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verb

Greekφράζω (frazō)
Biblang

frazamō

Strong’sG5419

I declare, explain, interpret

stem fraz-once in the New Testament1 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.

φράζω

[in LXX: Jb 6:24 (בִּין hi.) Jb 12:8 (יָרָה hi.), Da LXX 2:4 (חָוָה pa.) *;]

to show forth, tell, declare, explain: Mt 13:36 (WH, RV, διασάφησον) 15:15.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5419 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidfrad'-zo

to indicate (by word or act), i.e. (specially), to expound

Fromprobably akin to G5420 through the idea of defining;

King Jamesdeclare.

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
φράζω,
Refs 5th c.BC+: poetry imperfect φράζον Refs 5th c.BC+future φράσω [ᾰ] Refs 4th c.BC+: aorist 1 ἔφρᾰσα Refs 5th c.BC+; poetry φράσα [ᾰ] Refs 8th c.BC+: perfect πέφρᾰκα Refs 5th c.BC+aorist πέφρᾰδον, ἐπέφραδον used by Refs 8th c.BC+ mostly in 3rd.pers. singular, Refs 8th c.BC+; optative πεφράδοι Refs 8th c.BC+; infinitive πεφραδέειν, πεφραδέμεν, Refs 8th c.BC+; 1st pers. singular ἐπέφραδον only Refs 8th c.BC+: also aorist 1 participle genitive φράδαντος uncertain in Refs 6th c.BC+:— middle and passive, φράζομαι, Epic dialect imperative φράζεο, φράζευ, Refs 8th c.BC+; infinitive φράζεσθαι Refs 8th c.BC+imperfect φράζετο, φραζέσκετο,Refsfuture φράσομαι [ᾰ] Refs 8th c.BC+, Epic dialect φράσσομαι Refs 8th c.BC+: aorist 1 ἐφρᾰσάμην Refs, Epic dialect φρᾰσάμην Refs; 3rd.pers. singular and plural ἐφράσσατο, φράσσαντο,Refs 8th c.BC+; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive φράσσεται Refs 8th c.BC+; Epic dialect infinitive φράσσασθαι Oracle texts cited in Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist passive ἐφράσθην Refs 8th c.BC+perfect πέφρασμαι (in middle sense) Refs 5th c.BC+; participle, προ-πεφραδμένος Refs 8th c.BC+.—The aorist middle is chiefly Epic dialect, also Refs 7th c.BC+:—point out, show (never say, tell, in Refs 8th c.BC+; also, show the way to, show where to find, ᾗ οἱ Ἀθήνη πέφραδε δῖον ὑφορβόν Refsshowed, Refs; μῦθον πέφραδε πᾶσιν show, make known the word to all, Refs; φράσσατέ μοι δόμους show me them, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 show forth, tell, declare, λόγον, ἔπος, ὄνομα, Refs 5th c.BC+; τι Refs 5th c.BC+: rarely with genitive, tell of, τῆς μητρὸς ἥκω τῆς ἐμῆς φράσων, ἐν οἷς νῦν ἐστι Refs 5th c.BC+; with double construction, φ. τό τε ὄνομα καὶ ἐν ᾗ κώμῃ οἰκοῦσιν Refs 3rd c.BC+: rarely with participle, πεφραδέειν πόσιν ἔνδον ἐόντα Refs 8th c.BC+: later with accusative et infinitive, Refs 1st c.BC+ [same place]; explain (opposed to λέγω, which means simply speak, say), φράσον ἅπερ γ᾽ ἔλεξας declare, explain what thou didst say, Refs 5th c.BC+; of teachers, Refs 5th c.BC+; of oracles, Refs 5th c.BC+; of letters, Refs 1st c.AD+ this signifies that.., Refs 5th c.BC+
2.b cultivate style or phrasing, opposed to αὐτὸ τὸ γράφειν, Refs 4th c.BC+
3 with dative person et infinitive, tell one to do so and so, ἵνα γάρ σφιν ἐπέφραδον ἠγερέθεσθαι Refs 8th c.BC+; δὴ γάρ μοι ἐπέφραδε.. Κίρκη (i.e. ἰέναι) Refs 8th c.BC+
4 absolutely, give counsel, advise, suggest, δόλος ἦν ὁ φράσας Refs 5th c.BC+
II middle and passive, indicate to oneself, i.e. think or muse upon, consider, ponder, Epic dialect, Ionic dialect, Trag., but not in Attic dialect Prose; εὔκηλος τὰ φράζεαι ἅσσ᾽ ἐθέλῃσθα Refs 8th c.BC+; φράζεσθαι βουλήν, βουλάς,Refs 8th c.BC+bethink thee, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀμφὶς φ. to think differently, Refs 8th c.BC+ with future indicative, consider whether..,Refs 8th c.BC+
II.2 purpose, plan, contrive, φ. τινὶ κακά, θάνατον, ὄλεθρον, Refs 8th c.BC+; φράσσεται ὥς κε νέηται will contrive how.., Refs 8th c.BC+
II.3 with accusative et infinitive, think, suppose, believe, imagine that.., Refs 8th c.BC+
II.4 perceive, observe, οἷον ἐγὼν οἰωνὸν.. ἐφρασάμην Refs 8th c.BC+; τὴν (i.e. τὴν οὐλὴν) ἀπονίζουσα φρασάμην Refs; with a participle, τὸν δὲ φράσατο προσιόντα Refs 8th c.BC+participle, ψυχὰν Ἀΐδᾳ τελέων οὐ φράζεται marks not that he will die, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.5 watch, guard, [ὀρσοθύρην] Refs 8th c.BC+
II.6 beware of, ξύλινον λόχον Oracle texts cited in Refs 5th c.BC+cave canem, Refs 5th c.BC+; φράζεο δή, μὴ.. μάρψῃ Refs 3rd c.BC+: with infinitive, φράζου μὴ πόρσω φωνεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+take care! Refs 4th c.BC+. (Perh. cf. Lith girdziù 'I hear', infinitive girdēti.)

