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fwtivzw fwtivzw; future
fwtivsw ( L WH; ), Attic
fwtiw' ( G T Tr); 1 aorist
ejfwtisa; perfect passive participle
pefwtismeno"; 1 aorist passive
ejfotivsqhn;1. intransitive, to give light, to shine (Aristotle, Theophrastus, Plutarch, others; the Septuagint for r/a, , etc.):
ejpiv
tina, (Rom. WH brackets
ejpiv).2. transitive, a. properly, to enlighten, light up, illumine:
tina, :
thvn
povlin, (
ajktisi
tovn
kovsmon, of the sun, Diodorus 3, 48; the Septuagint for ryaihe);
hJ
gh'
ejfwtivsqh
ejk
th'"
dovxh" (A. V. was lightened) shone with his glory, . b. to bring to light, render evident:
tav
kruptav
tou'
skovtou", ; ( according to the reading of T L brackets WH text (but see c.)) (
thvn
ai{resin
tivno", the preference, opinion, of one, Polybius 23, 3, 10;
thvn
ajlhvqeian, Epictetus diss. 1, 4, 31;
pefwtismenwn
tw'n
pragmaton
uJpov
th'"
ajlhqeiva", Lucian, cal. non tem. cred. 32); to cause something to exist and thus to come to light and become clear to all:
zwhvn
kaiv
ajfqarsivan
diav
tou'
eujaggelivou, opposed to
katargh'sai
tovn
qavnaton, . c. by a use only Biblical and ecclesiastical, to enlighten spiritually, imbue with saving knowledge:
tina, ; with a saving knowledge of the gospel: hence,
fwtisqevnte" of those who have been made Christians, ; ; followed by an indirect question (see b. above) (; for ryaihe, (; for hr;/h, to instruct, inform, teach, , Alexandrian LXX; ;
fwtiou'sin
aujtouv"
tov
krivma
tou'
Qeou'
th'"
gh'", (cf. ; others)); to give understanding to:
pefwtivsmenoi
touv"
ojfqalmouv"
th'"
kardiva" (Rec.
dianoiva"), as respects the eyes of your soul, (Buttmann, sec. 145, 6); ((cf. (), etc.)).*