to speak

Greek Verb

φθέγγομαι [in LXX for עָנָה, נָבַע hi, etc;] of men or animals, to utter a sound or voice: absol, Act.4:18; before ἐν φωνῇ, 2Pe.2:16; with accusative, ὑπέρογκα, 2Pe.2:18. (AS)

to speak

Greek Verb

φθέγγομαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future φθέγξομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist ἐφθεγξάμην, Epic dialect and poetry φθεγξάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ἔφθεγμαι, 2nd pers. singular ἔφθεγξαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], 3rd.pers. singular ἔφθεγκται (transitive) [Refs 4th c.BC+]: —utter a sound or voice, especially speak loud and clear, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+] (properly of all animals that have lungs, [Refs 4th c.BC+] I) of the human voice, ἀνθρωπηΐῃ φωνῇ φ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; with a participle expressing the kind of cry, φθέγξομ᾽ ἐγὼν ἰάχουσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also of weak, small voice, φθεγξάμενος ὀλίγῃ ὀπί [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the battle-cry, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the recitative of the chorus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδ᾽ ἂν φθέγξασθαι δυνηθείη would not be able to utter a syllable, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἶτα σὺ φθέγγει; open your mouth? [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of children just born, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—Constr:—with accusative cognate, utter, ἔπος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀράς, λόγους, βλασφημίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τἀληθῆ [NT+5th c.BC+]: the person addressed added with a preposition, φ. εἰς ἡμᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later τισί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ φθεγγόμενον, absolutely, that which uttered the sound, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.2) of animals, as a horse, neigh, whinny, [Refs]; of an eagle, scream, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a raven, croak, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a fawn, cry, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of birds, opposed to ἄφωνοί εἰσι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of worms, φ. οἷον τριγμόν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of certain fish, [Refs 4th c.BC+] I.3) of inanimate things, of a door, creak, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of thunder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of trumpets, [Refs]; of the flute, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; of the lyre, φόρμιγξ φ. ἱρὸν μέλος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of an earthen pot, εἴτε ὑγιὲς εἴτε σαθρὸν φ. whether it rings sound or cracked, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. παλάμῃσι to clap with the hands, [Refs 4th c.AD+] II) ={ὀνομάζω}, to name, call by name, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ πλέγματι τούτῳ τὸ ὄνομα ἐφθεγξάμεθα λόγον gave it the name of λόγος, [Refs]; φ. γιγνόμενα speak of things as coming into existence, [Refs]; καὶ τὸν κύλλαστιν φθέγγου use the word κ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τῇ δυνάμει ταὐτὸν φ. have the same meaning, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) with accusative person, sing, or celebrate one aloud, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, tell of, recount, θεῶν ἔργα [Refs 6th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to utter a clear sound, i.e. (generally) to proclaim; speak; probably akin to g5338 (φέγγος) and thus to g5346 (φημί)