ἐπανθέω
Οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, ὥστε τὸν Υἱὸν τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς Αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλ᾽ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον → For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16)
English (LSJ)
A bloom, be in flower, Theoc.5.131, LXXJb.14.7. II metaph., of any thing that forms on the surface, ἅλμην ἐπανθέουσαν [τοῖι ὄρεσι] Hdt.2.12, cf. Str.11.13.2; χνοῦς ὥσπερ μήλοισιν ἐπήνθει Ar.Nu.978; τὸ τρυφερὸν . . ἐπὶ τοῖς μήλοις ἐπανθεῖ Id.Ec.903; τὴν ἐπανθοῦσαν τρίχα ib.13; also of hair turning grey, κύκνου . . πολιώτεραι δὴ αἵδ' ἐπανθοῦσιν τρίχες Id.V.1065, cf. X.Cyn.4.8. 2 generally, to be upon the surface, τρηχύτης ἐπήνθει Hp.Epid.7.43; ἐμοὶ . . ἐπάνθεεν ἁδύ τι κάλλος Theoc.20.21; ἐπὶ σμικρῷ ἰκτέρῳ ἡ χροιὴ μέζων ἐπανθέει Aret.SD1.15. b abs., show itself, appear plainly, τοὐπιχώριον ἐπανθεῖ Ar.Nu.1174; ὅπερ . . παισὶ καὶ θηρίοις . . σύμφυτον ἐπανθεῖ Pl. Lg.710a; τῷΙσοκράτει πολλαὶ χάριτες ἐπήνθουν D.H.Comp.19; πᾶσιν ἐπανθεῖ . . ἡ χάρις Luc.Im.9, cf. Hist.Conscr.55; τῷ προσώπῳ τὸ θηριῶδες ἐ. Callistr. Stat.12; τὰ -οῦντα τῇ αἰσθήσει τῶν ζῴων θελκτήρια ib.7. III to be bright, πτερίσκοις πορφυροῖς ἐπανθούντων Babr. 118.5.
