Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

Toggle navigation

φθέγγομαι

Search the Greek Dictionary

Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
φθέγγομαι
Greek transliteration: 
phthengomai
Simplified transliteration: 
phthengomai
Principal Parts: 
-, -, ἐφθεγξάμην, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
5350
GK Number: 
5779
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1b(2)
Gloss: 
to speak, proclaim
Definition: 
to emit a sound; to speak, Acts 4:18; 2 Pet. 2:16, 18*

Greek-English Concordance for φθέγγομαι

Acts 4:18 So they called them and ordered them not to speak (phthengesthai | φθέγγεσθαι | pres mid inf ) or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
2 Peter 2:16 But he was rebuked for his own transgression — a dumb donkey, speaking (phthenxamenon | φθεγξάμενον | aor mid ptcp nom sg neut) with the voice of a man, restrained the madness of the prophet.
2 Peter 2:18 For by (phthengomenoi | φθεγγόμενοι | pres mid ptcp nom pl masc) speaking (phthengomenoi | φθεγγόμενοι | pres mid ptcp nom pl masc) pompous words (phthengomenoi | φθεγγόμενοι | pres mid ptcp nom pl masc) of vanity, they entice, by lusts of the flesh and debauchery, those who are just escaping from those who are living in error.