What does φάντασμα (phántasma) mean in the Bible?
φάντασμα (phántasma): Visible apparition or spectral appearance, distinct from genuine physical presence or reality.
Greek · G5326
φάντασμα
Ghost
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φάντασμαG5326
Pronunciationphántasma
What does φάντασμα (phántasma) mean in the Bible?
φάντασμα (phántasma): Visible apparition or spectral appearance, distinct from genuine physical presence or reality.
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How does the BSB render G5326?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a ghost (2).
Where does φάντασμα (phántasma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 14:26. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders Ita ghost2×Matthew 14:26, Mark 6:49
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Usage map
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First aligned rowMatthew 14:26
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Mark1
Source forms
φάντασμά1xphantasmaMark 6:49
Φάντασμά1xPhantasmaMatthew 14:26
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular2xMatthew 14:26, Mark 6:49
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Visible apparition or spectral appearance, distinct from genuine physical presence or reality.
Strong'sG5326
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
ghost
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Visible apparition or spectral appearance, distinct from genuine physical presence or reality.
(φαντάζω), [in LXX: Job.20:8 A (חִזָּיוֹן), Isa.28:7 A, Wis.17:15 * ;] = φάσμα, an appearance, apparition (Æsch., al.): Mat.14:26, Mrk.6:49 (see DCG, i, 111b).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 14:26Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
Φάντασμάfantasma
an apparition, ghost, spirit
Read verseMark 6:49Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
φάντασμαfantasma
an apparition, ghost, spirit
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 patterns1Aligned forms2Case patternNominative (2)Number patternSingular (2)
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Nominative · Singular · NeuterMatt 14:26 · Mark 6:492×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Witnesses
Mark 6:45–52φάντασμαphántasma
apparition, ghost
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Word Origins
φάντασμα is built from this root: