Strong's Greek · G1285

G1285 diasaphéō

διασαφέω

dee-as-af-eh'-o

to explain

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diasaphéō appears twice in Scripture, in Matthew 13:36 and Matthew 18:31. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

to clear thoroughly, i.e. (figuratively) declare

In the King James Version

tell unto

Derivation

from G1223 (διά) and σαφής (clear);

Appears 2 times in Scripture

Matthew 13:36

“Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.””

Matthew 18:31

“When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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