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Strong's G854 ἀφανισμός (aphanismos)

Aphanismos means “vanish away” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H854 — eth (“among”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G854
Language Greek
Linked Usages 57
Books 19

Strong's G854 Quick Answer

Strong's G854 ἀφανισμός (aphanismos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. aphanismos (af-an-is-mos') n. 1. disappearance 2. (figuratively) abrogation It has 57 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include vanish. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
aphanismos (af-an-is-mos') n. 1. disappearance 2. (figuratively) abrogation
Usage
57 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
vanish

Meaning and Definition

aphanismos (af-an-is-mos') n. 1. disappearance 2. (figuratively) abrogation [from G853] KJV: vanish away Root(s): G853

Original Word
ἀφανισμός
Transliteration
aphanismos
Derivation
Root: ἀφανίζω R1: 853
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G854. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

disappearance

Usage: ἀφανισμός, -οῦ, ὁ (ἀφανίζω), [in LXX chiefly for שַׁמָּה, שְׁמָמָה ;] vanishing: Heb.8:13.† (AS)

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How Strong's G854 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render aphanismos, 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.

vanish Hebrews 8:13

How Strong's G854 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. 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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 49 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G854 (ἀφανισμός) appears 58 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G854 by Corpus

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.

Strong's G854 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Hebrews 8:13 KJV

In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

Strong's G854 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

49 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Deuteronomy 7:2 Septuagint / Brenton

and the Lord thy God shall deliver them into thy hands, then thou shalt smite them: thou shalt utterly destroy them: thou shalt not make a covenant with them, neither shall ye pity them:

3 Kingdoms 9:7 Septuagint / Brenton

then will I cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and this house which I have consecrated to my name I will cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a desolation and a byword to all nations.

3 Kingdoms 13:34 Septuagint / Brenton

And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to its destruction and its removal from the face of the earth.

Strong's G854 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

6 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 2:27 Septuagint / Brenton

Then he went down into the plain of Damascus in the time of wheat harvest, and burned up all their fields, and destroyed their flocks and herds, also he spoiled their cities, and utterly wasted their countries, and smote all their young men with the edge of the sword.

Judith 4:1 Septuagint / Brenton

Now the children of Israel, that dwelt in Judea, heard all that Holofernes the chief captain of Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians had done to the nations, and after what manner he had spoiled all their temples, and brought them to nought.

Judith 4:12 Septuagint / Brenton

and cried to the God of Israel all with one consent earnestly, that he would not give their children for a prey, and their wives for a spoil, and the cities of their inheritance to destruction, and the sanctuary to profanation and reproach, and for the nations to rejoice at.

Strong's G854 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 12:4 Septuagint / Brenton

called me -Enoch the scribe- and said to me: 'Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness, go, declare to the Watchers of the heaven who have left the high heaven, the holy eternal place, and have defiled themselves with women, and have done as the children of earth do, and have taken unto themselves

Usage Excerpts

First 57 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G854.

