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Greek verb · G5319

φανερόω

phaneroofan-er-o'-o

to reveal

45 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: phaneróō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5319is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 14 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 21
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G5319

to render apparent (literally or figuratively)

The King James renders it: appear, manifestly declare, (make) manifest (forth), shew (self).

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

phaneroo is rendered "to reveal". It stands 45 times in the Greek text, across fourteen books.

  • Nine of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 4:22For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be brought to light.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-one different ways.

The first use

For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be brought to light.

Mark 4:22φανερωθῇ

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in fourteen of the 27 New Testament books.

The other 13 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • was revealed4
  • has been revealed3
  • He revealed3
  • being revealed2
  • He shall appear2
  • may be manifested2
  • to have been made manifest2
  • appeared1
  • do show1
  • has revealed1
  • having been made manifest1
  • having been manifested1

and 22 more, 45 uses in all

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.

φανερόςphanerosclearUses18
φανερῶςphanerosplainlyUses3
φανέρωσιςphanerosisrevelationUses2

All 45, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

21 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

  • φανερωθῇ10
  • ἐφανερώθη9
  • ἐφανέρωσεν5
  • πεφανέρωται2
  • φανερωθέντος2
  • φανερωθῆναι2
  • ἐφανερώθησαν.¶1
  • Ἐφανέρωσά1
  • πεφανερώμεθα1
  • πεφανερῶσθαι1
  • πεφανερῶσθαι.¶1
  • φανερούμενοι1

and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singular10V-APS-3S
  • verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular9V-API-3S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular5V-AAI-3S
  • verb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)2V-APN
  • verb · aorist passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular2V-APP-GSM
  • verb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-RPI-3S
  • verb · perfect passive, infinitive (“to…”)2V-RPN
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-AAI-1S
  • verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular1V-AAM-2S
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-AAP-NPM
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singular1V-AAS-1S
  • verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-API-3P

Mark

one use
  • For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be brought to light.

    Mark 4:22

    • φανερωθῇphanerotheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: it shall be made manifest

John

nine uses
  • I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”

    John 1:31

    • φανερωθῇphanerotheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: He may be revealed
  • Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

    John 2:11

    • ἐφανέρωσενephanerosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He revealed
  • But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”

    John 3:21

    • φανερωθῇphanerotheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be manifest
  • For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”

    John 7:4

    • φανέρωσονphanerosonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do show
  • Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.

    John 9:3

    • φανερωθῇphanerotheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be displayed
  • I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.

    John 17:6

    • Ἐφανέρωσάephanerosaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I revealed
  • Later, by the Sea of Tiberias, Jesus again revealed Himself to the disciples. He made Himself known in this way:

    John 21:1

    • ἐφανέρωσενephanerosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: revealed
    • ἐφανέρωσενephanerosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He revealed
  • This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to the disciples after He was raised from the dead.

    John 21:14

    • ἐφανερώθηephanerotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was revealed

Romans

two uses
  • For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

    Romans 1:19

    • ἐφανέρωσενephanerosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has revealed
  • But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.

    Romans 3:21

    • πεφανέρωταιpephanerotaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been revealed

1 Corinthians

one use
  • Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.

    1 Corinthians 4:5

    • φανερώσειphaneroseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will make manifest

2 Corinthians

nine uses
  • But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.

    2 Corinthians 2:14

    • φανεροῦντιphanerountiverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: making manifest
  • It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

    2 Corinthians 3:3

    • φανερούμενοιphaneroumenoiverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: being revealed
  • We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

    2 Corinthians 4:10

    • φανερωθῇphanerotheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be manifested
  • For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.

    2 Corinthians 4:11

    • φανερωθῇphanerotheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be manifested
  • For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.

    2 Corinthians 5:10

    • φανερωθῆναιphanerothenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be revealed
  • Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.

    2 Corinthians 5:11

    • πεφανερώμεθαpephaneromethaverb · perfect passive, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we have been made manifest
    • πεφανερῶσθαι.¶pephanerosthaiverb · perfect passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to have been made manifest
  • So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.

    2 Corinthians 7:12

    • φανερωθῆναιphanerothenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: being revealed
  • Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.

    2 Corinthians 11:6

    • φανερώσαντεςphanerosantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: were manifested

Ephesians

one use
  • But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.

    Ephesians 5:13

    • φανεροῦταιphaneroutaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is made visible

Colossians

four uses
  • the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.

    Colossians 1:26

    • ἐφανερώθηephanerotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: having been manifested
  • When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

    Colossians 3:4

    • φανερωθῇphanerotheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be revealed
    • φανερωθήσεσθεphanerothesestheverb · future passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: will appear
  • Pray that I may declare it clearly, as I should.

    Colossians 4:4

    • φανερώσωphanerosoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may make clear

1 Timothy

one use
  • By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.

    1 Timothy 3:16

    • ἐφανερώθηephanerotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was revealed

2 Timothy

one use
  • And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,

    2 Timothy 1:10

    • φανερωθεῖσανphanerotheisanverb · aorist passive, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: having been made manifest

Titus

one use
  • In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.

    Titus 1:3

    • ἐφανέρωσενephanerosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He revealed

Hebrews

two uses
  • By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.

    Hebrews 9:8

    • πεφανερῶσθαιpephanerosthaiverb · perfect passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to have been made manifest
  • Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

    Hebrews 9:26

    • πεφανέρωταιpephanerotaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He has been revealed

1 Peter

two uses
  • He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.

    1 Peter 1:20

    • φανερωθέντοςphanerothentosverb · aorist passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having been revealed
  • And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.

    1 Peter 5:4

    • φανερωθέντοςphanerothentosverb · aorist passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: when was being revealed

1 John

nine uses
  • And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.

    1 John 1:2

    • ἐφανερώθηephanerotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was made manifest
    • ἐφανερώθηephanerotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was revealed
  • They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

    1 John 2:19

    • φανερωθῶσινphanerothosinverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: it may be made manifest
  • And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.

    1 John 2:28

    • φανερωθῇphanerotheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: He shall appear
  • Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

    1 John 3:2

    • ἐφανερώθηephanerotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been revealed
    • φανερωθῇphanerotheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: He shall appear
  • But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

    1 John 3:5

    • ἐφανερώθηephanerotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: appeared
  • The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

    1 John 3:8

    • ἐφανερώθηephanerotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was revealed
  • This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.

    1 John 4:9

    • ἐφανερώθηephanerotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been revealed

Revelation

two uses
  • I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

    Revelation 3:18

    • φανερωθῇphanerotheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be made manifest
  • Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”

    Revelation 15:4

    • ἐφανερώθησαν.¶ephanerothesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were revealed

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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