Quick Definition
an apparition, ghost, spirit
Strong's Definition
(properly concrete) a (mere) show ("phantasm"), i.e. spectre
Derivation: from G5324 (φαντάζω);
KJV Usage: spirit
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φάντασμα, φαντασματος, τό (φαντάζω), an appearance; specifically, an apparition, spectre: Mat_14:26; Mar_6:49. (Aeschylus, Euripides, Plato, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, others; Wis_17:14 (15).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φάντασμα phantasma 2x
a phantom, specter, Mat_14:26 ; Mar_6:49
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φάντασμα , -τος , τό
( < φαντάζω ),
[in LXX : Job_20:8 A ( H2384 ), Isa_28:7 A, Wis_17:15 * ;]
= φάσμα , an appearance, apparition (Ζsch ., al. ): Mat_14:26 , Mar_6:49 ( v. DCG , i, 111b).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φάντασμα [page 664]
appearance, apparition (Mat. 14:26, Mar. 6:49) : cf. the charm P Lond 121 .579 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 102) φυλακτήριον σωματοφύλαξ πρὸς δαίμονας πρὸς φαντάσματα πρὸς πᾶσαν νόσον κτλ ., and the corresponding use of φαντασμός in ib. 124 .25 (iv/v A.D.) (=I. p. 122) θυμοκάτοχον . . πρὸς ἐχθροὺς . . καὶ φόβους καὶ φαντασμοὺς ὀνείρων , a spell for defeating the malice of enemies.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
φάντασμα φάντασμα, ατος, τό, [Etym: φαντάζω] [Etym: = φάσμα] "an appearance, phantasm, phantom", Aesch. , Eur. :— "a vision, dream", Theocr. in Philosophy, v. φαντασία. "a mere image, unreality", Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
φάντασμα, -τος, τό
(φαντάζω), [in LXX: Job.20:8 A (חִזָּיוֹן), Isa.28:7 A, Wis.17:15 * ;]
= φάσμα, an appearance, apparition (Æsch., al.): Mat.14:26, Mrk.6:49 (see DCG, i, 111b).†
(AS)