“to lighten (shine), i.e. show (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)”
Definition
Strong’s Definition
to lighten (shine), i.e. show (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to cause to appear, bring to light; absol. to shine, Jn. 1:5; 5:35; 2 Pet. 1:19; 1 Jn. 2:8; Rev. 1:16; 8:12; 21:23; mid./pass. to be seen, appear, be visible, Mt. 1:20; 2:7, 13, 19; τὰ φαινόμενα, things visible, things obvious to the senses, Heb. 11:3; φαίνομαι, to appear, seen, be in appearance, Mt. 23:27; Lk. 24:11; to appear in thought, seen in idea, be a notion, Mk. 14:64
Translated in KJV as
Etymology
prolongation for the base of G5457 (φῶς);
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“Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.”