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Epiphosko

A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. (ἐπιφώσκω)

ἐπιφώσκω (Poeta De Herb. 25; pap; mid. Job 41:10 v.l.) to grow towards or become daylight, shine forth, dawn, break, perh. draw on (PLond I, 130, 39 p. 134 [I/II A.D.]; PGrenf II, 112, 15 τῇ ἐπιφωσκούσῃ κυριακῇ; Ps.-Clem., Hom. 3, 1 p. 36, 23 Lag.) σάββατον ἐπέφωσκεν the Sabbath dawned or drew on Lk 23:54; cp. GPt 2:5. ἐπιφώσκοντος τοῦ σαββάτου 9:34; cp. vs. 35. τῇ ἐπιφωσκούσῃ εἰς μίαν σαββάτων as the first day of the week dawned or drew near Mt 28:1. See GMoore, JAOS 26, 1905, 323–29; CTurner, JTS 14, 1913, 188–90; FBurkitt, ibid. 538–46; PGardner-Smith, ibid. 27, 1926, 179–81; MBlack, An Aramaic Approach3, ’67, 136–38. S. also on ἐπιφαύσκω.—M-M.

Lexham Research Lexicon of the Greek NT:

ἐπιφαύσκω (epiphauskō), vb. shine. fut.act. ἐπιφαύσει. Hebrew equivalent: הלל 1 (1).

Verb Usage

1. to shine (heavenly body)† — to shine upon; used of the sun, the moon, and the stars.

Eph 5:14 καὶ ἐπιφαύσει σοι ὁ Χριστός.

Septuagint References

• Job 25:5; Job 31:26; Job 41:9

Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament based on Semantic Domains 14.41 ἀνατέλλω; ἐπιφώσκω

14.41 ἀνατέλλωb; ἐπιφώσκω: to change from darkness to light in the early morning hours—‘to dawn, to become light.’

ἀνατέλλωb: φῶς ἀνέτειλεν αὐτοῖς ‘the light dawned upon them’ Mt 4:16.

ἐπιφώσκω: τῇ ἐπιφωσκούσῃ εἰς μίαν σαββάτων ‘as it was dawning on the first day of the week’ Mt 28:1.

In some languages dawning is divided into more than one aspect or period of time. The first may be only a glimmering of light in the east; the second period makes visibility quite easy; and the third period involves shafts of light or colored clouds visible in the sky immediately before sunrise. Usually an expression for one of these periods of time is more generalized in usage, and therefore it is probably satisfactory to adopt such an expression for any transition from darkness to light.

Lexham Research Lexicon of the Greek New Testament ἐπιφώσκω

ἐπιφώσκω (epiphōskō), VB. dawn; draw near.

Verb Usage

1. to dawn — to become light (at the beginning of the day).

Mt 28:1 Ὀψὲ δὲ σαββάτων, τῇ ἐπιφωσκούσῃ εἰς μίαν σαββάτων,

2. to begin ⇔ dawn — to begin, conceived of by the beginning of a new day when the sun first appears.

Lk 23:54 καὶ σάββατον ἐπέφωσκεν.

Alternate Corpus References

• Apostolic Fathers: 1Cl 16.12; 1Cl 36.2; 1Cl 59.2; Did 1; Barn 18.1; Diog 9.6

• Justin Martyr: Justin, 1 Apol. 61

• NT Apocrypha: Gos.Pet. 2

• Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: Jub. 2.2; T. Naph. 2.10; Aristob 5