Strong G5325φαντασία

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Transliteration
phantasia
Pronunciation
fan-tas-ee'-ah
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From a derivative of G5324; (properly abstractly) a (vain) show (fantasy): - pomp.

Detailed definition

φαντασία, -ας, ἡ
(φαντάζω), [in LXX: Zec.10:1 (חֲזִיז), חֲזִיז), Hab.2:18-19 3:10, Wis.18:17 *;]
1. as philos. term,
__(a) imagination;
__(b) = φάντασμα (Plat., Arist.).

2. In later writers (Polyb., al.), show, display: Act.25:23.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G5325 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • pomp1

First verses

  1. Acts 25:23
    And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus’ commandment Paul was brought forth.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
φαντᾰσί-α, ἡ,
verbal noun of φαντάζομαι and (in sense) of φαίνομαι, appearing, appearance, ={τὸ φαίνεσθαι}, πάντες ἐφίενται τοῦ φαινομένου ἀγαθοῦ, τῆς δὲ φ. οὐ κύριοι do not control the appearing, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1114a32)]; usually with less verbal force, appearance, presentation to consciousness, whether immediate or in memory, whether true or illusory, φαίνεται μὲν ὁ ἥλιος ποδιαῖος, ἀντίφησι δὲ πολλάκις ἕτερόν τι πρὸς τὴν φ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Insomn.” 460b19)]; ἡ τοῦ γάλακτος φ. the appearance of the milky way, [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Mete.” 339a35; ἡ τοῦ προσώπου φ. 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “Academicorum Index” p.50)] M.; especially of visual images, ἐπεὶ ἡ ὄψις μάλιστα αἴσθησίς ἐστι, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ τοῦ φάους εἴληφεν [ἡ φ.] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 429a2)]; κατοπτρικὴ φ. image reflected in a mirror, [Refs (“Placita Philosophorum” 3.1.2)]; also of other sense=perceptions, φ. καὶ αἴσθησις ταὐτὸν ἔν τε θερμοῖς καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς τοιούτοις appearance is the same as perception, whether we are talking of hot things or of anything else like them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 152c, compare 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.21; ταῦτα ἔστι μέν τι, ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ ὧν ἐμποιεῖ τὴν φ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1024b24; ἡ φ. ἐστὶν αἴσθησίς τις ἀσθενής.. κἂν τῷ ἐλπίζοντι ἀκολουθοῖ ἂν φ. τις οὗ ἐλπίζει [prev. author] “Rh.” 1370a28; αἱ [αἰσθήσεις] ἀληθεῖς ἀεί, αἱ δὲ φ. γίνονται αἱ πλείους ψευδεῖς [prev. author] “de An.” 428a12; φ. ἀληθεῖς ἁπάσας 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 254; ἀπελθόντων τῶν αἰσθητῶν ἔνεισιν αἱ αἰσθήσεις καὶ φ. ἐν τοῖς αἰσθητηρίοις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 425b25)]; διὰ τὸ ἐμμένειν [τὰς φ.] καὶ ὁμοίας εἶναι ταῖς αἰσθήσεσι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 429a5; τῆς αἰσθήσεως ἀλλοιουμένης ἐξ ἧς γίνεσθαι τὴν φ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 63; ἐλέγχειν τὰς ἀλλήλων φ. καὶ δόξας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 161e)]; frequently in later Philos. especially in meaning psychic image, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.12U., 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.152, 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 4.24, +others; defined as τύπωσις ἐν ψυχῇ 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.23; φ. καταληπτική 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.17, etc.; [φ. κ.] ἢν κριτήριον εἶναι τῶν πραγμάτων φασί, τὴν γιγνομένην ἀπὸ ὑπάρχοντος κατ᾽ αὐτὸ τὸ ὑπάρχον ἐναπεσφραγισμένην “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.21, compare 26, +others)]; διανοητικαὶ φ. mental images, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Familiares” 15.16.1; νυκτεριναὶ φ. 6th c.AD: Philoponus, Joannes Philosophus in “de An.” 486.13,compare “Geoponica” 12.17.15)]; apparition, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 846a37.)]
