ἄφαντος, ἀφαντον (from φαίνομαι), taken out of sight, made invisible: ἄφαντος ἐγένετο ἀπ' αὐτῶν, he departed from them suddenly and in a way unseen, he vanished, Luk_24:31. (In poets from Homer down; later in prose writings also; Diodorus 4, 65 ἐμπεσών εἰς τό χάσμα ... ἄφαντος ἐγένετο, Plutarch, orac. def. c. 1. Sometimes angels, withdrawing suddenly from human view, are said ἀφανεῖς γίνεσθαι: 2Ma_3:34; Acta Thom. §§ 27 and 43.)

ἄφαντος aphantos 1x not appearing, not seen, invisible; hence, ἄφαντος γενέσθαι , to disappear, vanish, Luk_24:31

* ἄφαντος , -ον ( < φαίνομαι ), poλt. and late prose (MM, s.v. ), invisible, hidden: Luk_24:31 .†

ἀφαντος [page 95] This poetic word, which reappears in the later prose writers (e.g. Diod. Sic. iv. 65. 9), is found in the NT only in Luk_24:31 ἄφαντος ἐγένετο ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν . The addition of a complement such as ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν is not in accordance with the usual Greek usage of the word, and is explained by Psichari ( Essai sur le Grec de la LXX , p. 204 ff.) as a Hebraism. This would presumably mean that Luke imitated the occasional LXX ἀφανίζειν or εσθαι ἀπό , but used the Hellenistic ἄφαντος γενέσθαι instead of the verb : clearly this combination was thoroughly vernacular prose by this time it survives in MGr.

ἄφαντος [Etym: φαίνομαι] "made invisible, blotted out, forgotten", Il. : "hidden", Aesch. , Soph. ; ἀφ. βῆναι, οἴχεσθαι, ἔρρειν, ῀ ἀφανισθῆναι, "to disappear", Trag. "in secret", Pind. "obscure", id=Pind.

ἄφαντος, -ον (φαίνομαι), poët. and late prose (MM, see word) invisible, hidden: Luk.24:31.† (AS)