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.

explain1×

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 itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
frazasarΦράσονhappened · youaorist active imperative 2nd person singularexplain1×

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, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularfrazamōfrazamefrazamifrazamafrazamēfrazamelē
you 2nd person singularfrazasōfrazasefrazasifrazasafrazasēfrazaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularfrazatōfrazatefrazatifrazatafrazatēfrazatelē
we 1st person pluralfrazanōfrazanefrazanifrazanafrazanēfrazanelē
ye 2nd person pluralfrazavōfrazavefrazavifrazavafrazavēfrazavelē
they 3rd person pluralfrazalōfrazalefrazalifrazalafrazalēfrazalelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularfrazameiōfrazameiafrazameiē
you 2nd person singularfrazaseiōfrazaseiafrazaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularfrazateiōfrazateiafrazateiē
we 1st person pluralfrazaneiōfrazaneiafrazaneiē
ye 2nd person pluralfrazaveiōfrazaveiafrazaveiē
they 3rd person pluralfrazaleiōfrazaleiafrazaleiē
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularfrazasōrfrazasar1×Φράσονfrazasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularfrazatōrfrazatarfrazatēr
ye 2nd person pluralfrazavōrfrazavarfrazavēr
they 3rd person pluralfrazalōrfrazalarfrazalēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularfrazamoiōfrazamoia
you 2nd person singularfrazasoiōfrazasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularfrazatoiōfrazatoia
we 1st person pluralfrazanoiōfrazanoia
ye 2nd person pluralfrazavoiōfrazavoia
they 3rd person pluralfrazaloiōfrazaloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicefrazarōfrazarifrazarafrazarē
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicefrazarōntosfrazarintosfrazarantosfrazarēntos

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
frazstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

fraz 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.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

frazasar“explain”happened · youaorist active imperative 2nd person singular1×

Matthew 15:15Apokrinirantos de tos Petros legata auto; Frazasar ni tan parabolan houtan.Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”