theophany

See also: Theophany

English

Etymology

From Late Latin theophania, corresponding to theo- +‎ -phany, from θεο (theo, “God”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, appear”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /θiːˈɒfəni/

Noun

theophany (plural theophanies)

1. A manifestation of a deity to a person.
   • 2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage, published 2010, page 47:

     It was a bewildering theophany, since it was impossible to make out anything clearly in the stormy obscurity of thunder, lightning, smoke and wind.

Related terms

• epiphany
• hierophany

Translations

a visible manifestation of a deity

• Arabic: ظُهُورٌ إِلَهِيّ m (ẓuhūrun ʔilahiyy)
• Catalan: teofania f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天主顯現／天主显现 (Tiānzhǔ xiǎnxiàn)

• Dutch: theofanie (nl) m
• French: théophanie (fr) f
• Galician: teofanía (gl) f
• German: Theophanie (de) f
• Greek: θεοφάνεια (el) f (theofáneia)
• Hungarian: teofánia (hu)
• Interlingua: theophania m
• Italian: teofania (it) f
• Latin: theophania f
• Luxembourgish: Theophanie f
• Macedonian: богојавление n (bogojavlenie), теофанија f (teofanija)
• Norwegian: teofani m
• Ottoman Turkish: تجلی (tecelli)
• Polish: teofania (pl) f
• Portuguese: teofania (pt) f
• Russian: теофания (ru) f (teofanija)
• Slovak: teofánia f
• Spanish: teofanía (es) f
• Swedish: teofani c