noun · feminine
fēmas
Greekφήμη (fēmē)
Strong’sG5345
a report, fame
stem fēm-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
φήμη, -ης, ἡ
(< φημί) [in LXX: Pr 16:2 (15:30) (שְׁמוּעָה), II Mac 4:39, III Mac 3:2, IV Mac 4:22 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5345 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfay'-may
a saying, i.e. rumor ("fame")
Fromfrom G5346;
King Jamesfame.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | fēmas2×φήμη | fēmais |
| object accusative | fēman | fēmain |
| direct address vocative | fēmar | fēmair |
| of, belonging to genitive | fēmau | fēmaiu |
| to, for dative | fēma | fēmai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
fēma 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
fēmas“news”subjectnominative singular2×
Matthew 9:26“report”kai exerchata tas fēmas houtas eis holan tan gēan ekeinan.And the news about this spread throughout that region.
Luke 4:14“news”Kai hupostrefata tos Iēsus en ta dunamia teu pneumeu eis tan Galilaian. kai fēmas exerchata kata holau tau perichōrau peri autou.Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news about Him spread throughout the surrounding region.