News
φήμηStrong’s G5345phēmē
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Phēmē is the Greek word usually translated “report”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.”
Meaning
Usually translated “report”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- report 1
- a report 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
2 books in all.
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Greek dictionary
φήμη phēmē · news
φήμη, -ης, ἡ (φημί) [in LXX: Pro.16:2 (15:30) (שְׁמוּעָה), 2Ma.4:39, 3Ma.3:2, 4Ma.4:22 * ;] a saying or report: Mat.9:26, Luk.4:14.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “news” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NEWS, noun
[ From new; This word has a plural form, but is almost always united with a verb in the singular.]
- Recent account; fresh information of something that has lately taken place at a distance, or of something before unknown; tidings.
- A newspaper.
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.