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To claim

φάσκωStrong’s G5335

phaskō

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Phaskō is the Greek word usually translated “declaring”, “was affirming” and “professing”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.”
Acts 24:9 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “declaring”, “was affirming” and “professing”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • declaring 1
  • was affirming 1
  • professing 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 2
  • Romans 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary

φάσκω phaskō · to claim

φάσκω [in LXX: Gen.26:20 (אָמַר), Dan LXX Bel 1:8, 2Ma.14:27 2Mac 14:32, 3Ma.3:7 * ;] to affirm, assert: with accusative and inf., Act.24:9 25:19; with inf. and nom., Rom.1:22.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “claim” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

CLAIM, verb transitive

  1. To call for; to ask or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due; as, to claim a debt; to claim obedience, or respect.
  2. To assert, or maintain as a right; as, he claims to be the best poet of the age.
  3. To have a right or title to; as, the heir claims the estate by descent; he claims a promise.
  4. To proclaim.
All definitions and other forms of “claim”
  1. To call or name.

CLAIM, noun

  1. A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due, or supposed to be due; as a claim of wages for services.
  2. A right to claim or demand; a title to any debt, privilege or other thing in possession of another; as, a prince has a claim to the throne.
  3. The thing claimed, or demanded.
  4. A loud call.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.