STRONGS NUMBER G5334


Word Summary
phasis: information, a report
Original Word: φάσις
Transliteration: phasis
Phonetic Spelling: (fas'-is)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: information, a report
Meaning: information, a report
Strong's Concordance
tidings.

From phemi (not the same as "phase", which is from phaino); a saying, i.e. Report -- tidings.

see GREEK phemi

see GREEK phaino

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5334: φάσις

φάσις, φασεως, (from φαίνω);

1. in the Attic orators, "the exposure of (informing against) those who have embezzled the property of the state, or violated the laws respecting the importation or exportation of merchandise, or defrauded their wards".

2. universally, a disclosure of secret crime (κοινῶς δέ φασεις ἐκαλουντο πᾶσαι αἱ μηνυσεις τῶν λανθανοντων ἀδικημάτων, Pollux 8, 6, 47): Susanna, 55, Theod.; of information by report (A. V. tidings), Acts 21:31.