Strong's Greek · G5346

φημί

phēmí

affirm, say

Definition

to show or make known one's thoughts, i.e. speak or say

Derivation

properly, the same as the base of G5457 (φῶς) and G5316 (φαίνω);

Appears 66 times in Scripture

Matthew 8:8

The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

Mark 10:20

“Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.”

Matthew 14:8

Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

Matthew 22:37

Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

Matthew 17:26

“From others,” Peter answered. “Then the sons are exempt,” Jesus said to him.

Matthew 19:21

Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

Matthew 4:7

Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

Matthew 21:27

So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

Matthew 13:29

‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.

Mark 9:38

John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone else driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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