Quick Definition
a showing, proof, demonstration, sign
Strong's Definition
indication (abstractly)
Derivation: from G1731 (ἐνδείκνυμι);
KJV Usage: declare, evident token, proof
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἔνδειξις, ἐνδειξεως, ἡ (ἐνδείκνυμι), demonstration, proof: i. e. manifestation, made in act, τῆς δικαιοσύνης, Rom_3:25 f; τῆς ἀγάπης, 2Co_8:24; equivalent to sign, evidence (A. V. evident token), ἀπωλείας, Php_1:28. (Plato, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἔνδειξις endeixis 4x
a pointing out; met. manifestation , public declaration, Rom_3:25-26 ; a token, sign, proof, i.q. ἔνδειγμα , 2Co_8:24 ; Php_1:28
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἔν -δειξις , -εως , ἡ
( < ἐνδείκνυμι ),
a pointing out, showing forth, proof ( see ἔνδειγμα ): Rom_3:25-26 , 2Co_8:24 , Php_1:28 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἔνδειξις [page 211]
Cagnat IV. 40 .14 (Lesbian dialect) κατ᾽ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐνδείξιος καττὰ διατεταγμένα .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἔνδειξις ἔνδειξις, εως (n e)ndeic is_ews fem ) "a pointing out" as Attic law-term, "a laying information against" one who discharged public functions for which he was legally disqualified, Dem. , etc. "a display of good will", Aeschin.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἔν-δειξις, -εως, ἡ
(ἐνδείκνυμι),
a pointing out, showing forth, proof (see: ἔνδειγμα): Rom.3:25-26, 2Co.8:24, Php.1:28.†
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📖 In-Depth Word Study
Demonstrate (1732) endeixis
Demonstrate (1732) (endeixis from endeÃknumi = show forth <> en = in, to + deÃknumi = expose to eyes and give proof, make known by visual, auditory, or linguistic means) means a pointing out (particularly with the finger). It is something that points to or serves as an indicator of something else and hence is synonymous with a sign, an indication, evidence, verification. It describes the means by which one knows that something is a fact. It is something that compels acceptance of something mentally or emotionally and thus serves as a demonstration or a proof.
In secular Greek endeixis meant a pointing out and was used as a legal term, meaning a laying out of information against one who discharged public functions for which he was legally disqualified.
Endeixis is found 4 times in the NT (see below), not in the Septuagint = LXX
Romans 3:25 whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;
Romans 3:26 for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
2Cor 8:24 Therefore openly before the churches show them the proof of your love and of our reason for boasting about you.
Philippians 1:28 (note) in no way alarmed by your opponents-- which is a sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you, and that too, from God.
