"to bring to light, display; mid. and pass. to appear, Lk. 19:11; a nautical term, to come in sight of, Acts 21:3*"
Definition and meaning
to bring to light, display; mid. and pass. to appear, Lk. 19:11; a nautical term, to come in sight of, Acts 21:3*
In the original Greek the word is written: ἀναφαίνω
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of anaphaino (G398) across the King James Bible.
And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.
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Common questions
Strong's G398 (anaphaino) is a Greek word that means: to bring to light, display; mid. and pass. to appear, Lk. 19:11; a nautical term, to come in sight of, Acts 21:3* It appears 2 times in the King James Bible.
The word anaphaino (G398) appears 2 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G398 is anaphaino, a Greek word defined as: to bring to light, display; mid. and pass. to appear, Lk. 19:11; a nautical term, to come in sight of, Acts 21:3*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
anaphaino is a Greek word found in the New Testament.