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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 41 times in 37 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:47 - “Then I asked her and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ And she said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him’; and I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her [fn]wrists.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:6 - Then she opened it and [fn]saw the child. And behold, the [fn]boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:3 - Then he took up his [fn]discourse and said,

“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,

And the oracle of the man whose eye is uncovered;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:4 -

The oracle of him who hears the [fn]words of God,

Who beholds the vision of [fn]the Almighty,

Falling down, yet having his eyes opened,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:15 -

Then he took up his discourse and said,

“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,

And the oracle of the man whose eye is uncovered,

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:30 - “Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, declares, ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever’; but now Yahweh declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be cursed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:26 - ‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,’ says Yahweh, ‘and I will repay you in this [fn]property,’ says Yahweh. So now, lift him up and cast him into the [fn]property, according to the word of Yahweh.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:27 - because your heart was soft and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, tore your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you,” declares Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:17 -

Then the king sent an edict to Rehum the commander, to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and in the rest of the provinces beyond the River: “Peace. And now

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:25 -

“Now if it is not so, who can prove me a liar,

And make my speech worthless?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:1 -

For the choir director. Of the servant of Yahweh, of David.

[fn]Transgression declares to the [fn]ungodly within [fn]his heart;

There is no dread of God before his eyes.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:20 -

This is the way of an adulterous woman:

She eats and wipes her mouth,

And says, “I have done no wrong.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:3 -

“Israel was holy to Yahweh,

The first of His produce.

All who ate of it became guilty;

Evil came upon them,” declares Yahweh.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:12 -

“Therefore their way will be like slippery paths to them;

They will be driven away into the thick darkness and fall down in it;

For I will bring their evil upon them,

The year of their [fn]punishment,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:12 -

‘Then it will be when seventy years are fulfilled, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation,’ declares Yahweh, ‘for their iniquity, even the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it an everlasting desolation.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:15 - for I have not sent them,” declares Yahweh, “but they prophesy a lie in My name, in order that I may banish you and that you may perish, you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:23 - because they have acted with wicked foolishness in Israel and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives and have spoken words in My name falsely, which I did not command them; and I am He who knows and am a witness,” declares Yahweh.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:3 - ‘For behold, days are coming,’ declares Yahweh, ‘when I will [fn]return the [fn]fortunes of My people Israel and Judah.’ Yahweh says, ‘I will also cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:17 -

‘For I will [fn]restore you to [fn]health,

And I will heal you of your wounds,’ declares Yahweh,

‘Because they have called you a banished one, saying:

“It is Zion; no one is seeking her.”’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:21 -

‘And [fn]their mighty one shall be one of them,

And [fn]their ruler shall come forth from [fn]their midst;

And I will bring Him near, and He shall approach Me;

For who would dare to give his heart as security to approach Me?’ declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:20 -

“Is Ephraim My dear son?

Is he a delightful child?

Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him,

I certainly still remember him;

Therefore My [fn]inmost being yearns for him;

I will surely have compassion on him,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:27 -

“Behold, days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:28 - “And it will be that as I have watched over them to uproot, to tear down, to pull down, to destroy, and to bring calamity, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:31 -

“Behold, days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when I will cut a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:32 - not like the covenant which I cut with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, but I was a husband to them,” declares Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:33 - “But this is the covenant which I will cut with the house of Israel after those days,” declares Yahweh: “I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:36 -

“If these statutes are removed

From before Me,” declares Yahweh,

“Then the seed of Israel also will cease

From being a nation before Me [fn]forever.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:37 -

Thus says Yahweh,

“If the heavens above can be measured

And the foundations of the earth searched out below,

Then I will also reject all the seed of Israel

For all that they have done,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:38 -

“Behold, days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when the city will be rebuilt for Yahweh from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:22 - ‘Behold, I am going to command,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and I will cause them to return to this city; and they will fight against it and capture it and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:18 - “For I will certainly provide you escape, and you will not fall by the sword; but you will have your own life as spoil because you have trusted in Me,” declares Yahweh.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:11 - ‘Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you are now fearing; do not be afraid of him,’ declares Yahweh, ‘for I am with you to save you and deliver you from his hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:12 -

“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when I will send to him those who tip vessels, and they will tip him over, and they will empty his vessels and shatter [fn]his jars.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:35 - “I will make Moab cease,” declares Yahweh, “the one who offers offerings on the high place and the one who offers offerings in smoke to his gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:38 - “On all the rooftops of Moab and in its open squares [fn]there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable vessel,” declares Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:2 -

“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh,

“That I will cause a [fn]trumpet blast of war to be heard

Against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon;

And it will become a desolate heap,

And her towns will be set on fire.

Then Israel will take possession of his possessors,”

Says Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:26 -

“Therefore, her young men will fall in her open squares,

And all the men of war will be [fn]silenced in that day,” declares Yahweh of hosts.

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