Greek proper noun (a person) · G5347
Φῆστος
Phestosface'-tos
Festus
13 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Phēstos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5347is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5347
festal; Phestus (i.e. Festus), a Roman
The King James renders it: Festus.
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
Phestos is rendered "Festus". It stands 13 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Thirteen of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 24:27After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.
Acts 24:27Φῆστον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Thirteen of the word's thirteen 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
- Festus12
- to Festus1
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.
All 13, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- Φῆστος7
- Φῆστον3
- Φῆστε1
- Φήστου1
- Φήστῳ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular7N-NSM-P
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular3N-ASM-P
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1N-DSM-P
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1N-GSM-P
- noun · vocative (address) · masculine singular1N-VSM-P
Acts
thirteen uses
After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.
- Φῆστονphestonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Festus
Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
- Φῆστοςphestosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Festus
But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.
- Φῆστοςphestosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Festus
But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges?”
- Φῆστοςphestosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Festus
Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”
- Φῆστοςphestosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Festus
After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
- Φῆστονphestonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Festus
Since they were staying several days, Festus laid out Paul’s case before the king: “There is a certain man whom Felix left in prison.
- Φῆστοςphestosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Festus
Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.
- Φῆστονphestonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Festus
The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.
- Φήστουphestounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Festus
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.
- Φῆστοςphestosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Festus
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!”
- Φῆστοςphestosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Festus
But Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.
- Φῆστεphestenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Festus
And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
- Φήστῳphestonoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to Festus
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.