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Lexicon :: Strong's G5346 - phēmi

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φημί
Transliteration
phēmi (Key)
Pronunciation
fay-mee'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Properly, the same as the base of φῶς (G5457) and φαίνω (G5316)
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Strong’s Definitions

φημί phēmí, fay-mee'; properly, the same as the base of G5457 and G5316; to show or make known one's thoughts, i.e. speak or say:—affirm, say. Compare G3004.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x

The KJV translates Strong's G5346 in the following manner: say (57x), affirm (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x
The KJV translates Strong's G5346 in the following manner: say (57x), affirm (1x).
  1. to make known one's thoughts, to declare

  2. to say

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φημί phēmí, fay-mee'; properly, the same as the base of G5457 and G5316; to show or make known one's thoughts, i.e. speak or say:—affirm, say. Compare G3004.
STRONGS G5346:
φημί; imperfect ἔφην; (from φάω, to bring forth into the light (cf. Curtius, § 407)); hence (from Homer down) properly, to make known one's thoughts, to declare; to say: ἔφη, he said (once on a time), Matthew 26:61; historical writers, in quoting the words of anyone, prefix φησίν, ἔφη (Latinait, inquit): Luke 22:58; Acts 8:36, and often: φησίν and ἔφη are used of a person replying, Matthew 13:29; Luke 7:40; John 1:23; John 9:38; Acts 7:2, etc.; of one who asks a question, Matthew 27:23; Acts 16:30; Acts 21:37; ἔφη μεγάλη τῇ φωνή, Acts 26:24; ἀποκριθείς ἔφη, Matthew 8:8; (φησίν is interjected into the recorded speech of another (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 61, 6), Matthew 14:8; Acts 25:5, 22; Acts 26:25; also ἔφη, Acts 23:35; φησίν, like the Latinait, inquit, is employed especially in the later Greek usage with an indefinite subject (`impersonally') (cf.man sagt, on dit, they say) (inserted in a sentence containing the words of another (cf. Winer's Grammar, as above)): 2 Corinthians 10:10 where L Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading φασίν (cf. Passow, ii, p. 2238a; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 1); Buttmann, § 129, 19; (Winer's Grammar, § 58, 9{b}. β.; § 64, 3)). φησίν namely, Θεός, 1 Corinthians 6:16 (here Lachmann brackets φησίν); Hebrews 8:5; (Winer's Grammar, 522 (486f)). The constructions of the verb are the following: ἔφη αὐτῷ, αὐτοῖς, he replied to him, to them, Matthew 4:7; Matthew 13:28; Matthew 21:27, etc.; Mark (Mark 9:12 T Tr text WH); Matt. 14:29; Luke 7:44; Acts 26:32; ἀποκριθείς αὐτῷ ἔφη, Luke 23:3; ἔφη πρός τινα, Luke 22:70; Acts 10:28; Acts 16:37; Acts 26:1; with an accusative of the thing, 1 Corinthians 10:15, 19; followed by ὅτι, 1 Corinthians 10:19; τοῦτο etc. ὅτι, 1 Corinthians 7:29 (Rec.bez elz; others omit ὅτι); 1 Corinthians 15:50; followed by an accusative with an infinitive, Romans 3:8. (On its alleged omission, see Winer's Grammar, § 64, 7 a. Compare: σύμφημι.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:7; 8:8; 13:28; 13:29; 14:8; 14:29; 21:27; 26:61; 27:23
Mark
9:12
Luke
7:40; 7:44; 22:58; 22:70; 23:3
John
1:23; 9:38
Acts
7:2; 8:36; 10:28; 16:30; 16:37; 21:37; 23:35; 25:5; 25:22; 26:1; 26:24; 26:25; 26:32
Romans
3:8
1 Corinthians
6:16; 7:29; 10:15; 10:19; 10:19; 15:50
2 Corinthians
10:10
Hebrews
8:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5346 matches the Greek φημί (phēmi),
which occurs 25 times in 25 verses in 'Act' in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:38 - And Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ [fn]for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:2 -

And he said G5346, “Hear me, brothers and fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in [fn]Haran,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:36 - And as they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch *said G5346, “Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:28 - And he said G5346 to them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a man who is a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit him; and yet God has shown me that I should not call any man defiled or unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:30 -

And Cornelius said G5346, “Four days ago to this hour, I was praying in my house during the [fn]ninth hour; and behold, a man stood before me in shining garments,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:31 - and he *said G5346, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your [fn]alms have been remembered before God.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:30 - and after he brought them out, he said G5346, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:37 - But Paul said G5346 to them, “Having beaten us in public without trial, men who are Romans, they have thrown us into prison. And now are they sending us away secretly? No indeed! But let them come themselves and bring us out.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:22 -

So Paul stood in the midst of the [fn]Areopagus and said G5346, “Men of Athens, I observe that you are very religious in all respects.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:35 - Now after calming the crowd, the city clerk *said G5346, “Men of Ephesus, what man is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image which fell down from heaven?
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:37 -

As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the commander, “May I say something to you?” And he *said G5346, “Do you know Greek?

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:2 -

And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even quieter; and he *said G5346,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:27 - And the commander came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” And he said G5346, “Yes.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:28 - And the commander answered, “I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money.” And Paul said G5346, “But I have been born a citizen.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:5 - And Paul said G5346, “I was not aware, brothers, that he was high priest; for it is written, ‘YOU SHALL NOT SPEAK EVIL OF A RULER OF YOUR PEOPLE.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:17 - And Paul called one of the centurions to him and said G5346, “Lead this young man to the commander, for he has something to report to him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:18 - So he took him and led him to the [fn]commander and *said G5346, “Paul the prisoner called me to him and asked me to lead this young man to you since he has something to tell you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:35 - he said G5346, “I will give you a hearing after your accusers arrive also,” giving orders for him to be kept in Herod’s [fn]Praetorium.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:5 - “Therefore,” he *said G5346, “let the influential men among you go down there with me, and if there is anything wrong [fn]about the man, let them accuse him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:22 - Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he *said G5346, “you shall hear him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:24 - And Festus *said G5346, “King Agrippa, and all you gentlemen here present with us, you see this man about whom all the people of the Jews appealed to me, both at Jerusalem and here, loudly declaring that he ought not to live any longer.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:1 -

Now Agrippa said G5346 to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for yourself.” Then Paul, stretching out his hand, began to make his defense:

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:24 -

Now while [fn]Paul was saying this in his defense, Festus *said G5346 in a loud voice, “Paul, you are out of your mind! [fn]Great learning is driving you out of your mind.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:25 - But Paul *said G5346, “I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I utter words [fn]of sober truth.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:32 - And Agrippa said G5346 to Festus, “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
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