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phēmi G5346

φημί (phēmi) means “to assert” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

φημί Greek · G5346 65 tagged occurrences in 64 verses

Pronunciation guide: fay-mee' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G5346

φημί · phēmi · to assert

φημί [in LXX chiefly for נָאַם, also for אָמַר; frequently in 2-4 Mac ;] to declare, say: frequently in quoting the words of another, Mat.13:29 26:61, Luk.7:40 22:58, Jhn.1:23, al.; interjected into the recorded words (cl.), Mat.14:8, Act.23:35, al.; φησί, impersonal (Bl., § 30, 4), 1Co.6:16 (Lft., Notes, 217; but cf. Bl., l.with), 2Co.10:10 (WH, mg., φασίν), Heb.8:5; joined with syn. verb (cf. LS, see word, II, 2), ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτῷ ἔφη, Luk.23:3; before -πρός, Luk.22:70, al.; with accusative of thing(s), 1Co.10:15 10:19; accusative and inf., Rom.3:8; before ὅτι (Bl., § 70, 3), 1Co.10:19 15:50 (cf. σύν-φημι) (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I say, declare.

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How translators render G5346

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
said 13
replied 10
he said 6
and said 4
he replied 4
answered 2
declared 2
am i suggesting 1
and asked 1
and declared 1
asked 1
asked pilate 1
claim that 1
exclaimed 1
festus declared 1
he answered 1
i am saying 1
i declare to you 1
i say 1
it is said 1
jesus declared 1
john replied 1
paul declared 1
saying 1
she said 1
some say 1
stephen declared 1
told 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
said 30
he said 6
and said 5
i say 3
said he 3
he saith 2
saith he 2
affirm that 1
saith 1
say i 1

Verses containing G5346

Page 2 of 2. 64 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Acts 25:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.

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  2. Acts 25:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.

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  3. Acts 26:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:

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  4. Acts 26:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At this stage of Paul’s defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! Your great learning is driving you to madness!”

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  5. Acts 26:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.

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  6. Acts 26:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

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  7. Romans 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!

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  8. 1 Corinthians 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”

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  9. 1 Corinthians 7:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

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  10. 1 Corinthians 10:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.

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  11. 1 Corinthians 10:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?

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  12. 1 Corinthians 15:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

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  13. 2 Corinthians 10:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”

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  14. Hebrews 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

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