Quick Definition
ἀφανής, ές Adj invisible
Strong's Definition
from 1 (as a negative particle) and 5316; non-apparent)
KJV Usage: that is not manifest
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ές | ἀ- + φαίνω
28.68 · Know · Not Able To Be Known, Secret
hidden, unknown pertaining to not being able to be seen or known, and thus to be hidden It is possible to render ‘that can be hidden from him’ as ‘that people can keep God from seeing’ or ‘that people can prevent God from knowing about.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀφανής, -és, (puivw), not manifest, hidden: Heb. iv. 13. (Often in Grk. writ. fr. [Aeschyl. and] Hdt. down.) [Cf. δῆλος, and Schmidt ch. 150.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀφανής aphanēs 1x
out of sight; not manifest, hidden, concealed, Heb. 4:13*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀφανής, -ές
(< φαίνω), [in LXX: Ne 4:8 (2), Jb 24:20, Si 20:30 41:14, II Mac 3:34*;]
unseen, hidden: He 4:13.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀφανής. P Gen I. 2815 (A.D. 136) ἀ]φανὴς ἐγένετο : similarly Ῥ Grenf II. 6115, P Lond 3429 (=II. p. 174), BGU I. 163°, 7). 11. 46738 (all ii/A.d.). δικά 92316 (late iii/B.c.) τὰ μὲν eupavéa . . τῶν δὲ ἀφανέων κτλ. (Actolia—in dialect). 726. 5442 (Aug.) ἀφανοῦς γεγενημένου τοῦ πα[ρατειχίσ!ματος, 801} καὶ εἴη ἀφανῆ τὰ κτήματα αὐτοῦ, 809"! (iv/ili B.C.) ἀνόνητα αὐτῷ γένοιτο καὶ ἄχωρα καὶ ἄμοιρα καὶ ἀφανῆ αὐτῷ [ἅπαντα γένοιτο.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀφανής (aphanēs) — hidden. ἀφᾰν-ής, ές, (φαίνομαι) unseen, especially of the nether world, Ταρτάρου πυθμήν[Refs 7th c.BC+]; χάσμα ἀ. a blind pit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἀ. θεός, of Persephone, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἀ. πόλος, i. e. the south pole, [Refs 4th c.BC+]starless, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. ἀ. γίγνεσθαι, ={ἀφανίζεσθαι}, disappear, ὑπὸ γῆν[Refs 5th c.BC+]disappeared, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of soldiers missing after a battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; runaway, absconded, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. b στήλας ἀ. ποιῆσαι obliterate, [Refs]
3. unnoticed, secret, ἀ. νόος ἀθανἁτων[Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἀ. νεῦμα a secret sign, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. χωρίον out of sight, [Refs]; ἀ. ξιφίδιον concealed, [Refs]; δι᾽ ἐπιστολῶν ἀφανῶν secret or invisible writings, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]participle, ἀ. εἶναι ἀπιόντες depart without being noticed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μαντικῇ χρώμενος οὐκ ἀ. ἦν he was well known to do.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. b uncertain, doubtful, ἀ. νοῦσοι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; σὺν ἀφανεῖ λόγῳ on an uncertain charge, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μεθέντας τἀφανῆ, opposed to τὸ πρὸς ποσί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. χάρις a favour from an unknown hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of what is beyond the evidence of sense, opposed to φανερόν, ἁρμονίη ἀ. φανερῆς κρείττων[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἀφανεῖ ἔτι κεῖσθαι, ἐν τῷ ἀ. εἶναι, [Refs]secretly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: neuter plural as adverb, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. Regul.adverb ἀφανῶς[Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -έστατα[Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. of persons and things, unnoticed, obscure, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. ἀ. οὐσία personal property, as money, which can be secreted and made away with [Refs] (real), as land, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐμφανής, [Refs]; but simply, concealed, ἀφανῆ καταστῆσαι τὴν οὐσίαν[Refs 5th c.BC+]