b less scientifically, appearance, ἐμποιοῦντα τὴν φ. (i.e. τοῦ ἐλέγχειν) [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “SE” 165b25; τὸ παράδοξον τῆς τῶν ζῴων φ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.53.8, compare 5.48.9, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 4.102, “Hann.” 15; κατὰ τὴν πρώτην φ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.27.7)]; συναύξειν τὴν φ. [τῆς νίκης] [Refs ([prev. author] 16.8.3; δουλεύοντες τῇ τῶν ἐκτὸς φ. [prev. author] 30.19.4; φ. ποιεῖν καὶ προσδοκίαν [prev. author] 18.10.7, compare 14.2.4)]; ζῷα.. μέχρι φ. φαινόμενα (in a conjuring trick) [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Celsus Medicus cited in 3rd c.AD: Origenes Theologus “contra Celsum” 1.68; κατὰ τὴν πρόχειρον οὑτωσὶ φ. 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.105, compare 15.17,115, 19.206; τῶν ἀπεπτούντων ἐνίοις φ... γίνονται [prev. author] 18(2).73, compare 71, +others)]
2 imagination, i.e. the re-presentation of appearances or images, primarily derived from sensation [Refs (compare (αἴσθησις 11), ὅταν μὴ καθ᾽ αὑτὸ ἀλλὰ δι᾽ αἰσθήσεως παρῇ τινι τὸ τοιοῦτον αὖ πάθος (i.e. δόξα))] ἆρ᾽ οἷόν τε ὀρθῶς εἰπεῖν ἕτερόν τι πλὴν φ.;.. φαίνεται δὲ ὃ λέγομεν (i.e. φαντασία) σύμμειξις αἰσθήσεως καὶ δόξης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 264a, 264b; οὐδὲ δόξα μετ᾽ αἰσθήσεως οὐδὲ δι᾽ αἰσθήσεως οὐδὲ συμπλοκὴ δόξης καὶ αἰσθήσεως φ. ἂν εἴη 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 428a26)]; ἡ φ. καθ᾽ ἣν λέγομεν φάντασμά τι ἡμῖν γίγνεσθαι[Refs ([prev. work] 428a1; ἔστι δὲ φ. ἡ ὑπὸ τῆς κατ᾽ ἐνέργειαν αἰσθήσεως γινομένη κίνησις [prev. author] “Insomn.” 459a17, compare “de An.” 429a1; εἰ ἔστι καὶ τοῦτο [τὸ νοεῖν] φ. τις ἢ μὴ ἄνευ φ. [prev. work] 403a8)]; with genitive, μέλλοντος κακοῦ [Refs ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1382a21, compare 1370a30, b33, +others)]; αἰσχροῦ φ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 9.6.5; also περὶ ἀδοξίας φ. ἐστὶν ἡ αἰσχύνη 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1384a23)]; γίγνεται ἑκάστῳ φ. ὅτι τοιοῦτός [ἐστι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (] [prev. work] 1371a9; ἡ κατὰ τὴν σύλληψιν φ. τῆς γυναικός “Placita Philosophorum” 5.12.2, compare 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.39 (_plural_))]; τὰ πρὸς τὴν φ. χρώματα colours as judged by the φ., apparent colours, [Refs (“Placita Philosophorum” 1.15.8; φωτίζεσθαι πρὸς τὴν φ. [prev. work]2.28.6.)]
2.b in Aristotle, faculty of imagination, both presentative and representative, opposed to αἴσθησις, [φ.] οὐκ ἔστιν αἴσθησις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 428a5; opposed to δόξα, because πίστις is absent, [prev. work] 22, 24; opposed to ἐπιστήμη, νοῦς, διάνοια, οὐδὲ [φ.] τῶν ἀεὶ ἀληθευόντων οὐδεμία ἔσται, οἷον ἐπιστήμη ἢ νοῦς [prev. work] 428a17)]; φ. ἕτερον καὶ αἰσθήσεως καὶ διανοίας· αὐτή τε οὐ γίγνεται ἄνευ αἰσθήσεως καὶ ἄνευ ταύτης οὐκ ἔστιν ὑπόληψις[Refs ([prev. work] 427b14; φ. γίνεται ἢ διὰ νοήσεως ἢ δι᾽ αἰσθήσεως [prev. author] “MA” 702a19; ὀρεκτικὸν [τὸ ζῷον] οὐκ ἄνευ φ., φ. δὲ πᾶσα ἢ λογιστικὴ ἢ αἰσθητική [prev. author] “de An.” 433b28.)]
2.c creative imagination, φ. σοφωτέρα μιμήσεως δημιουργός [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 6.19.)]
3 the use of imagery in literature, τεθορύβηται ταῖς φ. μᾶλλον ἢ δεδείνωται [Refs 1st c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 3.1; ἡ ῥητορικὴ φ. [prev. author] 15.2; ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀποδεικτικοῦ περιελκόμεθα εἰς τὸ κατὰ φαντασίαν ἐκπληκτικόν [prev. author] 15.11; αἱ ποιητικαὶ φ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.759c; ἐς τὰς φ. τῶν λεγομένων τῷ σχήματι τοῦ σώματος συνεφέροντο 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Αιβυκή” 134, compare “Hisp.” 26, “Syr.” 40.)]
4 prestige, reputation, μεγάλην ἐφείλκετο φ. ὡς μόνος εἰδὼς τί λέγει [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 22.9.12, compare 24.7.2, 24.11.5, “fragment” 233; ἐκ τοῦ τοὺς ἄλλους ἐλέγχειν φ. ἀπενέγκασθαι προαιρούμενος 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.1.6)]; parade, ostentation, ποιέειν μηδὲν περιέργως μηδὲ μετὰ φαντασίης [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ εὐσχημοσύνης” 7, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.25.22, 16.21.1, 31.26.6, 2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus 36 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.83, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 38.26, +others; ἡ ἐφήμερος τῆς ἀρχῆς φ. 4th c.BC: Sopater Comicus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.5.55; μετὰ πολλῆς φ. NT.Act.25.23, compare 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 4.53.)]