δεικνύω

δεικνύω — deiknýō

δεικνύω (δεικνύειν, Mat 16:21; δεικνύεις, Joh 2:18; τοῦ δεικνύοντός, Rev 22:8 (not Tdf.)) and δείκνυμι (1Co 12:31; Mat 4:8; Joh 5:20; cf. Buttmann, 45 (39)); future δείξω; 1 aorist ἔδειξα; 1 aorist passive participle δειχθεις (Heb 8:5); the Sept. mostly for הִרְאָה; to show, exhibit;

1. properly, to show, i. e. expose to the eyes: τίνι τί, Mat 4:8; Luk 4:5; Luk 20:24 (for Rec. ἐπιδείξατέ); (R G L, but T omits; Tr brackets WH reject the verse); Mar 14:15; Joh 20:20; Act 7:3; ὁδόν τίνι, metaphorically, in which one ought to go, i. e. to teach one what he ought to do, 1Co 12:31; κατά τόν τύπον τόν δειχθέντα σοι, Heb 8:5; ἑαυτόν δεικνύναι τίνι to expose oneself to the view of one, Mat 8:4; Mar 1:44; Luk 5:14; δεῖξον ἡμῖν τόν πατέρα render the Father visible to us, Joh 14:8 f; of things presented to one in a vision: τίνι τί, Rev 17:1; Rev 21:9; Rev 22:1; Rev 22:8; δεῖξαι τίνι, ἅ δεῖ γενέσθαι, Rev 1:1; Rev 4:1; Rev 22:6. to show, equivalent to to bring to pass, produce what can be seen (German sehenlassen); of miracles performed in presence of others to be seen by them: σημεῖον, Joh 2:18, (Bar 6:1-73 (i. e., epistle of Jeremiah) 66; σῆμα, Homer, Odyssey 3, 174; Iliad 13, 244); ἔργα ἐκ τίνος, works done by the aid of one, Joh 10:32; τήν ἐπιφάνειαν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, spoken of God, as the author of Christ's visible return, 1Ti 6:15; ἔργα δεικνύειν is used differently in Joh 5:20, to show works to one for him to do.

2. metaphorically,

a. with the accusative of the thing, to give the evidence or proof of a thing: πίστιν, Jas 2:18; τί ἐκ τίνος, as τήν πίστιν ἐκ τῶν ἔργων, ibid.; τά ἔργα ἐκ τῆς καλῆς ἀναστροφῆς, Jas 3:13.

b. to show by words, to teach: followed by ὅτι, Mat 16:21 (διδάσκειν in Mar 8:31 for δεικνύειν); followed by an infinitive Act 10:28. (Compare: ἀναδείκνυμι, ἀποδείκνυμι, ἐνδείκνυμι, ἐπιδείκνυμι, ὑποδείκνυμι.)