Strong's Greek · G5346
G5346 phēmí
φημί
fay-mee'
to assert
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phēmí appears 66 times in Scripture, including Matthew 4:7 and Mark 9:38. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to show or make known one's thoughts, i.e. speak or say
In the King James Version
affirm, say
Derivation
properly, the same as the base of G5457 (φῶς) and G5316 (φαίνω);
Appears 66 times in Scripture
“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.”
““Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.””
“Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.””
“Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’”
““From others,” Peter answered. “Then the sons are exempt,” Jesus said to him.”
“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.””
“Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’””
“So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
“‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.”
“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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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).