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<p> '''''a''''' -'''''pēr´ans''''' ( מראה , <i> '''''mar'eh''''' </i> ; chiefly used of the mystic and supernatural visions of Ezekiel and Daniel): A semblance, as of lightning, wheels, sapphire stone ( Ezekiel 1:14 , Ezekiel 1:16 , Ezekiel 1:26 ); Gabriel's overpowering revelation ( Daniel 8:15; see also Daniel 10:6 , Daniel 10:18 ). In the New [[Testament]] refers exclusively, through three [[Greek]] words, πρόσωπον , <i> '''''prósōpon''''' </i> , "sight," "countenance," to "outward appearance" ( 2 Corinthians 10:7 the King James Version); and its possibly deceptive nature: ὄψις , <i> '''''ópsis''''' </i> , "Judge not according to appearance." ( John 7:24 ); "them that glory in appearance." ( 2 Corinthians 5:12; compare 1 Samuel 16:7 ). See also 1 Thess 2:22, the English Revised Version, margin ( <i> '''''eı́dos''''' </i> = "sight"). </p>
 
== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_54925" /> ==
        <p> <b> APPEARANCE. </b> See [[Christ]] in Art, and Portraits. </p>
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58099" /> ==
        <p> APPE'ARANCE, n. </p> <blockquote> 1. The act of coming into sight the act of becoming visible to the eye as, his sudden appearance surprised me. </blockquote> <blockquote> 2. The thing seen a phenomenon as an appearance in the sky. </blockquote> <blockquote> 3. Semblance apparent likeness. </blockquote> <p> There was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire. Numbers 9 . </p> <blockquote> 4. External show semblance assumed, in opposition to reality or substance as, we are often deceived by appearances he has the appearance of virtue. </blockquote> <p> For man looketh on the outward appearance. 1 Samuel 16 . </p> <blockquote> 5. Personal presence exhibition of the person as, he made his first appearance at court or on the stage. </blockquote> <blockquote> 6. Exhibition of the character introduction of a person to the public in a particular character, as a person makes his appearance in the world, as a historian, an artist, or an orator. </blockquote> <blockquote> 7. Probability likelihood. This sense is rather an inference from the third or fourth as probability is inferred from external semblance or show. </blockquote> <blockquote> 8. [[Presence]] mien figure as presented by the person, dress or manners as, the lady made a noble appearance. </blockquote> <blockquote> 9. A being present in court a defendant's filing common or special bail to a process. </blockquote> <blockquote> 10. An apparition. </blockquote>
== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_76808" /> ==
        <div> A — 1: Εἶδος <div> <audio> </audio> <button> ► </button> </div> (Strong'S #1491 — Noun Neuter — eidos — i'-dos ) </div> <p> properly "that which strikes the eye, that which is exposed to view," signifies the "external appearance, form, or shape," and in this sense is used of the Holy [[Spirit]] in taking bodily form, as a dove, Luke 3:22; of Christ, 9:29, "the fashion of His countenance." [[Christ]] used it, negatively, of God the Father, when He said "Ye have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form," John 5:37 . Thus it is used with reference to each person of the Trinity. Probably the same meaning attaches to the word in the Apostle's statement, "We walk by faith, not by sight (eidos)," 2 Corinthians 5:7 , where eidos can scarcely mean the act of beholding, but the visible "appearance" of things which are set in contrast to that which directs faith. The believer is guided, then, not only by what he beholds but by what he knows to be true though it is invisible. </p> 1 Thessalonians 5:22[[Fashion]][[Shape]]Sight. <div> A — 2: Πρόσωπον <div> <audio> </audio> <button> ► </button> </div> (Strong'S #4383 — Noun Neuter — prosopon — pros'-o-pon ) </div> <p> pros, "towards," ops, "an eye," lit., "the part round the eye, the face," in a secondary sense "the look, the countenance," as being the index of the inward thoughts and feelings (cp. 1 Peter 3:12 , there used of the face of the Lord), came to signify the presentation of the whole person (translated "person," e.g., in Matthew 22:16 ). Cp. the expression in OT passages, as [[Genesis]] 19:21 (AV marg., "thy face"), where it is said by God of Lot, and Genesis 33:10 , where it is said by [[Jacob]] of Esau; see also Deuteronomy 10:17 ("persons"), Leviticus 19:15 ("person"). It also signifies the presence of a person, Acts 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 2:17; or the presence of a company, Acts 5:41 . In this sense it is sometimes rendered "appearance," 2 Corinthians 5:12 . In 2 Corinthians 10:7 , AV, "appearance," the RV corrects to "face." See [[Countenance]] , [[Face]] , [[Fashion]] , [[Person]] , Presence. </p> <div> A — 3: Ὄψις <div> <audio> </audio> <button> ► </button> </div> (Strong'S #3799 — Noun Feminine — opsis — op'-sis ) </div> <p> from ops, "the eye," connected with horao, "to see" (cp. No. 2), primarily denotes "seeing, sight;" hence, "the face, the countenance," John 11:44 ("face"); Revelation 1:16 ("countenance"); the outward "appearance," the look, John 7:24 , only here, of the outward aspect of a person. See [[Countenance]] , Face. </p> <div> A — 4: Φαντάζω <div> <audio> </audio> <button> ► </button> </div> (Strong'S #5324 — Verb — eidea — fan-tad'-zo ) </div> <p> "an aspect, appearance," is used in Matthew 28:3 , RV, "appearance;" AV, "countenance." </p> <div> B — 1: Φαντάζω <div> <audio> </audio> <button> ► </button> </div> (Strong'S #5324 — Verb — phantazo — fan-tad'-zo ) </div> <p> "to make visible," is used in its participial form (Middle Voice), with the neuter article, as equivalent to a noun, and is translated "appearance," RV, for AV, "sight," Hebrews 12:21 . </p>
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_920" /> ==
        <p> '''''a''''' -'''''pēr´ans''''' ( מראה , <i> '''''mar'eh''''' </i> ; chiefly used of the mystic and supernatural visions of Ezekiel and Daniel): A semblance, as of lightning, wheels, sapphire stone ( Ezekiel 1:14 , Ezekiel 1:16 , Ezekiel 1:26 ); Gabriel's overpowering revelation ( Daniel 8:15; see also Daniel 10:6 , Daniel 10:18 ). In the New [[Testament]] refers exclusively, through three [[Greek]] words, πρόσωπον , <i> '''''prósōpon''''' </i> , "sight," "countenance," to "outward appearance" ( 2 Corinthians 10:7 the King James Version); and its possibly deceptive nature: ὄψις , <i> '''''ópsis''''' </i> , "Judge not according to appearance." ( John 7:24 ); "them that glory in appearance." ( 2 Corinthians 5:12; compare 1 Samuel 16:7 ). See also 1 Thess 2:22, the English Revised Version, margin ( <i> '''''eı́dos''''' </i> = "sight"). </p>
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20698" /> ==
       
