.4.14 |
| ἀφανίσθητε | do perish | Acts.13.41 |
| ἀφανίζουσιν | they disfigure | Matt.6.16 |
| ἀφανίζει | destroy | Matt.6.19 • Matt.6.20 |
| ηφανισμένων | being obliterated | LXX.Ezek.30.7 |
| ηφανισμένον | an obliterating | LXX.Dan.11.31 |
| ηφανισμένοισ | being obliterated | LXX.Ezek.36.4 |
| ηφανισμένοι | obliterated | LXX.Lam.1.16 |
| ηφανισμένην | for being obliterated | LXX.Lam.3.11 |
| for being removed from view | LXX.Lam.1.13 | |
| ηφανισμένη | being obliterated | LXX.Ezek.36.34 • LXX.Ezek.36.35 |
| having been obliterated | LXX.Ezek.36.34 | |
| ηφανισμένασ | having been obliterated | LXX.Ezek.36.36 • LXX.Amos.9.14 |
| ηφανισμέναι | have been obliterated | LXX.Lam.1.4 |
| ones having been obliterated | LXX.Ezek.36.35 | |
| ηφανίσθησαν | are obliterated | LXX.Joel.1.17 |
| they were removed from view | LXX.Jer.4.26 | |
| were obliterated | LXX.Joel.1.18 • LXX.Zeph.3.6 | |
| were removed | LXX.Lam.4.5 | |
| were removed from view | LXX.Jer.12.4 | |
| ηφανίσθη | it was obliterated | LXX.Lam.5.18 • LXX.Ezek.25.3 • LXX.Ezek.35.15 |
| vanished | LXX.Job.22.20 | |
| was obliterated | LXX.Jer.12.11 | |
| was removed | LXX.Judg.21.16 | |
| ηφάνισεν | Jehu removed | LXX.2Kgs.10.28 |
| ηφάνισε | he obliterated | LXX.Ezek.19.7 |
| lord removed | LXX.2Kgs.21.9 | |
| αφανιώ | I will obliterate | LXX.Ezek.30.12 • LXX.Ezek.34.25 • LXX.Joel.2.20 • LXX.Mic.5.14 |
| I will remove | LXX.2Sam.22.38 • LXX.Ezek.14.9 • LXX.Hos.2.12 | |
| to obliterate | LXX.Jer.47.4 | |
| αφανισθώσι | they should be removed from view | LXX.Hos.5.15 |
| αφανισθήσονται | shall be obliterated | LXX.Prov.14.11 • LXX.Amos.7.9 |
| they shall be obliterated | LXX.Job.4.9 • LXX.Hos.10.2 | |
| αφανισθήσεται | Samaria shall be obliterated | LXX.Hos.13.16 |
| shall be obliterated | LXX.Ezek.4.17 • LXX.Ezek.6.6 • LXX.Mic.6.15 • LXX.Zech.7.14 | |
| αφανισθήσ | you should be obliterated | LXX.Prov.30.10 |
| αφανισθή | shall be removed | LXX.Jer.50.45 |
| should be extinct | LXX.Ezek.12.19 | |
| αφανισήσ | you should not obliterate | LXX.1Sam.24.21 |
| αφανιείτε | you shall remove | LXX.Exod.12.15 • LXX.Deut.13.5 |
| αφανιείσ | you shall remove | LXX.Deut.7.2 |
| αφανιεί | he obliterates | LXX.Ps.146.9 |
| he shall obliterate | LXX.Job.39.24 | |
| shall remove them from view | LXX.Ps.94.23 | |
| αφανίσωμεν | we shall remove | LXX.2Sam.21.5 |
| αφανίσω | I should obliterate | LXX.Ezek.20.26 |
| αφανίσθητε | vanish | LXX.Hab.1.5 |
| αφανίση | remove | LXX.Exod.21.29 • LXX.Exod.21.36 |
| should remove from view | LXX.Deut.19.1 | |
| αφανίσατε | obliterate | LXX.Jer.51.3 |
| αφανίσαι | obliterating | LXX.2Kgs.10.17 |
| remove from view | LXX.Ezra.6.12 | |
| to obliterate | LXX.Esth.9.24 • LXX.Ezek.36.5 • LXX.Dan.11.44 | |
| to remove | LXX.Esth.3.6 • LXX.Esth.3.13 | |
| to remove from view | LXX.Exod.8.9 | |
| to remove it from view | LXX.Dan.7.26 | |
| αφανίσαί | to obliterate | LXX.Ezek.30.9 |
| αφανίζοντασ | obliterating | LXX.Song.2.15 |
| αφανίζεται | he vanishes | LXX.Prov.12.7 |
| obliterated | LXX.Prov.10.25 | |
| αφάνισον | obliterate | LXX.Jer.50.21 |
Abbott-Smith
ἀφανίζω, (< ἀφανής), [in LXX for שׁמם ni., שׁמד hi., etc.;]
1. to make unseen, hide from sight (Xen., al.).
2. Later (MM, s.v.),
(a) to destroy: Mt 6:19, 20;
(b) to disfigure: Mt 6:16. Pass., to vanish: Ja 4:14; to perish: Ac 13:41(LXX).†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 6:16 · 6:19 · 6:20 |
| Acts | 13:41 |
| James | 4:14 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
ἀφανίζω-ίζω,
Attic dialect future -ῐῶ[Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἠφάνικα[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—make unseen, hide, νεφέλη.. ἠφάνισεν ἥλιον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; hush up, ἔργον[Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, lose sight of, [Refs 4th c.BC+]do away with, reject, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; make away with a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, τὴν γνώμην μηδὲν.. ἀφανισθεῖσαν in no part concealed or suppressed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 do away with, remove, ἄχος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινὰ πόλεος carry one off from the city, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. αὑτὸν εἰς τὸν νεών disappear into the temple, [Refs]
__3 destroy, Ἀθήνας[LXX+5th c.BC+]
__4 obliterate writing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; traces of bloodshed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; spirit away a witness, [Refs]; get rid of, δίκην[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 secrete, steal, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__6 obscure, mar one's good name, etc., πατρικὰς ἀρετάς, ἀξίωσιν, δόξαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+] wipe out ill deeds by good,[Refs]; τὰ χρώματα ἀ. ἐκ τοῦ σώματος, of the wasting effect of grief, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τρίχα βαφῇ ἀ. disguise it by dyeing, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἀ. τὰ πρόσωπα (compare ἀπρόσωπος), of artificial disfigurement, [LXX+NT]
__6.b spoil, οἶνον, ὕδωρ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__7 make away with property, etc., ἀργύριον, ναυτικόν, ἀνθρώπους, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but, conceal the existence of, ἐργαστήριον, οὐσίαν, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__8 drain a cup of wine, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__9 ἀφανίσαι· σκεπάσαι, προνομεῦσαι, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II passive, disappear, be missing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons buried by a sand-storm, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; or lost at sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. κατὰ τῆς θαλάσσης, of islands, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. εἰς ὕλην disappear into it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καταγελασθὲν ἠφανίσθη was laughed down and disappeared, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 live retired, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Deut.7.2 ☩ Matt.6.16 ☩ LXX.Joel.2.20 ☩ LXX.Zech.7.14