ΦΑΣΚΟΝΤΩΝ, φασκοντων
PHASKONTŌN, phaskontōn
Sounds Like: PHAS-kon-TON
Translations: of those saying, of those asserting, of those claiming, of those professing
From the root: ΦΑΣΚΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, genitive plural, from the verb φάσκω (phaskō), meaning 'to say, affirm, claim, profess'. As a genitive plural participle, it typically functions to describe the action of multiple individuals in a possessive or relational sense, often translated as 'of those who are saying' or 'of those who are claiming'. It indicates an ongoing action of speaking or asserting.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Genitive, Plural, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G5335 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 35:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 14:32
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.
- ἘΦΑΣΚΕΝ — he was saying, he was asserting, he was claiming, he was affirming
- 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
- 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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