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Strong's #853: aphanizo (pronounced af-an-id'-zo)

from 852; to render unapparent, i.e. (actively) consume (becloud), or (passively) disappear (be destroyed):-- corrupt, disfigure, perish, vanish away.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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aphanizō

1) to snatch out of sight, to put out of view, to make unseen

2) to cause to vanish away, to destroy, consume

3) to deprive of lustre, render unsightly

3a) to disfigure

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G852




Usage:

This word is used 5 times:

Matthew 6:16: "hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear"
Matthew 6:19: "where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves"
Matthew 6:20: "moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not"
Acts 13:41: "and wonder, and perish: for I work a work"
James 4:14: "a little time, and then vanisheth away."









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