Lexical Summary phyō: to bring forth, produce Original Word: φύωTransliteration: phyō Phonetic Spelling: (foo'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to bring forth, produce Meaning: to bring forth, produce Strong's Concordance spring up. A primary verb; probably originally, to "puff" or blow, i.e. To swell up; but only used in the implied sense, to germinate or grow (sprout, produce), literally or figuratively -- spring (up). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5453: φύωφύω; 2 aorist passive (ἐφυην) participle φυέν (for which the Attic writings more common use the 2 aorist active ἐφυν with the participle φύς, φυν, in a passive or intransitive sense; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii, p. 321; Krüger, § 40 under the word; Kühner, § 343, under the word; (Veitch, under the word); Winers Grammar, § 15, under the word; (Buttmann, 68 (60))); (cf. Latinfui, fore, etc.; Curtius, § 417); from Homer down; 1. to beget, bring forth, produce; passive, to be born, to spring up, to grow: Luke 8:6, 8; 2. intransitive, to shoot forth, spring up: Hebrews 12:15 (Winer's Grammar, 252 (237). Compare: ἐκφύω, |
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