Greek verb · G2020
ἐπιφώσκω
epiphoskoep-ee-foce'-ko
to let shine.; to dawn
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epiphṓskō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2020is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2020
to begin to grow light
The King James renders it: begin to dawn, X draw on.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
epiphosko is rendered "to let shine.; to dawn". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- One of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to let shine.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 28:1After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
Matthew 28:1ἐπιφωσκούσῃ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to let shine., and to dawn.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to let shine. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 28:1After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week… |
| to dawn | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 23:54It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning. |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐπέφωσκεν1
- ἐπιφωσκούσῃ1
The grammar of each form
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-IAI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1V-PAP-DSF
Matthew
one use
After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
- ἐπιφωσκούσῃepiphoskouseverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: dawning
Luke
one use
It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.
- ἐπέφωσκενepephoskenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was just beginning
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.