Quick Definition
φάσις, εως, ἡ n.f. report, tidings
Strong's Definition
a saying, i.e. report
Derivation: from G5346 (φημί) (not the same as "phase", which is from G5316 (φαίνω));
KJV Usage: tidings
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | φημί
33.211 · Communication · Inform, Announce
report, news, word, information information concerning a person or an event
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φάσις, -ews, ἡ, (fr. paivw) ; 1. in the Attic orators, the exposure of (informing against) those who have embezzled the property of the state, or violated the laws respecting the importation or exportation of merchandise, or defrauded their wards. 2. univ. a disclosure of secret crime (κοινῶς δὲ φάσεις ἐκαλοῦντο πᾶσαι ai μηνύσεις τῶν λανθανόντων ἀδικημάτων, Pollux 8, 6, 47): Susan. 55 Theod.; of information by report [A. V. tidings], Acts xxi. 31.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φάσις phasis 1x
report, information, Acts 21:31*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φάσις, -εως, ἡ
(< φαίνω), [in LXX: II Es 4:17, Da TH Su :55, IV Mac 15:25 א1* ;]
information, esp. against fraud or other crime: Ac 21:31.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φάσις, ‘‘information” (Ac 2131}). The word is common, e.g. P Oxy IV. 805 (B.c. 25) ἐν δὲ τοῖς ἐρχομένοις πλ[ο]ίοις
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
φάσις (phasis) — news. φάσις [ᾰ], εως, h(: (φαίνω):— __A denunciation, information laid, γραφαὶ ἢ φάσεις ἢ ἐνδείξεις ἢ ἀπαγωγαί [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.II (φαίνομαι) appearance, of stars, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.II.a πρὸς τὸν ὁρίζοντα φ. appearance above the horizon, opposed to ὑπὸ τὸν ὁρίζοντα κρύψις, [Refs 1st c.BC+] __A.II.b heliacal rising, opposed to κρύψις, φ. ἑῷαι, ἑσπέριαι, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __A.II.c including the previous signification and κρύψεις, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __A.II.d plural, phases of the moon, [Refs 1st c.BC+] __A.II.2 an appearance, trace, τινος [Refs]