emphanizō · reveal, show

What it means

emphanizō (ἐμφανίζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “reveal, show”.

Show oneself, appear; make known.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To show oneself to others so they see and know one.
2. To make something known.
3. To bring a charge against someone before a judge.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• presented their case ×3
• reveal ×2
• appear ×1
• appeared ×1
• make it clear ×1
• notify ×1
• you have reported ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• John×2
• Acts×5
• Hebrews×2

• Matthew 27:53

  and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

• John 14:21

  Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he is the one who loves me. And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.”

• John 14:22

  Judas (not Iscariot) says to him, “Lord, what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”

• Acts 23:15

  Now therefore you, together with the council, notify the commander so that he may bring down him to you, as though you were going to determine more exactly the things about him; and we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”

• Acts 23:22

  So the commander dismissed the young man, ordering him, “Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.”

• Acts 24:1

  And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an orator, a certain Tertullus, who presented their case to the governor against Paul.

• Acts 25:2

  And the chief priests and the leading men of the Jews presented their case to him against Paul, and they were urging him,

• Acts 25:15

  about whom, when I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews presented their case, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.

• Hebrews 9:24

  For the Messiah did not enter into a holy place made with hands, a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf;

• Hebrews 11:14

  For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.