Quick Definition
clear, manifest, evident
Strong's Definition
clear
Derivation: of uncertain derivation;
KJV Usage: + bewray, certain, evident, manifest
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δῆλος, δηλη, δῆλον (from Homer down), clear, evident, manifest: Mat_26:73; δῆλον namely, ἐστιν it is manifest, evident, followed by ὅτι (4Ma_2:7; Xenophon, an. 1, 3, 9; others): 1Co_15:27 (here some would take the words adverbially and parenthetically, i. e. δηλονότι, manifestly, cf. Winer's Grammar, § 64, 2 a.); Gal_3:11; 1Ti_6:7 (here L T Tr WH omit δῆλον). [SYNONYMS: δῆλος, φανερός: δῆλος, evident, what is known and understood, φανερός, manifest, as opposed to what is concealed or invisible; δῆλος points rather to inner perception, φανερός to outward appearance. Cf. Schmidt, chapter 129.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δῆλος dēlos 3x
pr. clearly visible; plain, manifest, evident, Mat_26:73 ; 1Co_15:27 ; Gal_3:11
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δῆλος , -η , -ον ,
[in LXX for H217 , etc.;]
1. visible .
2. clear to the mind, evident: Mat_26:73 ; δ . ( sc . ἐστίν ), seq . ὅτι , 1Co_15:27 , Gal_3:11 .†
SYN.: φανερός G5318 , with ref. to outward appearance, manifest as opp . to concealed; δ . with ref. to inner perception, evident , known, under\-stood.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δῆλος [page 144]
CP Herm 6 .5 , a petition addressed to an Emperor, has in a fragmentary context ]ττ [ω ]μενοι καθ᾽ ἕκαστον τω̣̑ [ν λο ]γ̣ισ [μ ]ῶν δῆλός ἐστιν ἀριθμὸς καὶ λειτουρ [γιῶν . P Oxy VIII. 1101 .12 (A.D. 367 70) ὅτι δὲ κεκώλυται παρὰ τοῖς νόμοις τοῦτο , δῆλον , that this is forbidden by the law is clear (Ed.). Ib. X. 1264 .17 (A.D. 272) πρὸς τὸ πᾶσι δῆλα εἶναι τὰ ὑπόντα μοι . . . δίκαια . P Thead 19 .10 (iv/A.D.) ἕρμαιον δηλονότι ἡ [γη ]σαμένι ( i.e. -η ) τὸν θάνατον τοῦ πατρός μου . P Flor I. 36 .28 (iv/A.D., beginning) ἢ δῆλον ὅτι κιν [δυνεύσι εἰς τὸ ] σὸν ἄχραντον δικα [στ ]ήριον . Ib. III. 367 .11 (iii/A.D.) ἀλ ]λὰ δηλονότι πλούτῳ γαυρωθείς κτλ . BGU III. 893 .39 (ii/iiiA.D.) ἐγέν ]ε̣το δὲ δῆλον τότ̣[ε . . ., ib. 902 .15 (A.D. 168 9) ἐξ ὧ̣ν δῆλ (ον ) γ (ίνεται ) ὀφει̣λειν κτλ . The word is by no means common : we have quoted almost all the instances we can find in papyri. The adverb appears in P Oxy III. 474 .20 (? A.D. 184) εἰ δὲ μὴ δήλως [καὶ ἐμ ]προθέσμως τὰ δέοντα . . . MGr has δηλονότι that is to say, viz. : the combination grows steadily commoner during the Byzantine age.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
δῆλος [Etym: deriv. uncertain] properly, "visible, conspicuous", Il. "clear" to the mind, "manifest, evident", Od. : —δῆλός εἰμι with partic., δῆλός ἐστιν ἀλγεινῶς φέρων i. e. "it is clear" that he takes it ill, Soph. ; δῆλοί εἰσι μὴ ἐπιτρέψοντες "it is clear that they will" not permit, Thuc. ; also, acc. to our idiom, δῆλόν [ἐστιν] ὅτι . . , v. δηλονότι. δῆλον itself is used like δηλαδή, as αὐτὸς πρὸς αὑτοῦ: δῆλον, all by himself, "'tis manifest", Soph. :—also, δῆλον δέ to introduce a proof, Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
δῆλος, -η, -ον
[in LXX for אוּר, etc. ;]
__1. visible.
__2. clear to the mind, evident: Mat.26:73; δ. (sc. ἐστίν), before ὅτι, 1Co.15:27, Gal.3:11.†
SYN.: φανερός, with ref. to outward appearance, manifest as opposite to concealed; δ. with ref. to inner perception, evident, known, understood. (AS)
