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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φάντασμα G5326
Pronunciation phántasma
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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Questions this entry answers
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
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a ghost 2× Matthew 14:26, Mark 6:49
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 14:26
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Mark 1
Source forms
φάντασμά 1x phantasma Mark 6:49
Φάντασμά 1x Phantasma Matthew 14:26
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 2x Matthew 14:26, Mark 6:49
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Visible apparition or spectral appearance, distinct from genuine physical presence or reality.
Strong's G5326
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
ghost
Extended definition Source: 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 corpus Greek 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 14:26 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
Φάντασμά fantasma
an apparition, ghost, spirit
Read verse Mark 6:49 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
φάντασμα fantasma
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 patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 14:26 · Mark 6:49 2×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Mark 6:45–52 φάντασμα phántasma
apparition, ghost
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Word Origins
φάντασμα is built from this root:
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