Dictionaries :: Apparition

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Apparition:

ap-a-rish'-un (indalma, epiphaneia; phantasma): This word is not found in the Old Testament or New Testament canon, the King James Version or the American Standard Revised Version, but occurs twice in the Revised Version (British and American) and thrice in Apocrypha the King James Version as follows: The Wisdom of Solomon 17:3, Greek indalma, the Revised Version (British and American) "spectral form"; 2 Macc 3:24, Greek epiphaneia, the Revised Version (British and American) "apparition," the Revised Version, margin "manifestation"; 2 Macc 5:4, Greek epiphaneia, the Revised Version (British and American) "vision," the Revised Version, margin "manifestation." New Testament, Revised Version: Mt 14:26; Mr 6:49; Greek phantasma, the American Standard Revised Version "ghost," the King James Version "Spirit."

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Apparition:

"a phantasm or phantom" (from phaino, "to appear"), is translated "apparition" in the RV of Mat 14:26; Mar 6:49 (AV, "spirit"). In the Sept., Job 20:8; Isa 28:7.