Shew (show)
denotes (a) “to show, exhibit,” e.g., Mat 4:8; Mat 8:4; Joh 5:20; Joh 20:20; 1Ti 6:15; (b) “to show by making known,” Mat 16:21; Luk 24:40; Joh 14:8-9; Act 10:28; 1Co 12:31; Rev 1:1; Rev 4:1; Rev 22:6; (c) “to show by way of proving,” Jam 2:18; Jam 3:13.
signifies (a) “to lift up and show, show forth, declare” (ana, “up,” and No. 1), Act 1:24; (b) to “appoint,” Luk 10:1. See APPOINT, No. 14.
signifies (1) “to show forth, prove” (Middle Voice), said (a) of God as to His power, Rom 9:17; His wrath, Rom 9:22; the exceeding riches of His grace, Eph 2:7; (b) of Christ, as to His longsuffering, 1Ti 1:16; (c) of Gentiles, as to “the work of the Law written in their hearts,” Rom 2:15; (d) of believers, as to the proof of their love, 2Co 8:24; all good fidelity, Tit 2:10; meekness, Tit 3:2; love toward God’s Name, Heb 6:10; diligence in ministering to the saints, Heb 6:11; (2) “to manifest by evil acts,” 2Ti 4:14, “did (me much evil),” marg., “showed.”
epi, “upon,” intensive, and No. 1, signifies (a) “to exhibit, display,” Mat 16:1; Mat 22:19; Mat 24:1; Luk 17:14 (in some mss. Luk 24:40; No. 1 in the best texts); in the Middle Voice, “to display,” with a special interest in one’s own action, Act 9:39; (b) “to point out, prove, demonstrate,” Act 18:28; Heb 6:17.
primarily, “to show secretly (hupo, ‘under’), or by tracing out,” hence, “to make known, warn,” is translated “to show” in Luk 6:47; Act 9:16; in Act 20:35, AV (RV, “I gave … an example”). See EXAMPLE, WARN.
“to make, to do,” is translated, “He hath showed” in Luk 1:51; “to show (mercy),” Luk 1:72, RV (AV, “perform”); “showed (mercy),” Luk 10:37; Joh 6:30, AV, “showest Thou,” RV, “doest Thou (for a sign);” Act 7:36, AV, “showed,” RV, “wrought;” Jam 2:13, “showed (no mercy);” in Mar 13:22 in the best texts (some have didomi), “shall show (signs).” See DO, No. 1.
“to disclose, make known” (what was secret), is rendered “to show” in Luk 20:37; 1Co 10:28; in a forensic sense, Joh 11:57; Act 23:30, RV (AV, “it was told”). See TELL.
“to show,” in Act 1:3; 2Ti 2:15 (AV): see PRESENT, No. 1.
“to afford, give, show,” etc., in the Active Voice, is translated “showed” in Act 28:2; in the Middle Voice, “showing” in Tit 2:7 (1st part). See BRING, No. 21.
“to tell out, proclaim abroad, to publish completely” (ek, or ex, “out,” angello, “to proclaim”), is rendered “show forth” in 1Pe 2:9; it indicates a complete proclamation (verbs compounded with ek often suggest what is to be done fully).
“to give,” is rendered “to show” in Mat 24:24. See also No. 6.
Notes: The AV translates the following words by the verb “to show” in the passages indicated. The RV gives the better renderings: (1) apodeiknumi (“to demonstrate”), 2Th 2:4, “setting (himself) forth,” see SET, No. 17; (2) anangello (“to declare”), Mat 11:4, “tell;” Joh 16:13-15, “declare;” Joh 16:25, “shall tell;” Act 19:18; Act 20:20, “declaring;” (3) katangello, Act 16:17; Act 26:23; 1Co 11:26, “proclaim;” in the last passage the partaking of the elements at the Lord’s Supper is not a “showing forth” of His death, but a proclamation of it; (4) phaneroo, Joh 7:4; Joh 21:1 (twice), Joh 21:14; Rom 1:19, “to manifest;” (5) deloo, (“to make plain”), 2Pe 1:14, “signify;” (6) diegeomai (“to recount”), Luk 8:39, “declare;” (7) emphanizo (“to manifest”), Act 23:22, “hast signified;” (8) euangelizo, Luk 1:19, “to bring glad tidings;” (9) katatithemi (“to lay up”), Act 24:27, “to gain;” (10) lego (“to tell”), 1Co 15:51, “I tell;” (11) energeo, Mat 14:2; Mar 6:14, “work;” (12) ophthe (lit., “was seen”), Act 7:26, “He appeared;” (13) ginomai (“to become”), Act 4:22, “was wrought;” (14) in Act 10:40, emphanes, “manifest,” with didomi, “to give,” and ginomai, “to become,” gave … to be made manifest” (AV “showed … openly”); (15) apangello (“to announce”), Mat 11:4, “tell;” Mat 12:18, “declare;” Mat 28:11, “told;” Luk 14:21, “told;” Act 26:20, “declare;” Act 28:21, “report;” 1Th 1:9, “report;” 1Jo 1:2, “declare;” (16) In Luk 1:58, AV, megaluno, to magnify (RV), is rendered “shewed great.” (17) See also SHEWING.