φθέγγομαι G5350
to speak, utter, sound; to produce articulate speech or vocal sound
Senses
1. sense 1 — Acts 4:18 records the Sanhedrin commanding Peter and John "not to speak" (phthéngesthai) at all nor teach in the name of Jesus—attempting to silence apostolic witness. Second Peter 2:16 describes Balaam's donkey, which "speaking" (phthegxámenon) with human voice rebuked the prophet's madness—an animal producing articulate speech, a miraculous rebuke. Second Peter 2:18 condemns false teachers who "utter" (phthéngontai) loud boasts of folly, luring people with sensuality—impressive-sounding but empty speech. The Spanish hablar/hablando/habiendo hablado, French prononcer, and German reden all center on speaking/uttering. The range spans prohibited witness (silencing apostles), miraculous rebuke (speaking donkey), and deceptive eloquence (false teachers)—all emphasizing speech as potent action requiring discernment about its source and content. 3×
AR["أَنْ-يَنْطِقَا", "ناطِقينَ", "ناطِقًا"]·ben["বলতে", "বলে"]·DE["reden", "φθέγγεσθαι"]·EN["having-spoken", "speaking", "to-speak"]·FR["prononcer", "φθεγγόμενοι", "φθεγξάμενον"]·heb["דִּבֵּר", "לְהַשְׁמִיעַ", "מְדַבְּרִים"]·HI["बोलकर", "बोलते-हुए", "सिखाने"]·ID["berbicara,", "bersuara"]·IT["phtheggomenoi", "phthegxamenon", "pronunciare"]·jav["ngandika", "ngandika,"]·KO["말하며,", "말하여,", "아니도"]·PT["falar", "proferindo", "tendo-falado"]·RU["говорить", "говорящие", "заговорившее"]·ES["habiendo-hablado", "hablando", "hablar"]·SW["akisema", "kusema", "wakisema"]·TR["konuşan", "söyleyenler", "öğretmemelerini"]·urd["بولتے-ہوئے،", "بولنا", "بکتے-ہوئے،"]
Related Senses
H0559 1. say, speak, tell (5297×)G3004 1. say, tell, speak (2226×)H1696 1. speak, say, tell (Piel) (1105×)H7121 1. call, summon, name (575×)H6680 1. command, order, charge (483×)H6030b 1. answer, respond, reply (289×)G2980 1. speak, talk (277×)H5046 1. Hifil: to tell, report (237×)G0611 1. answer or respond verbally (232×)H1288 1. Piel: bless, invoke blessing (227×)H7650 1. swear, take an oath (Niphal) (154×)H3789 1. Qal passive participle: written, recorded (112×)H1984b 1. praise, laud (Piel) (111×)H7592 1. ask, inquire, question (96×)H3034 1. give thanks, praise (Hifil) (94×)G1321 1. teach, instruct actively (92×)H3789 2. Qal active: write, compose (89×)G1125 1. to write, compose (a letter or document) (84×)H5046 2. Hifil: to declare, proclaim (79×)H7892a 1. song, musical composition (78×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
φθέγγομαι, Refs 8th c.BC+: future φθέγξομαι Refs 8th c.BC+aorist ἐφθεγξάμην, Epic dialect and poetry φθεγξάμην Refs 5th c.BC+perfect ἔφθεγμαι, 2nd pers. singular ἔφθεγξαι Refs 5th c.BC+, 3rd.pers. singular ἔφθεγκται (transitive) Refs 4th c.BC+: —utter a sound or voice, especially speak loud and clear, frequently in Refs 8th c.BC+ (properly of all animals that have lungs, Refs 4th c.BC+ __I of the…