φημί
[in LXX chiefly for נאם, also for אמר; freq. in II-IV Mac;]
to declare, say: freq. in quoting the words of another, Mt 13:2926:61, Lk 7:4022:58, Jo 1:23, al.; interjected into the recorded words (cl.), Mt 14:8, Ac 23:35, al.; φησί, impersonal (Bl., § 30, 4), I Co 6:16 (Lft., Notes, 217; but cf. Bl., l.c.), II Co 10:10 (WH, mg., φασίν), He 8:5; joined with synon. verb (cf. LS, s.v., II, 2), ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτῷ ἔφη, Lk 23:3; seq. πρός, Lk 22:70, al.; c. acc rei, I Co 10:1510:19; acc. et inf., Ro 3:8; seq. ὅτι(Bl., § 70, 3), I Co 10:1915:50 (cf. σύν-φημι)