==References ==
<references>
 
        <ref name="term_54925"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-new-testament/appearance Appearance from Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament]</ref>
       
        <ref name="term_58099"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/appearance Appearance from King James Dictionary]</ref>
       
        <ref name="term_76808"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/vine-s-expository-dictionary-of-nt-words/appearance Appearance from Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words]</ref>
       
        <ref name="term_920"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/appearance Appearance from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
        <ref name="term_20698"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/appearance Appearance from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
       
</references>

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Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament [1]

APPEARANCE. See Christ in Art, and Portraits.

King James Dictionary [2]

APPE'ARANCE, n.

1. The act of coming into sight the act of becoming visible to the eye as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

2. The thing seen a phenomenon as an appearance in the sky.

3. Semblance apparent likeness.

There was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire. Numbers 9 .

4. External show semblance assumed, in opposition to reality or substance as, we are often deceived by appearances he has the appearance of virtue.

For man looketh on the outward appearance. 1 Samuel 16 .

5. Personal presence exhibition of the person as, he made his first appearance at court or on the stage.

6. Exhibition of the character introduction of a person to the public in a particular character, as a person makes his appearance in the world, as a historian, an artist, or an orator.

7. Probability likelihood. This sense is rather an inference from the third or fourth as probability is inferred from external semblance or show.

