Lexical Definition

‎ἄφαντος‎ áphantos (af'-an-tos) disappearing ^G:A
from ‎Α‎ (as a negative particle) and a derivative of ‎φαίνω‎

vanished out of sight.

• non-manifested, i.e. invisible

Abbott-Smith

* ἄφαντος, -ον (< φαίνομαι), poët. and late prose (MM, s.v.),
invisible, hidden: Lk 24:31.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἄφαντος-ος, ον,

(φαίνομαι) made invisible, blotted out, ἀκήδεστοι καὶ ἄ.[Refs 8th c.BC+]; hidden, ἄ. ἕρμα[ἄφαντοςον φῶς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 297; ἄ. ἔπελες 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.46; ἐκ βροτῶν ἄ. βῆναι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 832">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁνὴρ ἄ. ἐκ.. στρατοῦ he has disappeared, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἄ. οἴχεσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἴχνος πλατᾶν ἄ. disappearing, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; invisible, νύξ[Refs 4th c.BC+]

__2 in secret, ἄφαντοςα βρέμειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 obscure, [Refs]; θεοῖς δῆλος θνητοῖσι δ᾽ ἄ. Epimenid.II.—poetical and late Prose, ἄ. γενέσθαι[ἄφαντοςα φήναντες 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.260 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, cf. Scholia 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 899.">NT+4th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Luke.24.31}