What does φαντασία (phantasía) mean in the Bible?
φαντασία (phantasía): Outward display or show, distinct from reality; imagination or mere appearance without substance.
Greek · G5325
φαντασία
(Properly abstract) a (vain) show ("fantasy")
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φαντασία G5325
Pronunciation phantasía
What does φαντασία (phantasía) mean in the Bible?
φαντασία (phantasía): Outward display or show, distinct from reality; imagination or mere appearance without substance.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5325?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include pomp (1).
Where does φαντασία (phantasía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 25:23. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It pomp 1× Acts 25:23
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 25:23
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Acts 1
Source forms
φαντασίας 1x phantasias Acts 25:23
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Acts 25:23
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Outward display or show, distinct from reality; imagination or mere appearance without substance.
Strong's G5325
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 25:23-27 Source Gloss
(properly abstract) a (vain) show ("fantasy")
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Outward display or show, distinct from reality; imagination or mere appearance without substance.
(φαντάζω), [in LXX: Zec.10:1 (חֲזִיז), חֲזִיז), Hab.2:18-19 3:10, Wis.18:17 * ;]
1as philos. term,
aimagination;
b= φάντασμα (Plat., Arist.).
2In later writers (Polyb., al.), show, display: Act.25:23.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 25:23 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
φαντασίας, fantasiav
show, display, pomp
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Genitive (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 25:23 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
New Testament Witnesses
Display or showy appearance.
Word Origins
φαντασία is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Contrasts earthly splendor with Paul’s restrained dignity. Acts 25:23-27
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain