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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 669. ἀποφθέγγομαι (apophtheggomai) -- To speak out, declare, or utter</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/669.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/romans/3-24.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/669.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 669</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/668.htm" title="668">◄</a> 669. apophtheggomai <a href="../greek/670.htm" title="670">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">apophtheggomai: To speak out, declare, or utter</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ἀποφθέγγομαι</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>apophtheggomai<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ah-pof-theng'-gom-ahee<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(ap-of-theng'-om-ahee)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To speak out, declare, or utter<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I speak out, declare.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From ἀπό (apo, meaning "from") and φθέγγομαι (phthengomai, meaning "to utter or speak")<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for ἀποφθέγγομαι, the concept of prophetic or authoritative speech can be related to Hebrew terms like נָבָא (naba, Strong's H5012), meaning "to prophesy," or דָּבַר (dabar, Strong's H1696), meaning "to speak."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The verb ἀποφθέγγομαι is used in the New Testament to describe the act of speaking out with authority or clarity. It often implies a formal or solemn declaration, typically in a public setting. The term suggests a sense of proclamation or authoritative speech, often associated with inspired or prophetic utterance.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, public speaking was a highly valued skill, often associated with leadership and authority. The use of ἀποφθέγγομαι in the New Testament reflects this cultural context, where speaking with authority was crucial for leaders, teachers, and prophets. In Jewish tradition, prophetic utterance was considered a divine communication, and the use of this term in the New Testament aligns with the idea of speaking under divine inspiration.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/575.htm">apo</a> and <a href="/greek/5350.htm">phtheggomai</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to speak forth<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>declared (1), utter (1), utterance (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 669: ἀποφθέγγομαι</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἀποφθέγγομαι</span></span>; 1 aorist <span class="greek2">ἀπεφθεγξαμην</span>; <span class="accented">to speak out, speak forth, pronounce,</span> not a word of everyday speech, but one "belonging to dignified and elevated discourse, like the Latin<span class="latin">profari</span>,<span class="latin">pronuntiare</span>; properly it has the force of <span class="accented">to utter or declare oneself, give one's opinion</span> (<span class="latin">einen</span><span class="latin">Ausspruch</span><span class="latin">thun</span>), and is used not only of prophets (see <span class="abbreviation">Kypke</span> on <a href="/interlinear/acts/2-4.htm">Acts 2:4</a> — adding from the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/13-9.htm">Ezekiel 13:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/micah/5-12.htm">Micah 5:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/25-1.htm">1 Chronicles 25:1</a>), but also of wise men and philosophers (Diag. Laërtius 1, 63; 73; 79; whose pointed sayings the Greeks call <span class="greek2">ἀποφθέγματα</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Cicero</span>, off. 1, 29)"; (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">φθέγγομαι</span></span>). Accordingly, "it is used of the utterances of the Christians, and especially Peter, on that illustrious day of Pentecost after they had been fired by the Holy Spirit, <a href="/interlinear/acts/2-4.htm">Acts 2:4, 14</a>; and also of the disclosures made by Paul to (before) king Agrippa concerning the <span class="greek2">ἀποκάλυψις</span> <span class="greek2">κυρίου</span> that had been given him, <a href="/interlinear/acts/26-25.htm">Acts 26:25</a>." <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s De verb. comp. etc. Part iv., p. 16.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>say, speak forth, utter<p>From <a href="/greek/575.htm">apo</a> and <a href="/greek/5350.htm">phtheggomai</a>; to enunciate plainly, i.e. Declare -- say, speak forth, utterance. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/575.htm">apo</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/5350.htm">phtheggomai</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>απεφθεγξατο απεφθέγξατο ἀπεφθέγξατο αποφθεγγεσθαι αποφθέγγεσθαι ἀποφθέγγεσθαι αποφθεγγομαι αποφθέγγομαι ἀποφθέγγομαι αποφθεγγόμενοι αποφθεγγομένους απόφθεγμά αποφθέγματα αποφθέγξονται αποφοράν apephthenxato apephthénxato apophthengesthai apophthéngesthai apophthengomai apophthéngomai<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/acts/2-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 2:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive">V-PNM/P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πνεῦμα ἐδίδου <b>ἀποφθέγγεσθαι</b> αὐτοῖς </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> was giving <span class="itali">them utterance.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/acts/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> gave them <span class="itali">utterance.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/2-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Spirit gave <span class="itali">to utter forth</span> to them<p><b><a href="/text/acts/2-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 2:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular">V-AIM-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτοῦ καὶ <b>ἀπεφθέγξατο</b> αὐτοῖς Ἄνδρες</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> his voice <span class="itali">and declared</span> to them: Men<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> voice, and <span class="itali">said</span> unto them, Ye men<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/2-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of him and <span class="itali">spoke forth</span> to them Men<p><b><a href="/text/acts/26-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 26:25</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular">V-PIM/P-1S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/26.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">σωφροσύνης ῥήματα <b>ἀποφθέγγομαι</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Festus, <span class="itali">but I utter</span> words<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> but <span class="itali">speak forth</span> the words<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/26-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> rational words <span class="itali">I utter</span><p><b><a href="/greek/669.htm">Strong's Greek 669</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_669.htm">3 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/apephthenxato_669.htm">ἀπεφθέγξατο — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/apophthengesthai_669.htm">ἀποφθέγγεσθαι — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/apophthengomai_669.htm">ἀποφθέγγομαι — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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