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Strong's G5453 · Greek

φύω

phuo · foo'-o

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


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

φύω (G5453)

3 φύω [in LXX: Pr 26:9 , Ez 37:8 ( עלה ), etc. ;] trans., to bring forth, produce (of men, to beget ); pass., to spring up, grow : Lk 8:6 , 8 . Intrans., in 2 aor., pf., plpf., and rarely in pres. (v. LS, s.v., A, II.), to spring up : He 12:15 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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