Greek · G584 · unreviewed

ἀποδείκνυμι

To display

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ἀποδείκνυμι G584
Pronunciation apodeíknymi

What does ἀποδείκνυμι (apodeíknymi) mean in the Bible?

ἀποδείκνυμι (apodeíknymi) is a Greek word meaning "to display". ἀπο-δείκνυμι [in LXX: Est.

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Meaning

to display
Extended definition

To exhibit publicly or prove conclusively; connotes demonstrating something openly to an audience.

1to bring out, show forth, exhibit (Lft., Notes, 200; ICC, in l): 1Co.4:9.
2to declare, show: Act.2:22
3to prove: Act.25:7.
4As frequently in late Gk., to proclaim to an office: before ὅτι, 2Th.2:4 (Milligan, in l; MM, see word; Lft., Notes. 113.)
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses
Perfect Aorist Present
Voices
Passive Active
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality
Perfect Passive Acts 2:22
Present Active 2 Thess 2:4
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract
Aorist Active Acts 25:7
Indicative states a fact or reality
Aorist Active 1 Cor 4:9
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 1 infinitive 1 participle 2
Tense
aorist 2 present 1 perfect 1
Voice
active 3 passive 1
Mood
participle 2 indicative 1 infinitive 1

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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