Quick Definition
I show forth, show clearly, proclaim, appoint
Strong's Definition
to exhibit, i.e. (by implication) to indicate, appoint
Derivation: from G303 (ἀνά) and G1166 (δεικνύω);
KJV Usage: appoint, shew
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀναδείκνυμι: 1 aorist ἀνέδειξα (imperative ἀνάδειξον; from Sophocles down); to lift up anything on high and exhibit it for all to behold (German aufzeigen); hence, to show accurately, clearly, to disclose what was hidden (2Ma_2:8; 2Ma_6:1-31): Act_1:24 (show which of these two thou hast chosen). Hence, ἀναδείκνυμι τινα, to proclaim anyone as elected to an office, to announce as appointed (king, general, etc., messenger): Luk_10:1 (2Ma_9:14; 2Ma_9:23; 2Ma_9:25 2Ma_10:11 2Ma_14:12; 2Ma_14:26; 1Es_1:35 1Es_8:23; Polybius 4, 48, 3; 51, 3; Diodorus 1:66; 13, 98; Plutarch, Caes. 37, etc.; Herodian, 2, 12, 5 (3), others). Cf. Winer's De verb. comp. Part iii., p. 12f.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀναδείκνυμι anadeiknymi 2x
pr. to show anything by raising it aloft, as a torch; to display, manifest, show plainly or openly, Act_1:24 ; to mark out, constitute, appoint by some outward sign, Luk_10:1
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀνα -δείκνυμι ,
[in LXX : Hab_3:2 ( H3045 ), Da LXX Dan_1:11 ( H4487 ), Dan_1:20 ( H4672 ), 1Esdra.6.2, 3Mac.9 * ;]
1. to lift up and show, show forth, declare ( cf. 2Ma_2:8 , v. MM , VGT , s.v. ): Act_1:24 .
2. to consecrate, set apart, ( Strab ., Plut ., Anth .): Luk_10:1 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀναδείκνυμι [page 32]
Frequent in inscrr., in a sacrificial sense, e.g. Syll 553 .14 (iii/ii B.C.) ἀναδεικνύωσι τῷ Διί (ταῦρον ). Nearer to the sense of Act_1:24 is the astrological phrase in Vettius Valens, p. 119 .25 ἐὰν δὲ Ζεὺς μαρτυρήσῃ Κρόνῳ , νόμιμος γάμος ἀναδειχθήσεται ἢ καί τινας ἐξευγενίσουσιν . Note Syll 329 .12 (B.C. 86) κέκρικεν ἀναδεῖξαι τὸν πρὸς Μιθραδάτην πόλεμον , which comes near our declare war : so in OGIS 441 .49 ex suppl. ).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀναδείκνυμι "to lift up and shew", πύλας ἀναδεικνύναι "to display by opening" the gates, i. e. "throw wide" the gates, Soph. ; (so in Pass., μυστοδόκος δόμος ἀναδείκνυται Ar. ); ἀναδέξαι ἀσπίδα "to hold" up a shield "as signal", Hdt. ; ἀνέδεξε σημήϊον τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀνάγεσθαι "made" signal for them to put to sea, id=Hdt. "to consecrate", Anth.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀνα-δείκνυμι
[in LXX: Hab.3:2 (יָדַע), Dan LXX 1:11 (מָנָה), Dan.1:20 (מָצָא), 1Esdra.6.2, 3Mac.9 * ;]
__1. to lift up and show, show forth, declare (cf. 2Ma.2:8, see MM, VGT, see word): Act.1:24.
__2. to consecrate, set apart, (Strab., Plut., Anth.): Luk.10:1.†
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