Quick Definition
φάσκω v. I assert, affirm, profess
Strong's Definition
prolongation from the same as 5346; to assert
KJV Usage: affirm, profess, say
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φάσκω; impf. ἔφασκον; (AQ, φημί); fr. Hom. down; to affirm, allege, to pretend or profess: foll. by the ace. with the inf., Acts xxiv. 9; xxv. 19; with the inf. and an ace. referring to the subject, Rev. ii. 2 Ree. ; foll. by an inf. with a subject nom., Ro. i. 22.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φάσκω phaskō 3x
to assert, affirm, Acts 24:9; 25:19; Rom. 1:22*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φάσκω
[in LXX: Ge 26:20 (אמר), Da LXX Bel :8, II Mac 14:27, 14:32, III Mac 3:7 * ;]
to affirm, assert: c. acc. et inf., Ac 24:9 25:19; c. inf. et nom., Ro 1:22.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φάσκω καλαὶ φάσεις ἐλεύσονται παρ᾽ [ἐϊμοῦ, 16. 11. 2941" (A.D. 22) ἐγὼ δὲ αὐτὸς οὕπω οὐδὲ ἐνήλεπα ἕως ἀκούσω φάσιν παρὰ σοῦ περὶ ἁπάντων, “1 am not so much as anointing myself until I hear word from you on each point’’ (Edd.), P Ryl IL. 2318 (a.d. 40) πέμψας μοι φάσιν ἵνα πέμψω ἐπὶ αὐτούς, ‘‘send me word in order that I may send for them” (Edd.), similarly Preisigke 7258°, and P Oxy X. 1274® (ili/A.D.) ἐπεὶ ἀπευκταίας plo]t καταγγελείσης φάσ[ε]ως περὶ τελευτῆς τοῦ μακαρείτου μου ἀνδρός, ““ἴπ consequence of the lamentable news announced to me concerning the death of my beloved husband” (Edd.). For the word in a horoscope cf. P Lond 1305] (i/ii A.D.) (=I. p. 133) πρός τε μοῖραν καὶ λεπτὸν σχῆμά Te καὶ φάσιν. In P Tor I. 1i*-8 (B.c. 116) (= Chrest. II. p. 39) φάσεσι δὲ kal λόγωι προφερομένονυ εἶναι αὑτοῦ τὴν οἰκίαν, φάσεσι = ““ verbis tantum.”’
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
φάσκω (phaskō) — to claim. φάσκω, used by Epic dialect only in imperfect ἔφασκον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect φάσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: as imperfect of φημί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; subjunctive φάσκω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; optative φάσκοιμι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive φάσκειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle φάσκων [Refs 5th c.BC+] (the only part of the Verb used in [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive is not found, ἐφάσκετ᾽ is for ἐφάσκετε [Refs 5th c.BC+]. Rare in present indicative [Refs 4th c.BC+]; φάσκουσι (ν) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; φάσκομεν is uncertain conjecture (for πάσχομεν) in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—say, affirm, assert, with accusative et infinitive, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φάσκειν as imperative, in this construction, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ φασκόντων χρήσειν saying they would not.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; the infinitive is frequently to be supplied, ἐν τῇδ᾽ ἔφασκε γῇ (i.e. εὑρεθήσεσθαι) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φησίν γε· φάσκων δ᾽ (i.e. ἥξειν) [Refs]; τῶν φασκόντων γονέων (i.e. εἶναι) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; rarely φ. ὡς.., ὅτι.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. think, deem, expect, ὃ οὔ ποτ᾽ ἔγωγε τελευτήσεσθαι ἔφασκον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φάσκειν.. ὁρᾶν believe that you see, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. say, promise, with infinitive future, με.. ἔφασκε θήσειν ἀθάνατον [Refs 8th c.BC+]