Epiphanes means “notable” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2016 — hephek (“contrary”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2016 ἐπιφανής (epiphanes) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. epiphanes (ep-if-an-ace') adj. 1. conspicuous 2. (figuratively) memorable It has 13 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include notable. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
epiphanes (ep-if-an-ace') adj. 1. conspicuous 2. (figuratively) memorable [from G2014] KJV: notable Root(s): G2014
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glorious
Usage: ἐπιφανής, -ές (ἐπιφαίνω), [in LXX (see Thayer, see word) for יָרֵא, etc., Jdg.13:6, Jol.2:11, 31 al.; 2Ma.6:23, 3Ma.5:35, al. ;] renowned, illustrious, notable: Act.2:20 (LXX) (cf. MM, Exp., xiv).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render epiphanes, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2016 (ἐπιφανής) appears 12 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:
8 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Neither is there another nation upon the earth such as thy people Israel, whereas God led him in the way, to redeem a people for himself, to make for himself a great and glorious name, to cast out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemedst out of Egypt.
And the Lord shall utter his voice before his host: for his camp is very great: for the execution of his words is mighty: for the day of the Lord is great, very glorious, and who shall be able to resist it?
4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
But he began to consider discreetly, and as became his age, and the excellency of his ancient years, and the honor of his gray head, whereunto he was come, and his most honest education from a child, or rather the holy law made and given by God: therefore he answered accordingly, and willed them straightaway to send him to the grave.
he stretched out his right hand toward the temple, and made an oath in this manner: If ye will not deliver me Judas as a prisoner, I will lay this temple of God even with the ground, and I will break down the altar, and erect a notable temple unto Bacchus.
So every man praised toward the heaven the glorious Lord, saying, Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled.
First 13 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2016.
Neither is there another nation upon the earth such as thy people Israel, whereas God led him in the way, to redeem a people for himself, to make for himself a great and glorious name, to cast out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemedst out of Egypt.
And the Lord shall utter his voice before his host: for his camp is very great: for the execution of his words is mighty: for the day of the Lord is great, very glorious, and who shall be able to resist it?
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord come.
He is terrible and famous; his judgment shall proceed of himself, and his dignity shall come out of himself.
Alas the glorious and ransomed city.
And cursed is the man who had the power, and possessed a male in his flock, and whose vow is upon him, and who sacrifices a corrupt thing to the Lord: for I am a great King, saith the Lord Almighty, and my name is glorious among the nations.
And, behold, I will send to you Elijah the Tishbite, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes;
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:
But he began to consider discreetly, and as became his age, and the excellency of his ancient years, and the honor of his gray head, whereunto he was come, and his most honest education from a child, or rather the holy law made and given by God: therefore he answered accordingly, and willed them straightaway to send him to the grave.
he stretched out his right hand toward the temple, and made an oath in this manner: If ye will not deliver me Judas as a prisoner, I will lay this temple of God even with the ground, and I will break down the altar, and erect a notable temple unto Bacchus.
So every man praised toward the heaven the glorious Lord, saying, Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled.
The Jews, having heard of these events, praised the glorious God and King of kings, because they had obtained this help, too, from him.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2016, grouped by book.
Epiphanes (Strong's G2016) is a Greek word most simply glossed "notable". epiphanes (ep-if-an-ace') adj. 1. conspicuous 2. (figuratively) memorable
This page currently indexes 13 linked usages for Strong's G2016 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2016 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as notable. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 8 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2016, with linked reader references where each row is available.