Phaneroo is used for bringing persons, truths, deeds, and formerly hidden matters into open view.

The occurrences chiefly describe something becoming openly known or evident: God’s righteousness, a mystery, deeds, and other matters are brought into view. The term also marks the appearance of a person or life, the exposure of what was hidden, and the active making known of a name, word, message, or knowledge.

1. Making a matter openly evident · dominant

   In Romans 3:21 the perfect passive form stands in the clause where God’s righteousness is now made known apart from law; in Colossians 1:26, a mystery formerly concealed is now made known to the holy ones. John 9:3 places the passive form with the works of God being brought to view in the man, and Revelation 15:4 has God’s righteous acts made known.

   Romans 3:21Colossians 1:26John 9:3Revelation 15:41 Corinthians 4:52 Corinthians 7:12
2. Appearing in a visible or known way · common

   The passive forms describe a person’s appearing: Mark 16:12 and Mark 16:14 place the action before particular disciples, while John 21:14 identifies an appearance to the disciples after rising from the dead. In 1 John 1:2, the life is made known and is then seen and testified to; Colossians 3:4 joins the appearing of Christ with the future appearing of the readers’ life.

   Mark 16:12Mark 16:14John 21:141 John 1:21 John 3:5Colossians 3:4
3. Bringing concealed things into the open · occasional

   In Mark 4:22, hidden and concealed things are described as coming into the open. Ephesians 5:13 and Ephesians 5:14 connect the present passive forms with exposure by light and becoming visible; 1 John 2:19 uses the aorist passive subjunctive for the disclosure that those who left were not all from the group.

   Mark 4:22Ephesians 5:13Ephesians 5:141 John 2:19John 3:21Revelation 3:18
4. Actively making a message or knowledge known · occasional

   Active forms occur where a speaker makes something known to others: John 17:6 concerns making God’s name known to those given from the world, and Titus 1:3 concerns making his word known in proclamation. In 2 Corinthians 2:14, God is described as making the knowledge of him known through the speakers in every place.

   John 17:6Titus 1:32 Corinthians 2:14Romans 1:19Colossians 4:4John 2:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “revealed,” but also uses “made it clear,” “shown,” “exposed,” “becomes visible,” and “appeared” in clauses containing the term. These renderings show the verse-level presentation rather than fixed English equivalents.