Strong's #5316: phaino (pronounced fah'-ee-no)

prolongation for the base of 5457; to lighten (shine), i.e. show (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative):-- appear, seem, be seen, shine, X think.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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phainō

1) to bring forth into the light, cause to shine, shed light

2) shine

2a) to shine, be bright or resplendent

2b) to become evident, to be brought forth into the light, come to view, appear

2b1) of growing vegetation, to come to light

2b2) to appear, be seen

2b3) exposed to view

2c) to meet the eyes, strike the sight, become clear or manifest

2c1) to be seen, appear

2d) to appear to the mind, seem to one' s judgment or opinion

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: prolongation for the base of G5457

Citing in TDNT: 9:1, 1244

Usage:

This word is used 31 times:

 

Matthew 1:20: "behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying,"
Matthew 2:7: "inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared."
Matthew 2:13: "behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying,"
Matthew 2:19: "behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in"
Matthew 6:5: "of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say"
Matthew 6:16: "their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say"
Matthew 6:18: "That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father"
Matthew 9:33: "saying, It was never so seen in Israel."
Matthew 13:26: "brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also."
Matthew 23:27: "sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full"
Matthew 23:28: "ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but"
Matthew 24:27: "out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also"
Matthew 24:30: "And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man"
Mark 14:64: "the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all"
Mark 16:9: "early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of"
Luke 9:8: "some, that Elijah had appeared; and of others, that one"
Luke 24:11: "And their words seemed to them as idle tales,"
John 1:5: "And the light shineth in darkness; and the"
John 5:35: "was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing"
Romans 7:13: "God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death"
2 Corinthians 13:7: "evil; not that we should appear approved, but that"
Philippians 2:15: "nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;"
Hebrews 11:3: "were not made of things which do appear."
James 4:14: "It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then"
1 Peter 4:18: "ungodly and the sinner appear?"
2 Peter 1:19: "that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until"
1 John 2:8: "true light now shineth."
Revelation 1:16: "was as the sun shineth in his strength."
Revelation 8:12: "and the day shone not for a third part of it, and"
Revelation 18:23: "And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee;"
Revelation 21:23: "of the moon, to shine in it: for the"