Epiphauo means “give light” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2017 — hophek (“upset”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2017 ἐπιφαύω (epiphauo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. epiphauo (ep-ee-fau'-o) v. 1. to illuminate (figuratively) [a form of G2014] It has 4 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include give. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
epiphauo (ep-ee-fau'-o) v. 1. to illuminate (figuratively) [a form of G2014] KJV: give light Root(s): G2014
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2017. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to shine on
Usage: ἐπι-φαύσκω (variant form of ἐπιφώσκω, which see), [in LXX: Job.25:5 (אהל hi.) Job.31:26 41:18 (הָלַל hi.) * ;] to shine forth: figuratively, with dative, Eph.5:14 (on seel. -ψαύσει, see ICC, Westc., AR, in l).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render epiphauo, 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 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 G2017 (ἐπιφαύω) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
If he gives an order to the moon, then it shines not; And the stars are not pure before him.
(Do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, And the moon waning? for they have not power to continue):
At his sneezing a light shines, And his eyes are as the appearance of the morning star.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2017.
If he gives an order to the moon, then it shines not; And the stars are not pure before him.
(Do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, And the moon waning? for they have not power to continue):
At his sneezing a light shines, And his eyes are as the appearance of the morning star.
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2017, grouped by book.
Epiphauo (Strong's G2017) is a Greek word most simply glossed "give light". epiphauo (ep-ee-fau'-o) v. 1. to illuminate (figuratively) [a form of G2014]
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's G2017 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2017 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as give. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G2017, with linked reader references where each row is available.