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ἀφανίζω

Strong’s: G853

Associated OET lemmas: ἀφανίζω

Other spellings: ἀφανίζομαι

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Constructions: ἀφανίζω; ἀ-; φαίνω

Sense 1: to destroy, to completely ruin

Semantic entry: 20.46

Semantic domains: Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill

Subdomains: Destroy

Definition: to destroy the value or use of something

Notes: See 4.49: σής.

MAT 6:19: RV MAT 6:19 · LV MAT 6:19 · Read together MAT 6:19

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OET-RV MAT 6:19

19 “Don’t amass wealth for yourselves here on earth, where insects and corrosion destroy things, and where it can be stolen.

OET-LV MAT 6:19

19 Be_ not _storing _up treasures on the earth for _you _all, where moth and corrosion is _destroying, and where thieves are _digging _through and are _stealing,

MAT 6:20: RV MAT 6:20 · LV MAT 6:20 · Read together MAT 6:20

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OET-RV MAT 6:20

20 Instead, store your wealth in heaven, where there’s no destructive insects or corrosion or thieves or scammers,

OET-LV MAT 6:20

20 but be _storing _up for _you _all treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor corrosion is _destroying, and where thieves are_ not _digging _through nor are _stealing.

Sense 2: to make unsightly, to disfigure, to make ugly

Semantic entry: 79.17

Semantic domains: Features of Objects

Subdomains: Beautiful, Ugly

Definition: to cause something to be unattractive or unsightly

MAT 6:16: RV MAT 6:16 · LV MAT 6:16 · Read together MAT 6:16

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OET-RV MAT 6:16

16 “Whenever you people are abstaining from food, don’t look miserable like the hypocrites, because they intentionally try to look awful so that everyone will notice that they’re fasting. I can assure you that they’ve already received their reward in full.

OET-LV MAT 6:16

16 And whenever you _all _may _be _fasting, be_ not _becoming downcast like the hypocrites, because/for they _are _disfiguring the appearances of _them, so _that they _may _be _seen by _the people fasting.
Truly, I _am _saying to _you _all, they _are _receiving _fully the reward of _them.

Sense 3: to become invisible (in the passive, to disappear, to vanish)

Semantic entry: 24.27

Semantic domains: Sensory Events and States

Subdomains: See

Definition: to become such as not to be seen

Notes: In a number of instances one can best render ‘vanishes’ as ‘cannot be seen’ or ‘suddenly people cannot see it.’

Forms: ἀφανίζομαι[a]

JAM 4:14: RV JAM 4:14 · LV JAM 4:14 · Read together JAM 4:14

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OET-RV JAM 4:14

14 But you don’t know what tomorrow will bring, because what are your lives? You’re like a vapour that appears for a brief period and then it’s gone.

OET-LV JAM 4:14

14 Who not are _knowing on _the day next will _be, because/for what is life of _you _all?
For/Because a_vapour you _all _are, which for a_little time appearing, then also being _perishing.

Sense 4: to cease to exist, to disappear, to die, disappearance

Semantic entry: 13.98

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Exist

Definition: to cease to exist, with the implication of no longer being evident or visible

Forms: ἀφανίζομαι[b]

ACT 13:41: RV ACT 13:41 · LV ACT 13:41 · Read together ACT 13:41

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OET-RV ACT 13:41

41 ‘Watch you scoffers, and be amazed and die because I’m doing something special during your time.
⇔ Even if someone described it clearly to you all, you still might not believe it.’ ”

OET-LV ACT 13:41

41 Watch, the scoffers, and wonder and be _perishing, because I am _doing a_work in the days of _you _all, a_work which by _no _means you _all _may_ not _believe, if someone may _be _describing _in _detail it to _you _all.