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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - φύω
φύω
G5453
Transliteration: phýō
Pronunciation: foo'-o
Definition: spring
- Original: φύω - Transliteration: Phuo - Phonetic: foo'-o
- Definition:
1. to beget, bring forth, produce
2. to be born, to spring up, to grow
3. to shoot forth, spring up
- Origin: "a primary verb, probably originally, to "puff" or blow, i.e. to swell up" - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primary verb; probably originally to puff or blow that is to swell up; but only used in the implied sense to germinate or grow (sprout produce) literally or figuratively: - spring (up).