Lexicon phaskó: to affirm, assert Original Word: φάσκωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: phaskó Phonetic Spelling: (fas'-ko) Short Definition: I assert, affirm, profess Definition: I assert, affirm, profess. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 5335 pháskō (used as the imperfect tense of 5346 /phēmí, see there) – to affirm (assert), elevating one statement (view) over another. See 5346 (phēmi). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originprobably from the same as phémiDefinitionto affirm, assert NASB Translationasserted (1), asserting (1), professing (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5335: φάσκωφάσκω; imperfect ἐφασκον; ( ΦΑΩ, φημί); from Homer down; to affirm, allege, to pretend or profess: followed by the accusative with the infinitive, Acts 24:9; Acts 25:19; with the infinitive and an accusative referring to the subject, Revelation 2:2 Rec.; followed by an infinitive with a subject nominative, Romans 1:22.
Strong's affirm, profess, say. Prolongation from the same as phemi; to assert -- affirm, profess, say. see GREEK phemi |
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