Greek verb · G5346
φημί
phemifay-mee'
to assert
66 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: phēmí
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5346is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5346
to show or make known one's thoughts, i.e. speak or say
The King James renders it: affirm, say.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
phemi is rendered "to assert". It stands 66 times in the Greek text, across nine books.
- Twenty-five of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 4:7Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
Matthew 4:7ἔφη
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-five of the word's sixty-six uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- was saying24
- he was saying15
- he says8
- I say3
- said3
- says3
- was speaking2
- affirm1
- do I mean1
- he declared1
- he was speaking1
- it says1
and 3 more, 66 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 66, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἔφη43
- φησιν10
- φησίν6
- φημι4
- φησὶν2
- φασίν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular43V-IAI-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular18V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular4V-PAI-1S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PAI-3P
Matthew
sixteen uses
Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was saying
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.
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was saying
‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was saying
‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.
- φησινphesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he says
Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
- φησὶνphesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: she says
“From others,” Peter answered. “Then the sons are exempt,” Jesus declared.
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: one was saying
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.”
- Ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Was saying
So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Was saying
Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was saying
His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was saying
His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was saying
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus declared, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”
- Ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was saying
and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was saying
Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, who questioned Him: “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was saying
“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was saying
“You have a guard,” Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”
- Ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was saying
Mark
six uses
He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was saying
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.”
- Ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was speaking
“Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.”
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was saying
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Was saying
Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Was saying
Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I never will.”
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was saying
Luke
eight uses
But Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, Teacher,” he said.
- φησίνphesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he says
And turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give Me water for My feet, but she wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was saying
Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was saying
A short time later, someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.”
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was saying
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was saying
So they all asked, “Are You then the Son of God?” He replied, “You say that I am.”
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was saying
So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was saying
But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was speaking
John
three uses
John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was saying
“Lord, I believe,” he said. And he worshiped Jesus.
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was saying
So Pilate went out to them and asked, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”
- φησίνphesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: said
Acts
twenty-five uses
Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
- φησὶνphesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he declared
And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was speaking
As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”
- φησινphesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: says
He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was saying
Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was saying
and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.
- φησίνphesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: said
Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was saying
But Paul said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!”
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was saying
Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was saying
Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?
- φησίνphesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he says
As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was saying
When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,
- φησίνphesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he says
The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” he answered.
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was saying
“I paid a high price for my citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was saying
“Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Was saying
Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was saying
So the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”
- φησίνphesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he says
he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was saying
So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”
- φησινphesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he says
Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.
- φησινphesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he says
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.
- φησινphesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: says
Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was saying
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!”
- φησινphesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: said
But Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.
- φησινphesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: says
And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
- ἔφηepheverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was saying
Romans
one use
Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
- φασίνphasinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: affirm
1 Corinthians
five uses
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.”
- φησινphesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it says
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;
- φημιphemiverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I say
I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.
- φημιphemiverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I say
Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
- φημιphemiverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: do I mean
Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
- φημιphemiverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I say
2 Corinthians
one use
For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”
- φησινphesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: they say
Hebrews
one use
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.”
- φησινphesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He says
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.