2001 Translation

PHĒMAI, phēmai

Sounds Like: PHEE-mai

Translations: reports, rumors, fame, renown

From the root: ΦΗΜΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a report, rumor, or public opinion. It can also denote fame or renown. It is typically used to describe information that is widely circulated or heard, often without confirmation of its truth.

Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G5345 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Four — 10:34

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΗΜΗ.

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.

• ΦΕΙΜΟΣ — famous, renowned, well-known
• ΦΗΜΑΣ — reports, rumors, fame, sayings, a report, a rumor
• ΦΗΜΗ — report, a report, rumor, a rumor, fame, reputation
• ΦΗΜΗΝ — report, a report, rumor, a rumor, fame, a fame, renown, a renown
• ΦΗΜΗΣ — of a report, of a rumor, of a saying, of a fame, of a reputation

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