ἀποφθέγγομαι: Difference between revisions

|txtha=1st aorist ἀπεφθεγξαμην; to [[speak]] [[out]], [[speak]] [[forth]], [[pronounce]], [[not]] a [[word]] of everyday [[speech]], [[but]] [[one]] "belonging to [[dignified]] and [[elevated]] [[discourse]], [[like]] the Latin profari, pronuntiare; [[properly]] it has the [[force]] of to [[utter]] or [[declare]] [[oneself]], [[give]] [[one]]'s [[opinion]] (einen Ausspruch thun), and is used [[not]] [[only]] of prophets ([[see]] Kypke on Sept. ἀποφθέγματα, [[Cicero]], [[off]]. 1,29)"; ([[see]] [[φθέγγομαι]]). Accordingly, "it is used of the utterances of the Christians, and [[especially]] Peter, on [[that]] [[illustrious]] [[day]] of Pentecost [[after]] [[they]] had been fired by the Holy Spirit, [[ἀποκάλυψις]] κυρίου [[that]] had been given him, Winer's De [[verb]]. comp. etc. Part iv., p. 16.