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Lexicon :: Strong's G5347 - phēstos

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Φῆστος
Transliteration
phēstos (Key)
Pronunciation
face'-tos
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Latin derivation
Strong’s Definitions

Φῆστος Phēstos, face'-tos; of Latin derivation; festal; Phestus (i.e. Festus), a Roman:—Festus.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's G5347 in the following manner: Festus (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's G5347 in the following manner: Festus (13x).

  1. [Porcius] Festus = "festival"

    1. the successor of Felix as procurator of Judea

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Φῆστος Phēstos, face'-tos; of Latin derivation; festal; Phestus (i.e. Festus), a Roman:—Festus.
STRONGS G5347:
Φῆστος, Φήστου, ὁ (Porcius) Festus, a procurator of Judaea, the successor of Felix (c. A.D. 60) (see Φῆλιξ (and references, especially Schürer, p. 308f)): Acts 24:27; Acts 25:1, 4, 9, 12-14, 22-24; Acts 26:24f, 32. (Josephus, Antiquities 20, 8, 9 and 9, 1; b. j. 2, 14, 1.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
24:27; 25; 25; 25:1; 25:4; 25:9; 26:24; 26:32

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Strong's Number G5347 matches the Greek Φῆστος (phēstos),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in 'Act' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:27 - But after two years had passed, Felix [fn]was succeeded by Porcius Festus G5347, and wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul imprisoned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:1 -

Festus G5347 then, having arrived in the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:4 - Festus G5347 then answered that Paul was being kept in custody at Caesarea and that he himself was about to leave shortly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:9 - But Festus G5347, wishing to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and to be tried before me on these matters?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:12 - Then when Festus G5347 had conferred with [fn]his council, he answered, “You have appealed to Caesar, to Caesar you shall go.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:13 -

Now when several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea [fn]and greeted Festus G5347.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:14 - And while they were spending many days there, Festus G5347 laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:22 - Then Agrippa said to Festus G5347, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he *said, “you shall hear him.”

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So, on the next day when Agrippa came [fn]together with Bernice amid great pomp, and entered the hall [fn]accompanied by the [fn]commanders and the prominent men of the city, at the order of Festus G5347, Paul was brought in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:24 - And Festus G5347 *said, “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 26:24 -

Now while [fn]Paul was saying this in his defense, Festus G5347 *said 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, “I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus G5347, but I utter words [fn]of sober truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:32 - And Agrippa said to Festus G5347, “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
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