8. Presence mien figure as presented by the person, dress or manners as, the lady made a noble appearance.

9. A being present in court a defendant's filing common or special bail to a process.

10. An apparition.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [3]

A — 1: Εἶδος
<audio> </audio> <button> ► </button>
(Strong'S #1491 — Noun Neuter — eidos — i'-dos )

properly "that which strikes the eye, that which is exposed to view," signifies the "external appearance, form, or shape," and in this sense is used of the Holy Spirit in taking bodily form, as a dove, Luke 3:22; of Christ, 9:29, "the fashion of His countenance." Christ used it, negatively, of God the Father, when He said "Ye have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form," John 5:37 . Thus it is used with reference to each person of the Trinity. Probably the same meaning attaches to the word in the Apostle's statement, "We walk by faith, not by sight (eidos)," 2 Corinthians 5:7 , where eidos can scarcely mean the act of beholding, but the visible "appearance" of things which are set in contrast to that which directs faith. The believer is guided, then, not only by what he beholds but by what he knows to be true though it is invisible.

1 Thessalonians 5:22FashionShapeSight.

A — 2: Πρόσωπον
<audio> </audio> <button> ► </button>
(Strong'S #4383 — Noun Neuter — prosopon — pros'-o-pon )

pros, "towards," ops, "an eye," lit., "the part round the eye, the face," in a secondary sense "the look, the countenance," as being the index of the inward thoughts and feelings (cp. 1 Peter 3:12 , there used of the face of the Lord), came to signify the presentation of the whole person (translated "person," e.g., in Matthew 22:16 ). Cp. the expression in OT passages, as Genesis 19:21 (AV marg., "thy face"), where it is said by God of Lot, and Genesis 33:10 , where it is said by Jacob of Esau; see also Deuteronomy 10:17 ("persons"), Leviticus 19:15 ("person"). It also signifies the presence of a person, Acts 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 2:17; or the presence of a company, Acts 5:41 . In this sense it is sometimes rendered "appearance," 2 Corinthians 5:12 . In 2 Corinthians 10:7 , AV, "appearance," the RV corrects to "face." See Countenance , Face , Fashion , Person , Presence.

A — 3: Ὄψις
<audio> </audio> <button> ► </button>
(Strong'S #3799 — Noun Feminine — opsis — op'-sis )

from ops, "the eye," connected with horao, "to see" (cp. No. 2), primarily denotes "seeing, sight;" hence, "the face, the countenance," John 11:44 ("face"); Revelation 1:16 ("countenance"); the outward "appearance," the look, John 7:24 , only here, of the outward aspect of a person. See Countenance , Face.

A — 4: Φαντάζω
<audio> </audio> <button> ► </button>
(Strong'S #5324 — Verb — eidea — fan-tad'-zo )

"an aspect, appearance," is used in Matthew 28:3 , RV, "appearance;" AV, "countenance."

B — 1: Φαντάζω
<audio> </audio> <button> ► </button>
(Strong'S #5324 — Verb — phantazo — fan-tad'-zo )

"to make visible," is used in its participial form (Middle Voice), with the neuter article, as equivalent to a noun, and is translated "appearance," RV, for AV, "sight," Hebrews 12:21 .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]

a -pēr´ans ( מראה , mar'eh  ; chiefly used of the mystic and supernatural visions of Ezekiel and Daniel): A semblance, as of lightning, wheels, sapphire stone ( Ezekiel 1:14 , Ezekiel 1:16 , Ezekiel 1:26 ); Gabriel's overpowering revelation ( Daniel 8:15; see also Daniel 10:6 , Daniel 10:18 ). In the New Testament refers exclusively, through three Greek words, πρόσωπον , prósōpon , "sight," "countenance," to "outward appearance" ( 2 Corinthians 10:7 the King James Version); and its possibly deceptive nature: ὄψις , ópsis , "Judge not according to appearance." ( John 7:24 ); "them that glory in appearance." ( 2 Corinthians 5:12; compare 1 Samuel 16:7 ). See also 1 Thess 2:22, the English Revised Version, margin ( eı́dos = "sight").

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]

References