Quick Definition
φαντασία, ας, ἡ n.f. show, display, pomp
Strong's Definition
(properly abstract) a (vain) show ("fantasy")
Derivation: from a derivative of G5324 (φαντάζω);
KJV Usage: pomp
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | φαίνω
87.57 · Status · High Status or Rank [including persons of high status]
pomp and ceremony, pompous display a pompous ceremony, implying a cheap display of high status
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φαντασία, -as, 9, show, showy appearance, display, pomp: Acts xxv. 23. (Polyb. 15, 25, 5, etc.; [Diod. 12, 83]; al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φαντασία phantasia 1x
pr. a rendering visible; a display; pomp, parade, Acts 25:23*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φαντασία, -ας, ἡ
(< φαντάζω), [in LXX: Za 10:1 (חָזִיז), חֲזִיז), Hb 2:18, 19 3:10, Wi 18:17 * ;]
as philos. term,
imagination;
= φάντασμα (Plat., Arist.).
In later writers (Polyb., al.), show, display: Ac 25:23.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
φαντασία (phantasia) — pageantry. φαντᾰσί-α, ἡ, verbal noun of φαντάζομαι and (in sense) of φαίνομαι, appearing, appearance, ={τὸ φαίνεσθαι}, πάντες ἐφίενται τοῦ φαινομένου ἀγαθοῦ, τῆς δὲ φ. οὐ κύριοι do not control the appearing, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; usually with less verbal force, appearance, presentation to consciousness, whether immediate or in memory, whether true or illusory, φαίνεται μὲν ὁ ἥλιος ποδιαῖος, ἀντίφησι δὲ πολλάκις ἕτερόν τι πρὸς τὴν φ. [Refs]; ἡ τοῦ γάλακτος φ. the appearance of the milky way, [Refs 1st c.BC+] M.; especially of visual images, ἐπεὶ ἡ ὄψις μάλιστα αἴσθησίς ἐστι, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ τοῦ φάους εἴληφεν [ἡ φ.] [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατοπτρικὴ φ. image reflected in a mirror, [Refs]; also of other sense=perceptions, φ. καὶ αἴσθησις ταὐτὸν ἔν τε θερμοῖς καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς τοιούτοις appearance is the same as perception, whether we are talking of hot things or of anything else like them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ τὸ ἐμμένειν [τὰς φ.] καὶ ὁμοίας εἶναι ταῖς αἰσθήσεσι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in later Philos. especially in meaning psychic image, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; διανοητικαὶ φ. mental images, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; apparition, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __b less scientifically, appearance, ἐμποιοῦντα τὴν φ. (i.e. τοῦ ἐλέγχειν) [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; συναύξειν τὴν φ. [τῆς νίκης] [Refs]; ζῷα.. μέχρι φ. φαινόμενα (in a conjuring trick) [Refs 1st c.AD+]
2. imagination, i.e. the re-presentation of appearances or images, primarily derived from sensation [Refs] ἆρ᾽ οἷόν τε ὀρθῶς εἰπεῖν ἕτερόν τι πλὴν φ.;.. φαίνεται δὲ ὃ λέγομεν (i.e. φαντασία) σύμμειξις αἰσθήσεως καὶ δόξης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ φ. καθ᾽ ἣν λέγομεν φάντασμά τι ἡμῖν γίγνεσθαι[Refs]; with genitive, μέλλοντος κακοῦ [Refs]; αἰσχροῦ φ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; γίγνεται ἑκάστῳ φ. ὅτι τοιοῦτός [ἐστι[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὰ πρὸς τὴν φ. χρώματα colours as judged by the φ., apparent colours, [Refs]
2. b in Aristotle, faculty of imagination, both presentative and representative, opposed to αἴσθησις, [φ.] οὐκ ἔστιν αἴσθησις [Refs 4th c.BC+]; φ. ἕτερον καὶ αἰσθήσεως καὶ διανοίας· αὐτή τε οὐ γίγνεται ἄνευ αἰσθήσεως καὶ ἄνευ ταύτης οὐκ ἔστιν ὑπόληψις[Refs]
2. c creative imagination, φ. σοφωτέρα μιμήσεως δημιουργός [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3. the use of imagery in literature, τεθορύβηται ταῖς φ. μᾶλλον ἢ δεδείνωται [Refs 1st c.AD+]
4. prestige, reputation, μεγάλην ἐφείλκετο φ. ὡς μόνος εἰδὼς τί λέγει [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; parade, ostentation, ποιέειν μηδὲν περιέργως μηδὲ μετὰ φαντασίης [NT+5th c.BC+]