Strong's Lexicon
G5335 — φάσκω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5335 |
|---|---|
| Word: | φάσκω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | prolongation from the same as the base of G5457 and G5316 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | phasko |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | fas'-ko |
| Meaning: | 1. to assert, affirm |
| KJV Renderings: | affirm, profess, say |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φάσκω; imperfect ἐφασκον; (ΦΑΩ, φημί); from Homer down; to affirm, allege, to pretend or profess: followed by the accusative with the infinitive, Act 24:9; Act 25:19; with the infinitive and an accusative referring to the subject, Rev 2:2 Rec.; followed by an infinitive with a subject nominative, Rom 1:22.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
φάσκω (affirm)
Acts 24:9
- KJV: And the Jews also assented saying that these things were so
- GK: συνεπέθεντο δε και οι Ιουδαίοι φάσκοντες ταύτα ούτως έχειν
Acts 25:19
- KJV: But had certain questions against him of their own superstition and of one Jesus which was dead whom Paul affirmed to be alive
- GK: ζητήματα δε τινα περί της ιδίας δεισιδαιμονίας είχον προς αυτόν και περί τινος Ιησού τεθνηκότος ον έφασκεν ο Παύλος ζην
Romans 1:22
- KJV: Professing themselves to be wise they became fools
- GK: φάσκοντες είναι σοφοί εμωράνθησαν
Revelation 2:2
- KJV: I know thy works and thy labour and thy patience and how thou canst not bear them which are evil and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles and are not and hast found them liars
- GK: οίδα τα έργα σου και τον κόπον σου και την υπομονή σου και ότι ου δύνη βαστάσαι κακούς και επείρασας τους λέγοντας εαυτούς αποστόλους και ουκ εισί και εύρες αυτούς ψευδείς
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