verb
faskamō
Strong’sG5335
I assert, affirm, profess
stem fask-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
φάσκω
[in LXX: Ge 26:20 (אמר), Da LXX Bel:8, II Mac 14:27, 14:32, III Mac 3:7 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5335 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfas'-ko
to assert
Fromprolongation from the same as G5346;
King Jamesaffirm, profess, say.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
used by Epic dialect only in imperfect ἔφασκον Refs 8th c.BC+; Epic dialect φάσκον Refs 8th c.BC+: as imperfect of φημί Refs 5th c.BC+; subjunctive φάσκω Refs 5th c.BC+; optative φάσκοιμι Refs 5th c.BC+; infinitive φάσκειν Refs 5th c.BC+; participle φάσκων Refs 5th c.BC+ (the only part of the Verb used in Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive is not found, ἐφάσκετ᾽ is for ἐφάσκετε Refs 5th c.BC+. Rare in present indicative Refs 4th c.BC+; φάσκουσι (ν) Refs 4th c.BC+; φάσκομεν is uncertain conjecture (for πάσχομεν) in Refs 2nd c.AD+:—say, affirm, assert, with accusative et infinitive, Refs 8th c.BC+; φάσκειν as imperative, in this construction, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐ φασκόντων χρήσειν saying they would not.., Refs 5th c.BC+; the infinitive is frequently to be supplied, ἐν τῇδ᾽ ἔφασκε γῇ (i.e. εὑρεθήσεσθαι) Refs 5th c.BC+; φησίν γε· φάσκων δ᾽ (i.e. ἥξειν) Refs; τῶν φασκόντων γονέων (i.e. εἶναι) Refs 5th c.BC+; rarely φ. ὡς.., ὅτι.., Refs 5th c.BC+
2 think, deem, expect, ὃ οὔ ποτ᾽ ἔγωγε τελευτήσεσθαι ἔφασκον Refs 8th c.BC+; φάσκειν.. ὁρᾶν believe that you see, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 say, promise, with infinitive future, με.. ἔφασκε θήσειν ἀθάνατον Refs 8th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| faskateἔφασκεν | was happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singular | asserted | 1× |
| faskarōntoisφάσκοντες | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine | claiming | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | faskamō | faskame | faskami | faskama | faskamē | faskamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | faskasō | faskase | faskasi | faskasa | faskasē | faskaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | faskatō | faskate1×ἔφασκεν | faskati | faskata | faskatē | faskatelē |
| we 1st person plural | faskanō | faskane | faskani | faskana | faskanē | faskanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | faskavō | faskave | faskavi | faskava | faskavē | faskavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | faskalō | faskale | faskali | faskala | faskalē | faskalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | faskameiō | faskameia | faskameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | faskaseiō | faskaseia | faskaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | faskateiō | faskateia | faskateiē |
| we 1st person plural | faskaneiō | faskaneia | faskaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | faskaveiō | faskaveia | faskaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | faskaleiō | faskaleia | faskaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | faskasōr | faskasar | faskasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | faskatōr | faskatar | faskatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | faskavōr | faskavar | faskavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | faskalōr | faskalar | faskalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | faskamoiō | faskamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | faskasoiō | faskasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | faskatoiō | faskatoia |
| we 1st person plural | faskanoiō | faskanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | faskavoiō | faskavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | faskaloiō | faskaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | faskarō | faskari | faskara | faskarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | faskarōntos2× | faskarintos | faskarantos | faskarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
fask is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
faskate“asserted”was happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Acts 25:19“asserted”… kai peri tinou Iēsu thnēskarēntou, hon faskate tos Paulos zōarō.… own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
faskarōntois“claiming”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine2×
Acts 24:9sunepitithela de kai tois Ioudaiois faskarōntois houteim houtōs echarō.The Jews concurred, asserting that these charges were true.
Romans 1:22“claiming”faskarōntois arō sofois mōranila,… claimed to be wise, they became fools,