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φημί

phēmito assertHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentVerb66 occurrences9 books65 verses

Definition

φημί

[in LXX chiefly for נָאַם, also for אָמַר; frequently in 2-4 Mac ;]

to declare, say: frequently in quoting the words of another, Matthew 13:29; 26:61, Luke 7:40; 22:58, John 1:23, al.; interjected into the recorded words (cl.), Matthew 14:8, Acts 23:35, al.; φησί, impersonal (Bl., § 30, 4), 1 Corinthians 6:16 (Lft., Notes, 217; but cf. Bl., l.with), 2 Corinthians 10:10 (WH, mg., φασίν), Hebrews 8:5; joined with syn. verb (cf. LS, see word, II, 2), ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτῷ ἔφη, Luke 23:3; before -πρός, Luke 22:70, al.; with accusative of thing(s), 1 Corinthians 10:15; 10:19; accusative and inf., Romans 3:8; before ὅτι (Bl., § 70, 3), 1 Corinthians 10:19; 15:50 (cf. σύν-φημι)

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as φημί:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

66 total
  1. Acts 23:35ἔφη · he said
    …he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.
  2. Acts 25:5φησίν
    So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”
  3. Acts 25:22φησίν · Festus declared
    Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.
  4. Acts 25:24φησιν · said
    Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.
  5. Acts 26:1ἔφη · said
    Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
  6. Acts 26:24φησιν · exclaimed
    At this stage of Paul’s defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! Your great learning is driving you to madness!”
  7. Acts 26:25φησίν · answered
    But Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.
  8. Acts 26:32ἔφη · said
    And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
  9. Romans 3:8φασίν · claim [that]
    Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
  10. 1 Corinthians 6:16φησίν · it is said
    Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”
  11. 1 Corinthians 7:29φημι · I am saying
    What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;
  12. 1 Corinthians 10:15φημι · I say
    I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.
  13. 1 Corinthians 10:19φημι · Am I suggesting
    Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
  14. 1 Corinthians 15:50φημι · I declare [to you]
    Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
  15. 2 Corinthians 10:10φησίν · [some] say
    For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”
  16. Hebrews 8:5φησίν
    The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”