Word Summary
phrazō: to show forth, tell
Original Word: φράζωTransliteration: phrazō
Phonetic Spelling: (frad'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to show forth, tell
Meaning: to show forth, tell
Strong's Concordance
expound
Probably akin to phrasso through the idea of defining; to indicate (by word or act), i.e. (specially), to expound -- declare.
see GREEK phrasso
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5419: φράζωφράζω: 1 aorist imperative
φράσον; from
Homer down;
to indicate plainly, make known, declare, whether by gesture (
φωνῆσαι μέν οὐκ εἶχε,
τῇ δέ χειρί ἐφραζεν Herodotus 4, 113), or by writing or speaking, or in other ways;
to explain:
τίνι τήν παραβολήν, the thought shadowed forth in the parable,
Matthew 13:36 (
R G T Tr text);
. (Twice in the Sept. for הֵבִין, Job 6:24; הורָה, Job 12:8.)