ἘΦΗΝ, ἐφην
EPHĒN, ephēn
Sounds Like: eh-FAYN
Translations: I said, he said, she said, it said
From the root: ΦΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is the first aorist active indicative form of the verb 'φημί' (phēmi), meaning 'to say' or 'to speak'. It is used to report what someone said in the past, often translated as 'I said' or 'he/she/it said' depending on the context. It can refer to a specific utterance or a general statement made previously.
Inflection: First Aorist, Active, Indicative, Singular, First or Third Person
Strong’s number: G5346 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 10:54
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 1:4, 6:12
- Book Two — 17:45
- Book Four — 4:41, 8:37, 9:69
- Book Five — 2:15, 5:1, 5:27, 5:63
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 1:1, 1:4, 2:1, 9:1, 9:2, 34:6, 35:7, 36:2, 37:1, 42:4, 46:3, 46:4, 48:2, 49:3, 50:2, 52:1, 56:5, 56:14, 56:17, 58:10, 61:1, 65:7, 67:3, 67:10, 68:6, 70:5, 73:6, 77:2, 77:4, 78:6, 81:3, 88:1, 90:2, 100:3, 115:3, 115:5, 118:4, 120:4, 122:5, 126:1, 130:3, 138:1, 141:4, 142:2, 142:3
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 13:72, 22:110, 26:128, 30:146, 32:164, 44:224, 49:256, 50:261, 51:262, 52:267, 53:272, 55:287, 55:288, 57:296, 57:297, 59:307, 63:324
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 7:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 2:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΗΜΙ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΦΗΜΙΖΟΝ — they were saying, they were speaking, they were declaring, they were proclaiming
- ἘΦΑΜΕΝ — we were saying, we said, we spoke
- ἘΦΑΣΑΝ — they said, they spoke
- ἘΦΑΣΚΕ — he was saying, he said, he declared, he affirmed, he asserted
- ἘΦΑΣΚΟΝ — they were saying, they said, they used to say, they affirmed
- ἘΦΗ — he said, she said, it said, he spoke, she spoke, it spoke
- ἘΦΗΜΕΝ — we were saying, we were speaking, we said, we spoke
- ἘΦΗΣ — he said, she said, it said, he spoke, she spoke, it spoke
- ἘΦΗΣΑΝ — they said, they spoke, they affirmed
- ἘΦΗΣΕ — he said, she said, it said, he spoke, she spoke, it spoke
- ἘΦΗΣΕΝ — he said, he spoke, he declared
- ΕΠΙΠΕΦΗΜΙΣΤΑΙ — it has been spoken, it has been said, it has been declared, it has been reported, it has been proclaimed
- ΕΦΑ — he said, she said, it said
- ΕΦΑΣΑ — I said, I spoke
- ΕΦΑΣΑΝ — they said, they spoke, they declared
- ΕΦΗ — he said, she said, it said, he spoke, she spoke, it spoke
- ΕΦΗΜΙΣΘΗ — it was reported, it was noised abroad, it was spread abroad, it was published
- ΕΦΗΝ — he said, he spoke, he declared
- ΕΦΗΣΕ — he said, he declared, he affirmed, he spoke
- ΗΦΑΣ — you were saying, you said, you spoke
- ΟΝἘΦΑΜΕΝ — we said, we spoke, we declared
- ΟΝΕΦΑΜΕΝ — we were saying, we said, we spoke
- ΟΥΦΗΣΙΝ — he does not say, he does not speak, he does not affirm
- ΦΑΙΗ — would say, might say, would speak, might speak, would declare, might declare
- ΦΑΙΗΝ — I would say, I would speak, I would declare
- ΦΑΜΕΝ — we say, we speak, we declare, we affirm
- ΦΑΜΕΝΗ — saying, speaking, asserting, a saying one, a speaking one
- ΦΑΜΕΝΗΣ — saying, speaking, asserting, declaring
- ΦΑΜΕΝΟΙ — saying, speaking, asserting, affirming
- ΦΑΜΕΝΟΣ — saying, speaking, asserting, claiming
- ΦΑΜΕΝΟΥ — saying, speaking, asserting, declaring
- ΦΑΜΕΝΩΝ — saying, speaking, asserting, claiming, alleging
- ΦΑΣΙ — they say, they speak, they assert
- ΦΑΣΙΝ — they say, they speak, they assert
- ΦΕΜΑΙ — I say, I speak, I declare, I assert
- ΦΗ — he said, she said, it said, he says, she says, it says
- ΦΗΙ — he says, he said, he speaks, he spoke
- ΦΗΜ — to say, to speak, to declare, to affirm, to assert
- ΦΗΜΕΙ — he says, she says, it says, he speaks, she speaks, it speaks
- ΦΗΜΙ — say, speak, declare, affirm, assert
- ΦΗΣ — you say, you speak, you declare
- ΦΗΣΑΙΜΙ — I would say, I might say, I would speak, I might speak
- ΦΗΣΑΝ — they said, they spoke, they declared
- ΦΗΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having said, having spoken, who said, who spoke
- ΦΗΣΑΝΤΙ — having said, having spoken, having affirmed, having declared
- ΦΗΣΑΝΤΟΣ — of having said, of one who said, of saying
- ΦΗΣΑΝΤΩΝ — of those who said, of those who spoke, of having said, of having spoken
- ΦΗΣΑΣ — having said, saying, speaking, asserting
- ΦΗΣΑΣἈΝΤΙ — (to) saying, (to) speaking, (to) asserting
- ΦΗΣΕΙ — he will say, she will say, it will say
- ΦΗΣΕΙΕ — he might say, he would say, he should say, he might speak, he would speak, he should speak
- ΦΗΣΕΙΝ — to say, to speak, to affirm, to declare
- ΦΗΣΕΙΣ — you will say, you will speak
- ΦΗΣΕΤΕ — you will say, you will speak, you will declare
- ΦΗΣΙ — he says, she says, it says
- ΦΗΣΙΝ — he says, she says, it says, he said, she said, it said
- ΦΗΣΙΝΗ — he says, she says, it says, he speaks, she speaks, it speaks
- ΦΗΣΟΜΕΝ — we will say, we will speak, we will declare
- ΦΗΣΟΥΣΙ — they will say, they will speak
- ΦΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will say, they will speak, they will declare
- ΦΗΣΤΕ — say, speak
- ΦΗΣΤΙΝ — he was saying, he said, he says, he speaks
- ΦΩΜΕΝ — we say, we speak, we declare
- ΩΣἘΦΗΝ — as it was said, as it was stated, as it was declared, as it was affirmed
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