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G5453 φύω (phýō)

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Quick Definition

φύω v. I grow, grow up

Strong's Definition

probably originally, to "puff" or blow, i.e. to swell up; but only used in the implied sense, to germinate or grow (sprout, produce), literally or figuratively

Derivation: a primary verb;

KJV Usage: spring (up)

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | aor.pass.ptc.neut. φυέν | ἀλλόφυλος · δωδεκάφυλον · ἐκφύω · ἔμφυτος · νεόφυτος · συμφυλέτης · συμφύομαι · σύμφυτος · φυλή · φυσικός · φυσικῶς · φυσιόω · φύσις · φυσίωσις · φυτεία · φυτεύω

23.191 · Physiological Processes and States · Grow, Growth

to grow to grow (of plants) In HEB 12:15 φύω occurs in an extended figurative context which may be better treated as a simile. Compare, for example, a literal translation of μή τις ῥίζα πικρίας ἄνω φύουσα ‘lest any root of bitterness grow up’ with the treatment of this expression as a type of simile, ‘in order that no one becomes like a bitter plant that grows up.’

LUK 8:6 · LUK 8:8 · HEB 12:15

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

φύω; 2 aorist passive (ἐφυην) participle φυέν (for which the Attic writings more common use the 2 aorist active ἐφυν with the participle φύς, φυν, in a passive or intransitive sense; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii, p. 321; Krüger, § 40 under the word; Kühner, § 343, under the word; (Veitch, under the word); Winers Grammar, § 15, under the word; (Buttmann, 68 (60))); (cf. Latinfui, fore, etc.; Curtius, § 417); from Homer down; 1. to beget, bring forth, produce; passive, to be born, to spring up, to grow: Luk_8:6; Luk_8:8; 2. intransitive, to shoot forth, spring up: Heb_12:15 (Winer's Grammar, 252 (237). Compare: ἐκφύω,

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

φύω phyō 3x

to generate, produce; pass. to be generated, produced; of plants, to germinate, sprout, Lk. 8:6, 8; intrans. to germinate, spring or grow up, Heb. 12:15*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

φύω

[in LXX: Pr 26:9, Ez 37:8 (עלה), etc. ;]

trans., to bring forth, produce (of men, to beget); pass., to spring up, grow: Lk 8:6, 8.

Intrans., in 2 aor., pf., plpf., and rarely in pres. (v. LS, s.v., A, II.), to spring up: He 12:15.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

φύω [page 679] grow, grow up : P Grenf II. 28 .8 (B.C. 103) τῶν φυομένων δένδρων , P Flor I. 20 .20 (A.D. 127) (= Chrest. I. p. 422 ) σὺν τῷ φυησομένωι σινάπι , PSIVI.697 .11 (ii/A.D.) ὅλου τοῦ κ [ή ]που σὺ [ν ] το̣ι̣ͅς̣ φυτοῖς φ [υ ]ομένοις πᾶσι ἐν ἑκάστ [ῃ ] με [ρ ]ίδι . For the trans, use bring forth, produce, see Preisigke 6648 .1 εἰμεὶ ἐγὼ Ἰησοῦς , ὁ φὺς δὲ Φαμεῖς , παροδεῖτα , where the editor understands ὃν φῦσε Φαμεῖς or ὁ φύσ (ας ) Φ .; cf. Luk. 8:6; Luk. 8:8, and note the new 2 aor. pass, ἐφύην in place of the intrans. act. ἔφυν (cf. Blass-Debrunner § 76. 2). The subst. φυτόν is very common, e.g. PSI VI. 568 .3 (B.C. 253 2?) φυτὰ παντοδαπά , BGU II. 530 .31 (i/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 62) ἐπὶ κινδυνεύει τὰ φυτὰ διαφωνῆσαι , otherwise there is a risk that the plants perish, P Fay 111 .25 (A.D. 95 6) (= Selections , p. 67) τὼν ( l. τὸν ) στίχον τον φυτον ( l. τῶν φυτῶν ) τῶν ἐν τῷ προφήτῃ πότισον , water the row of trees in the prophet (apparently the name of a piece of land), P Ryl II. 99 .5 (iii/A.D.) ὑδρεύματα καὶ φυτά , irrigators and trees, and P Hamb I. 23 .19 (A.D. 569) σὺν φυτοῖς παντοίοις ἐγκάρποις τε καὶ ἀκάρποις . See also φυή in such passages as BGU III. 708 .4 (A.D. 164 5) ἀπέχ [ο ]μεν πα [ρά σου τιμ ]ὴν χόρτου φυῆς [τοῦ ἐνεστ ]ῶτος ε̄ (ἔτους ).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

