faivnw faivnw; (1 aorist active subjunctive 3 person singular fanh'/, L T WH in ; (see below and ajnafaivnw; Winer's Grammar, sec. 15, under the word; Buttmann, 41 (35))); passive, present faivnomai; 2 aorist ejfainhn; 2 future fanhvsomai and (in ) fanou'mai (cf. K?hner, sec. 343, under the word; (Veitch, under the word)); (favw); in Greek writings from Homer down; to bring forth into the light, cause to shine; to show. In Biblical Greek:1. Active intransitively, to shine, shed light (which the Greeks (commonly (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, A. II.)) express by the passive), the Septuagint for ryaihe: tov fw'" faivnei, ; ; oJ luvcno", ; (; ); h{lio", ; oJ h{lio" kaiv hJ selhvnh, ; hJ hJmevra, Rec.2. Passive, a. to shine, be bright or resplendent: hJ hJmevra, Tr ((see above); R G Tr -- but see Veitch, under the word; moreover, the following examples should be brought under the next head; see Meyer on ); wJ" fwsth're", ; oJ ajsthvr, ; hJ ajstraphv, . b. to become evident, to be brought forth into light, come to view, appear: ; opposed to ajfanivzesqai, ; of the appearance of angels: tivni, ; , (; ; ; of God, Josephus, Antiquities 7, 7, 3; for hr;q]nI in reference to the same, ); of those restored to life, ; tivni, ; of growing vegetation, to come to light, ; universally, to appear, be seen: fainomena, ; impersonally, faivnetai, it is seen, exposed to view: oujdevpote ejfavnh ou{tw" ejn tw'/ !Israhvl, never was it seen in such (i. e. so remarkable) a fashion -- never was such a sight seen -- in Israel, . c. to meet the eyes, strike the sight, become clear or manifest, with a predicate nominative (be seen to be) (cf. Buttmann, sec. 144, 15 a., 18): ,; f; ; i{na (namely, hJ aJmartiva) fanh'/ aJmartiva (equivalent to aJmartwlov"), ; with the dative of the person added, (namely, proseucovmenoi praying); to be seen, appear: oJ aJmartwlov" pou' fanei'tai; i. e. he will nowhere be seen, will perish, . d. to appear to the mind, seem to one's judgment or opinion: tiv uJmi'n faivnetai (A. V. what think ye), (1 Esdr. (21)); ejfavnhsan ejnwvpion aujtw'n wJseiv lhroi, (Winer's Grammar, sec. 33 f.; Buttmann, sec. 133, 3. Synonym: see dokevw, at the end.)*