to destroy

Greek Verb

ἀφανίζω (ἀφανής), [in LXX for שָׁמֵם ni, שָׁמַד hi, etc;] 1) to make unseen, hide from sight (Xen, a1.). 2) Later (MM, see word) (a) to destroy: Mat.6:19-20; (b) to disfigure: Mat.6:16. Pass, to vanish: Jas.4:14; to perish: Act.13:41 (LXX). (AS)

to destroy

Greek Verb

ἀφᾰν-ίζω, Attic dialect future -ῐῶ[Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἠφάνικα[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—make unseen, hide, νεφέλη. ἠφάνισεν ἥλιον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; hush up, ἔργον[Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, lose sight of, [Refs 4th c.BC+]do away with, reject, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; make away with a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, τὴν γνώμην μηδὲν. ἀφανισθεῖσαν in no part concealed or suppressed, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) do away with, remove, ἄχος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινὰ πόλεος carry one off from the city, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. αὑτὸν εἰς τὸν νεών disappear into the temple, [Refs] 3) destroy, Ἀθήνας[LXX+5th c.BC+] 4) obliterate writing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; traces of bloodshed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; spirit away a witness, [Refs]; get rid of, δίκην[Refs 5th c.BC+] 5) secrete, steal, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 6) obscure, mar one's good name, etc, πατρικὰς ἀρετάς, ἀξίωσιν, δόξαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+] wipe out ill deeds by good,[Refs]; τὰ χρώματα ἀ. ἐκ τοῦ σώματος, of the wasting effect of grief, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τρίχα βαφῇ ἀ. disguise it by dyeing, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἀ. τὰ πρόσωπα (compare ἀπρόσωπος), of artificial disfigurement, [LXX+NT] 6.b) spoil, οἶνον, ὕδωρ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 7) make away with property, etc, ἀργύριον, ναυτικόν, ἀνθρώπους, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but, conceal the existence of, ἐργαστήριον, οὐσίαν, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 8) drain a cup of wine, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 9) ἀφανίσαι· σκεπάσαι, προνομεῦσαι, [Refs 5th c.AD+] II) passive, disappear, be missing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons buried by a sand-storm, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; or lost at sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. κατὰ τῆς θαλάσσης, of islands, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. εἰς ὕλην disappear into it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καταγελασθὲν ἠφανίσθη was laughed down and disappeared, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) live retired, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to render unapparent, i.e. (actively) consume (becloud), or (passively) disappear (be destroyed); corrupt, disfigure, perish, vanish away; from g852 (ἀφανής)