This adjective means evident, conspicuous, or quite plain—a strengthened form of 'clear' (δῆλος). In 2 Timothy 3:9, Paul declares that false teachers' folly 'will be evident to all,' becoming manifest. The prefix intensifies the basic meaning to 'thoroughly clear' or 'quite plain.' Classical usage confirms this for conspicuous, considerable, or manifestly plain things. The multilingual evidence (Spanish 'evidente', French preserves the Greek form, German 'offenkundig' = openly known) consistently conveys complete clarity and obviousness, nothing hidden or ambiguous.