φύω (phuō) — to grow. φύω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect φυίω perhaps to be read in [Refs 7th c.BC+]imperfect ἔφυον, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular φύεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]future φύσω [ῡ[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔφῡσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive and middle,[Refs 5th c.BC+]: future φύσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: similar in sense are the intransitive tenses, perfect πέφῡκα [Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural πεφύᾱσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive πεφύῃ (ἐμ-) [Refs 6th c.BC+]; Epic dialect participle feminine πεφυυῖα (ἐμ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect infinitive πεφύκειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐπεφύκειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect πεφύκειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἐπέφῡκον [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἔφῡν (as if from φῦμι) [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular φῦ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; subjunctive φύω or φυῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular optative φύη [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; infinitive φῦναι, Epic dialect φύμεναι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; participle φύς [Refs 8th c.BC+], Boeotian dialect feminine φοῦσα [Refs 6th c.BC+]; conversely ἔφυ, ={ἔφυσεν}, [Refs]: later, future φυήσω [LXX], passive φυήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist 2 passive ἐφύην [Refs 4th c.BC+]; infinitive φυῆναι [Refs 1st c.BC+]; participle φῠείς [NT+5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 passive συμ-φυθείς [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. [Generally ῠ before a vowel, Epic dialect, Trag. [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc., ῡ before a consonant; but φῡει [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐφῡετο probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; even in thesi, προσφῡονται [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; also in compounds] __A transitive, in present, future, and aorist 1 active:—bring forth, produce, put forth, φύλλα.. ὕλη τηλεθόωσα φύει [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so τρίχες.., ἃς πρὶν ἔφυσεν φάρμακον made the hair grow, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a country, καρπόν τε θωμαστὸν φύειν καὶ ἄνδρας ἀγαθούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. beget, engender, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of God creating man, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ φύσας the begetter, father (opposed to ὁ φύς the son, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of both parents, γονεῦσι οἵ σ᾽ ἔφυσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἥδ᾽ ἡμέρα φύσει σε will bring to light thy birth,[Refs]

3. of individuals in reference to the growth of parts of themselves, φ. πώγωνα, γλῶσσαν, κέρεα, grow or get a beard, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. τρίχας, πόδας καὶ πτερά, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+]

4. metaphorically, φρένας φῦσαι get understanding, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 'once bit, twice shy', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δόξαν φῦσαι get glory or to form a high opinion of oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. in present seemingly intransitive, put forth shoots, εἰς ἔτος ἄλλο φύοντι [Refs 3rd c.BC+] one generation is putting forth scions, the other is ceasing to do so, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν στήθεσι φύει (perhaps φυίει) grows up, appears, [LXX+7th c.BC+] __B passive, with intransitive tenses of active, aorist 2, perfect and pluperfect, grow, wax, spring up or forth, especially of the vegetable world, θάμνος ἔφυ ἐλαίης [Refs 8th c.BC+]growing there, [Refs]; πεφυκότα δένδρα trees growing there, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ κέρα ἐκ κεφαλῆς ἑκκαιδεκάδωρα πεφύκει from his head grew horns sixteen palms long, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κεφαλαὶ πεφυκυῖαι θριξί grown with hair, [Refs 1st c.BC+]is produced, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ σπέρμα παρασχών, οὗτος τῶν φύντων αἴτιος [κακῶν] of the things produced, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also κατὰ πάντων ἐφύετο waxed great by or upon their depression, [Refs]—In this sense aorist 2 is rare (see. above), except in phrases such as ἔν τ᾽ ἄρα οἱ φῦ χειρί (see. ἐμφύω), [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.2 of persons, to be begotten or born, most frequently in aorist 2 and perfect, ὁ λωφήσων οὐ πέφυκέ πω [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λόγον not to be born is best, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γονῇ πεφυκὼς.. γεραιτέρᾳ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; φύς τε καὶ τραφείς[Refs 5th c.BC+] to be born or descended from any one, τὸ κοινὸν σπλάγχνον οὗ πεφύκαμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ μετ᾽ ἐκείνου φύντες, opposed to οἱ ἐξ ἐκείνου γεγονότες, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II in present, become, οὐδεὶς ἐχθρὸς οὔτε φύεται πρὸς χρήμαθ᾽ οἵ τε φύντες.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; the perfect and aorist 2 take a present sense, to be so and so by nature, κακός, σοφός πέφυκα (-κώς), etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φύντ᾽ ἀρετᾷ born for virtue, i.e. brave and good by nature, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of things, τὸ μὲν εὖ πράσσειν ἀκόρεστον ἔφυ [Refs 5th c.BC+] of good natural ability, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: then, simply, to be so and so, φῦναι Ζηνὶ πιστὸν ἄγγελον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἅιδης ὁ παύσων ἔφυ[Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, νικᾶν.. χρῄζων ἔφυν [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II.2 with infinitive, to be formed or disposed by nature to do so and so, τὰ δεύτερα πέφυκε κρατεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; πέφυκε.. τρυφὴ.. ἦθος διαφθείρειν [Refs 4th c.AD+] __B.II.3 with Preps., γυνὴ.. ἐπὶ δακρύοις ἔφυ is by nature prone to tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔρως γὰρ ἀργόν, κἀπὶ τοῖς ἀργοῖς ἔφυ is inclined to idleness, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II.4 with dative, fall to one by nature, be one's natural lot, πᾶσι θνατοῖς ἔφυ μόρος [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II.5 impersonal, it is natural, it happens naturally, with infinitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.II.6 absolutely, ὡς πέφυκε as is natural, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also expressed personally, τοῖς ἁπλῶς, ὡς πεφυκασι, βαδίζουσι [Refs 4th c.BC+]participle, τὰ φύσει πεφυκότα the order of nature, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φύντα, opposed to ὁμολογηθέντα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄνθρωπος πεφυκώς man as he is, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit bhū- 'to be, become', Lithuanian búti 'to be', Latin fui, Eng. be, etc.)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

φύω [in LXX: Pro.26:9, Eze.37:8 (עָלָה), etc. ;] __1. trans., to bring forth, produce (of men, to beget); pass., to spring up, grow: Luk.8:6, 8. __2. Intrans., in 2 aor., pf., plpf., and rarely in present (see LS, see word, A, II.), to spring up: Heb.12:15.† (AS)

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