Deuteronomy 7:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the Lord thy God shall deliver them into thy hands, then thou shalt smite them: thou shalt utterly destroy them: thou shalt not make a covenant with them, neither shall ye pity them:
3 Kingdoms 9:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then will I cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and this house which I have consecrated to my name I will cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a desolation and a byword to all nations.
3 Kingdoms 13:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to its destruction and its removal from the face of the earth.
4 Kingdoms 22:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
because thy heart was softened, and thou wast humbled before me, when thou heardest all that I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, that it should be utterly destroyed and accursed, and thou didst rend thy garments, and weep before me; I also have heard, saith the Lord.
2 Chronicles 29:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord was very angry with Judah and Jerusalem, and made them an astonishment, and a desolation, and a hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
2 Chronicles 36:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
utterly destroyed every beautiful vessel.
Ezra 4:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
Jeremiah 9:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will remove the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and make it a dwelling place of dragons; and I will utterly waste the cities of Judah, so that they shall not be inhabited.
Jeremiah 10:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
Jeremiah 12:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
it is made a complete ruin: for my sake the whole land has been utterly ruined, because there is none that lays the matter to heart.
Jeremiah 18:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to make their land a desolation, and a perpetual hissing; all that go through it shall be amazed, and shall shake their heads.
Jeremiah 19:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will bring this city to desolation and make it a hissing; everyone that passes by it shall scowl, and hiss because of all her plague.
Jeremiah 25:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
behold, I will send and take a family from the north, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants of it, and against all the nations round about it, and I will make them utterly waste, and make them a desolation, and a hissing, and an everlasting reproach.
Jeremiah 25:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the land shall be a desolation; and they shall serve among the Gentiles seventy years.
Jeremiah 25:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will take vengeance on that nation, and will make them a perpetual desolation.
Jeremiah 26:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O daughter of Egypt dwelling at home, prepare thee stuff for removing: for Memphis shall be utterly desolate, and shall be called Woe, because there are no inhabitants in it.
Jeremiah 27:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For a nation has come up against her from the north, he shall utterly ravage her land, and there shall be none to dwell in it, neither man nor beast.
Jeremiah 27:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
by reason of the Lord’s anger: it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be all a desolation; and everyone that passes through Babylon shall scowl, and they shall hiss at all her plague.
Jeremiah 27:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
How is the hammer of the whole earth broken and crushed! How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
Jeremiah 28:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall not take from thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for a foundation: for thou shalt be a desolation forever, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 28:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The earth has quaked and been troubled, because the purpose of the Lord has risen up against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, and uninhabitable.
Jeremiah 28:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Babylon shall be a desolation, and shall not be inhabited.
Jeremiah 28:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
How has the boast of all the earth been taken and caught in a snare! how has Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
Jeremiah 28:62 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then thou shalt say, O Lord God, thou hast spoken against this place, to destroy it, and that there should be none to dwell in it, neither man nor beast; for it shall be a desolation forever.
Ezekiel 4:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to me, Son of man, behold, I break the support of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight and in want; and shall drink water by measure, and in a state of ruin:
Ezekiel 6:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will stretch out my hand against them, and I will make the land desolate and ruined from the wilderness of Riblah, in all their habitations: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 7:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The prince shall clothe himself with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be made feeble: I will do to them according to their ways, and according to their judgments will I punish them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 12:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt say to the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord to the inhabitants of Jerusalem on the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread in scarcity, and shall drink their water in desolation, that the land may be desolate with all that it contains: for all that dwell in it are ungodly.
Ezekiel 12:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their inhabited cities shall be laid utterly waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 14:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will set my face against that man, and will make him desolate and ruined, and will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 14:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If again I bring evil beasts upon the land, and take vengeance upon it, and it be ruined, and there be no one to pass through for fear of the wild beasts:
Ezekiel 15:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will give up the land to ruin, because they have utterly transgressed, saith the Lord.
Ezekiel 23:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt be thoroughly weakened; and the cup of destruction, the cup of thy sister Samaria,
Daniel 9:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Incline thine ear, O my God, and hear; open thine eyes and behold our desolation, and that of thy city on which thy name is called: for we do not bring our pitiful case before thee on the ground of our righteousness, but on the ground of thy manifold compassions, O Lord.
Daniel 9:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And after the sixty-two weeks, the anointed one shall be destroyed, and there is no judgment in him: and he shall destroy the city and the sanctuary with the prince that is coming: they shall be cut off with a flood, and to the end of the war which is rapidly completed he shall appoint the city to desolations.
Hosea 5:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ephraim has come to nought in the days of reproof: in the tribes of Israel I have shown faithful dealings.
Joel 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has ruined my vine, and utterly broken my fig trees: he has utterly searched my vine, and cast it down; he has peeled its branches.
Joel 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Before them is a consuming fire, and behind them is a flame kindled: the land before them is as a paradise of delight, and behind them a desolate plain: and there shall none of them escape.
Joel 4:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate plain, because of the wrongs of the children of Judah, because they have shed righteous blood in their land.
Micah 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall cut in pieces all the graven images, and all that she has hired they shall burn with fire, and I will utterly destroy all her idols: because she has gathered of the hires of fornication, and of the hires of fornication has she amassed wealth.
Micah 6:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thou hast kept the statutes of Omri, and done all the works of the house of Ahab; and ye have walked in their ways, that I might deliver thee to utter destruction, and those that inhabit the city to hissing: and ye shall bear the reproach of nations.
Micah 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the land shall be utterly desolate together with them that inhabit it, because of the fruit of their doings.
Zephaniah 1:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their power shall be for a spoil, and their houses for utter desolation; and they shall build houses, but shall not dwell in them; and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine of them.
Zephaniah 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A mighty day of wrath is that day, a day of affliction and distress, a day of desolation and destruction, a day of gloominess and darkness, a day of cloud and vapor,
Zephaniah 2:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For Gaza shall be utterly spoiled, and Ashkelon shall be destroyed; and Ashdod shall be cast forth at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
Zephaniah 2:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall stretch forth his hand against the north and destroy the Assyrian, and make Nineveh a dry wilderness, even as a desert.
Zephaniah 2:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the scornful city that dwells securely, that says in her heart, I am, and there is no longer any to be after me: how is she become desolate, a habitation of wild beasts! everyone that passes through her shall hiss, and shake his hands.
Zechariah 7:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will cast them out among all the nations, whom they know not; and the land behind them shall be made utterly destitute of any going through or returning: yea they have made the choice land a desolation.
Malachi 1:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and hated Esau, and laid waste his borders, and made his heritage as dwellings of the wilderness?
Hebrews 8:13 New Testament, KJV
In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Judith 2:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then he went down into the plain of Damascus in the time of wheat harvest, and burned up all their fields, and destroyed their flocks and herds, also he spoiled their cities, and utterly wasted their countries, and smote all their young men with the edge of the sword.
Judith 4:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now the children of Israel, that dwelt in Judea, heard all that Holofernes the chief captain of Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians had done to the nations, and after what manner he had spoiled all their temples, and brought them to nought.
Judith 4:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and cried to the God of Israel all with one consent earnestly, that he would not give their children for a prey, and their wives for a spoil, and the cities of their inheritance to destruction, and the sanctuary to profanation and reproach, and for the nations to rejoice at.
2 Maccabees 5:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus there was killing of young and old, making away of men, women, and children, slaying of virgins and infants.
3 Maccabees 5:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The king, then, with a barbarity exceeding that of Phalaris, said, That they might thank his sleep of that day. Lose no time, and get ready the elephants against tomorrow, as you did before, for the destruction of these accursed Jews.
3 Maccabees 5:38 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Once more, arm the elephants against the morrow for the extermination of the Jews.
1 Enoch 12:4 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
called me -Enoch the scribe- and said to me: 'Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness, go, declare to the Watchers of the heaven who have left the high heaven, the holy eternal place, and have defiled themselves with women, and have done as the children of earth do, and have taken unto themselves

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G854, grouped by book.

Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 17 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G854 FAQ

What does aphanismos (ἀφανισμός) mean?

Aphanismos (Strong's G854) is a Greek word most simply glossed "vanish away". aphanismos (af-an-is-mos') n. 1. disappearance 2. (figuratively) abrogation

How many times is aphanismos (ἀφανισμός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 57 linked usages for Strong's G854 across 19 books.

Where can I study aphanismos (ἀφανισμός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G854 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate aphanismos (ἀφανισμός)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as vanish. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G854 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 49 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 6 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G854, with linked reader references where each row is available.