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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, ὁ 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 66 times in 65 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 2 / 2 (Act 25:5–Heb 8:5)

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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.”

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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.”

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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.

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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:

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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.”

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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.

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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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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:8 - And why not say (as we are slanderously reported and as some claim G5346 that we say), “Let us do evil that good may come”? [fn]Their condemnation is just.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:16 - Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says G5346, “THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:29 - But this I say G5346, brothers, the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:15 - I speak as to prudent people. You judge what I say G5346.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:19 - What do I mean G5346 then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

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Now I say G5346 this, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the corruptible inherit the incorruptible.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:10 - For they say G5346, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his [fn]personal presence is weak and his [fn]words contemptible.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:5 - who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses [fn]was warned by God when he was about to erect the tabernacle; for, “SEE,” He says G5346, “THAT YOU MAKE all things ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN WHICH WAS SHOWN YOU ON THE MOUNTAIN.”

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