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<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Διασαφέω''''' ''' (Strong'S #1285 — Verb — diasapheo — dee-as-af-eh'-o ) </div> <p> "to make clear, explain fully" (dia "through," intensive, and saphes, "clear"), is translated "explain" in Matthew 13:36 RV (AV, "declare") translates phrazo; in Matthew 18:31 , "told," of the account of the unforgiving debtor's doings given by his fellow-servants. The preferable rendering would be "they made clear" or "they explained," suggesting a detailed explanation of the circumstances. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_119770" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_119770" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 13:49, 14 October 2021
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
1: Διασαφέω (Strong'S #1285 — Verb — diasapheo — dee-as-af-eh'-o )
"to make clear, explain fully" (dia "through," intensive, and saphes, "clear"), is translated "explain" in Matthew 13:36 RV (AV, "declare") translates phrazo; in Matthew 18:31 , "told," of the account of the unforgiving debtor's doings given by his fellow-servants. The preferable rendering would be "they made clear" or "they explained," suggesting a detailed explanation of the circumstances.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( a.) To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand.
(2): ( a.) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible.
(3): ( v. i.) To give an explanation.
