Strong's Lexicon
G5453 — φύω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5453 |
|---|---|
| Word: | φύω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a primary verb, probably originally, to "puff" or blow, i.e. to swell up, but only used in the implied sense |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | phuo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | foo'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to germinate or grow (sprout, produce) {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | spring (up) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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: Luk 8:6; Luk 8:8;
2. intransitive, to shoot forth, spring up: Heb 12:15 (Winer’s Grammar, 252 (237). Compare: ἐκφύω,
Englishman's Greek Concordance
φύω (spring (up))
Luke 8:6
- KJV: And some fell upon a rock and as soon as it was sprung up it withered away because it lacked moisture
- GK: και έτερον έπεσεν επί την πέτραν και φυέν εξηράνθη διά το μη έχειν ικμάδα
Luke 8:8
- KJV: And other fell on good ground and sprang up and bare fruit an hundredfold And when he had said these things he cried He that hath ears to hear let him hear
- GK: και ετέρον έπεσεν επί την γην την αγαθήν και φυέν εποίησε καρπόν εκατονταπλασίονα ταύτα λέγων εφώνει ο έχων ώτα ακουείν ακουέτω
Hebrews 12:15
- KJV: Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble and there by many be defiled
- GK: επισκοπούντες μη τις υστερών από της χάριτος του θεού μη τις ρίζα πικρίας άνω φύουσα ενοχλή και διά ταύτης μιανθώσι πολλοί
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