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to declare, say G5346 G5346 = G5346 φημί phēmi G:V 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, Mt 13:29 26:61, Łk 7:40 22:58, Jn 1:23, itd.; interjected into the recorded words (cl.), Mt 14:8, Dz 23:35, itd.; φησί, impersonal (Bl., § 30, 4), 1Kor 6:16 (Lft., Notes, 217; but cf. Bl., l.with), 2Kor 10:10 (WH, mg., φασίν), Hbr 8:5; joined with syn. verb (cf. LS, zob. word, II, 2), ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτῷ ἔφη, Łk 23:3; before -πρός, Łk 22:70, itd.; with accusative of thing(s), 1Kor 10:15 10:19; accusative and inf., Rz 3:8; before ὅτι (Bl., § 70, 3), 1Kor 10:19 15:50 (cf. σύν-φημι) (AS)