προφέρω; (from Homer down); to bring forth: τί ἐκ τίνος, Luk_6:45.

προφέρω propherō 2x to bring before, present; to bring forth or out, produce, Luk_6:45 (2x)

προφέρω , [in LXX : Pro_10:13 ( H4672 ni .), Tob_9:5 , al. ;] to bring forth: c . acc rei , seq . ἐκ , Luk_6:45 .†

προφέρω [page 555] προφέρω has the literal meaning; bring forth, produce, in its only occurrence in the NT, Luk_6:45 . The verb lends itself readily to a variety of applications, as the following exx. will show P Lond 21 .18 (B.C. 162) (= 1. p. 13, UPZ I. p. 213) ὅσα καὶ ἡμεῖς προεφερόμεθα , all that we have also brought forward, P Amh II. 30 .7 (ii/B.C.) δι᾽ οὗ προφέρνοφερύεται [τὸν ἑαυτοῦ πατέρα Μ ]αρρῆν ἠγορακέναι [οἰκίαν , in which ( sc . a legal declaration) he sets forth that his father Marres had bought a house, P Ryl II. 125 .27 (A.D. 28 9) ὃς καὶ ὡμολ [ό ]γησεν τὴν πυξίδα ὡς προφέρεται κενήν , moreover he acknowledges (having found) the box, but alleges that it was empty (Edd.), P Oxy X. 1282 .25 (A.D. 83) Thnas προφέρεται , claims, that a right of execution for debt had descended to her, P Tebt II. 297 .14 ( c . A.D. 123) ἀντ [έγραψεν ὁ στρ ]ατηγὸς τὸν κωμ [ο ]γρ [α ]μματέα ε [πὶ τ ]ῆ̣ς ἐξετάσεως προε̣ν̣ηνο̣χ̣[έναι . . . the strategus replied that the comogrammateus had represented at the inquiry . . . (Edd.), ib . 291 .43 (A.D. 162) ἐξ ἧς οἱ ἱερογραμματεῖς προήνεν̣καν βίβλου ἱερατικῆς , from a hieratic book produced by the sacred scribes (Edd.), BGU IV. 1024 vii. 4 (iv/v A.D.) ἠξίωσαν οὖν προεναι (= ε )χθ [ῆναι ἀ ]πὸ τοῦ δ [ε ]σμωτηρί [ου ] καὶ ἀκουσθῆ [ναι αὐτό ]ν , and P Oxy VIII. 1164 .4 (vi/vii A.D.) προήνεγκαν οὐκ ὀλίγους ἄνδρας , μαρτυροῦτας ὡς αὐτῶν ἐστὶν ἡ κάμηλος , they produced not a few persons testifying that the camel is theirs (Ed.). MGr προφέρω , utter, give an opinion (Thumb Handbook , p. 352).

προφέρω fut. -οίσω aor1 -ήνεγκα aor2 -ήνεγκον —epic 3rd sg. pres. subj. προφέρῃσι "to bring before" one, "bring to, present, offer", Il. , Thuc. of words, πρ. ὀνείδεά τινι "to throw" reproaches "in his teeth", Il. : and so, πρ. τινί "to throw in one's teeth, bring forward, allege", Lat. objicere, μή μοι δῶρα πρόφερε Ἀφροδίτης id=Il. simply, "to utter", αὐδάν, μῦθον Eur. ; πρ. Αἴγιναν πάτραν "to proclaim" it as their country, Pind. "to bring forward, cite", Thuc. ; προφέρων Ἄρτεμιν "pleading" Artemis "as authority", Aesch. of an oracle, "to propose as a task", Hdt. :—Pass., προὐνεχθέντος τινί (gen. absol.) "if it were commanded" one to do so, Aesch. "to bring forward, display", Il. ; ἔριδα πρ. "to shew", i. e. engage in, rivalry, Od. ; πόλεμόν τινι πρ. "to declare" war against one, Hdt. :—Mid., ξεινοδόκῳ ἔριδα προφέρεσθαι "to offer" quarrel to one's host, Od. "to bear on or away, to carry off, sweep away", of a storm, Hom. "to move forward", πόδα Eur. :—then, "to promote, further, assist", ἠὼς προφέρει ὁδοῦ morning "furthers" one on the road, Hes. ; πρ. εἴς τι "to conduce, help" towards gaining an object, Thuc. intr. "to surpass, excel" another, c. gen., Hdt. , Thuc.

προφέρω [in LXX: Pro.10:13 (מָצָא ni.), Tob.9:5, al. ;] to bring forth: with accusative of thing(s), before ἐκ, Luk.6:45.† (AS)