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Lexicon :: Strong's G5453 - phyō

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φύω
Transliteration
phyō (Key)
Pronunciation
foo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary verb, probably originally, to "puff" or blow, i.e. to swell up
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Strong’s Definitions

φύω phýō, foo'-o; a primary verb; probably originally, to "puff" or blow, i.e. to swell up; but only used in the implied sense, to germinate or grow (sprout, produce), literally or figuratively:—spring (up).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G5453 in the following manner: spring up (1x), spring (1x), as soon as it be sprung up (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G5453 in the following manner: spring up (1x), spring (1x), as soon as it be sprung up (1x).

  1. to beget, bring forth, produce

  2. to be born, to spring up, to grow

  3. to shoot forth, spring up

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φύω phýō, foo'-o; a primary verb; probably originally, to "puff" or blow, i.e. to swell up; but only used in the implied sense, to germinate or grow (sprout, produce), literally or figuratively:—spring (up).
STRONGS G5453:
φύω; 2 aorist passive (ἐφυην) participle φυέν (for which the Attic writings more common use the 2 aorist active ἐφυν with the participle φύς, φυν, in a passive or intransitive sense; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii, p. 321; Krüger, § 40 under the word; Kühner, § 343, under the word; (Veitch, under the word); Winers Grammar, § 15, under the word; (Buttmann, 68 (60))); (cf. Latinfui, fore, etc.; Curtius, § 417); from Homer down;
1. to beget, bring forth, produce; passive, to be born, to spring up, to grow: Luke 8:6, 8;
2. intransitive, to shoot forth, spring up: Hebrews 12:15 (Winer's Grammar, 252 (237). Compare: ἐκφύω,
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
8:6; 8:8
Hebrews
12:15

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Strong's Number G5453 matches the Greek φύω (phyō),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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