Dictionary entry

ἐπιφάνεια

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐπιφάνεια, -ας, ἡ

(< ἐπιφανής), [in LXX: II Ki 7:23 (נוֹרָא), Es 5:1, Am 5:22, II Mac 2:21 3:24 5:4 12:22 14:16 15:27, III Mac 2:9 5:8, 51,*;] (in late Gk. and Inscr., freq. of deities, v. MM, Exp., xiv)

a manifestation, appearance: II Th 2:8, I Ti 6:14, II Ti 1:10 4:1, 8, Tit 2:13 (cf. M, Th., 148 f.).†