Quick Definition
a report, fame
Strong's Definition
a saying, i.e. rumor ("fame")
Derivation: from G5346 (φημί);
KJV Usage: fame
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φήμη, φήμης, ἡ (φημί), fame, report: Mat_9:26; Luk_4:14. ((From Homer down.))
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φήμη phēmē 2x
pr. a celestial or oracular utterance; an utterance; fame, rumor, report, Mat_9:26 ; Luk_4:14
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φήμη , -ης , ἡ ( < φημί ),
[in LXX : Pro_16:2 (15:30) ( H8052 ), 2Ma_4:39 , 3Ma_3:2 , 4Ma_4:22 * ;]
a saying or report: Mat_9:26 , Luk_4:14 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φήμη [page 666]
report, rumour (Mat. 9:26, Luk. 4:14) : the word is doubtfully restored in BGU IV. 1024V ii. 28 (end iv/A.D.). A late ex. is afforded by P Masp I, 67097 verso D .89 (Byz.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
φήμη φήμη, ἡ, doric φάμα, Lat. fama: (φημί):— "a voice from heaven, a prophetic voice", Od. ; so, when Ulysses prays to Zeus, φήμην τίς μοι φάσθω, he is answered by thunder, id=Od. ; hence "an oracle, divination, omen", Hdt. , Soph. , etc. "saying or report" spread among men, "rumour", Hes. , Aeschin. ; ὑποδεεστέρα τῆς φήμης inferior "to the report" of them, i. e. exaggerated, Thuc. "the talk or report" of a man's character, Hes. , etc.:—esp. "good report, fame", Hdt. , Pind. ; also, φ. πονηραί Aesch. , etc. φᾶμαι "songs of praise", Pind. "any voice or words, a speech, saying", Aesch. :—esp. "a common saying, a tradition, legend", Eur. , Plat. "a message", Trag.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
φήμη, -ης, ἡ
(φημί) [in LXX: Pro.16:2 (15:30) (שְׁמוּעָה), 2Ma.4:39, 3Ma.3:2, 4Ma.4:22 * ;]
a saying or report: Mat.9:26, Luk.4:14.†
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