ἘΦΑΣΚΕΝ, ἐφασκεν
EPHASKEN, ephasken
Sounds Like: EH-phas-ken
Translations: he was saying, he was asserting, he was claiming, he was affirming
From the root: ΦΑΣΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person singular imperfect active indicative form of the verb φάσκω (phaskō). It describes an action that was ongoing or repeated in the past, meaning 'he was saying' or 'he was asserting'. It implies a continuous or habitual declaration or claim made by someone in the past.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Imperfect, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G5335 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 12:211, 16:250
- Book 2 — 6:131
- Book 5 — 6:230
- Book 6 — 7:131, 7:146, 11:225
- Book 7 — 1:3, 4:88, 10:250
- Book 8 — 9:235, 12:296
- Book 10 — 7:115, 9:167
- Book 12 — 2:111, 6:269
- Book 13 — 7:115
- Book 20 — 8:170
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 25:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΑΣΚΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΦΑΣΚΕΙΝ — to say, to affirm, to assert, to claim, to declare
- ΦΑΣΚΕΤΕ — you say, you affirm, you assert
- ΦΑΣΚΟΝΤΕΣ — saying, asserting, claiming, professing
- ΦΑΣΚΟΝΤΟΣ — of saying, of affirming, of asserting, of claiming
- ΦΑΣΚΟΝΤΩΝ — of those saying, of those asserting, of those claiming, of those professing
- ΦΑΣΚΟΥΣΙ — they say, they affirm, they declare
- ΦΑΣΚΩ — to say, to affirm, to assert, to claim, to profess
- ΦΑΣΚΩΝ — saying, asserting, claiming, professing
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