φημί

phēmi

Greek G5346 Verb 66 occurrences in 65 verses

φημί to assert

φημί

[in LXX chiefly for נָאַם, also for אָמַר; frequently in 2-4 Mac ;]

to declare, say: frequently in quoting the words of another, Mat.13:29 26:61, Luk.7:40 22:58, Jhn.1:23, al.; interjected into the recorded words (cl.), Mat.14:8, Act.23:35, al.; φησί, impersonal (Bl., § 30, 4), 1Co.6:16 (Lft., Notes, 217; but cf. Bl., l.with), 2Co.10:10 (WH, mg., φασίν), Heb.8:5; joined with syn. verb (cf. LS, see word, II, 2), ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτῷ ἔφη, Luk.23:3; before -πρός, Luk.22:70, al.; with accusative of thing(s), 1Co.10:15 10:19; accusative and inf., Rom.3:8; before ὅτι (Bl., § 70, 3), 1Co.10:19 15:50 (cf. σύν-φημι)

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Concordance 65 verses

Acts 25:5 φησίν

So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”
Acts 25:22 φησίν

Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.
Acts 25:24 φησιν

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.
Acts 26:1 ἔφη

Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
Acts 26:24 φησιν

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!”
Acts 26:25 φησίν

But Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.
Acts 26:32 ἔφη

And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Romans 3:8 φασίν

Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
1 Corinthians 6:16 φησίν

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.”
1 Corinthians 7:29 φημι

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;
1 Corinthians 10:15 φημι

I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.
1 Corinthians 10:19 φημι

Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
1 Corinthians 15:50 φημι

Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
2 Corinthians 10:10 φησίν

For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”
Hebrews 8:5 φησίν

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.”