ἀφανίζω

ἀφανίζω — aphanízō

ἀφανίζω; (passive, present ἀφανίζομαι); 1 aorist ἠφανίσθην; (ἀφανής);

a. to snatch out of sight, to put out of view, to make unseen (Xenophon, an. 3, 4, 8 ἥλιον νεφέλη παρακαλύψασα ἠφανισε namely, τήν πόλιν, Plato, Phil. 66 a. ἀφανιζοντες κρύπτομεν).

b. to cause to vanish away, to destroy, consume: Mat 6:19 f (often so in Greek writings and the Sept. (cf. Buttmann, § 130, 5)); passive to perish: Act 13:41 (Luth.vorSchreckenvergehen); to vanish away, Jas 4:14 (Herodotus 7, 6; 167; Plato and following).

c. to deprive of lustre, render unsightly; to disfigure: τό πρόσωπον, Mat 6:16.