Report (Noun and Verb)
[ A-1,Noun,
G189,
akoe ]
a hearing," is translated "report" in
John 12:38;
Romans 10:16, and in the RV of
Matthew 4:24;
Matthew 14:1;
Mark 1:28. See
HEARING, B, No. 1.
[ A-2,Noun,
G2162,
euphemia ]
"a good report, good reputation" (eu, "well," pheme "a saying or report"), is used in
2 Corinthians 6:8. Contrast No. 3.
[ A-3,Noun,
G1426,
dusphemia ]
"evil-speaking, defamation" (dus-, an inseparable prefix, the opposite to eu, "well," See No. 2), is used in
2 Corinthians 6:8.
[ A-4,Noun,
G3056,
logos ]
"a word," is translated "report," i.e., "a story, narrative;" in
Luke 5:15 (AV, "fame");
Luke 7:17 (AV, "rumor");
Acts 11:22 (AV, "tidings"). See
WORD.
Note: For marturia, rendered "report" in
1 Timothy 3:7, AV, See
TESTIMONY,
WITNESS.
[ B-1,Adjective,
G2613,
euphemos ]
akin to A, No. 2, primarily, "uttering words or sounds of good omen," then, "avoiding ill-omened words," and hence "fair-sounding," "of good report," is so rendered in
Philippians 4:8.
[ C-1,Verb,
G3140,
martureo ]
"to be a witness, bear witness, testify," signifies, in the Passive Voice, "to be well testified of, to have a good report,"
Acts 6:3, "of good (AV, honest) report," lit., "being well testified of;"
Acts 10:22;
Acts 16:2;
Acts 22:12;
1 Timothy 5:10; in
Hebrews 11:2,
Hebrews 11:39, AV, "obtained a good report" (RV, "had witness borne to them"); in
3 John 1:12, AV, "hath good report" (RV, "hath the witness"), lit., "witness hath been borne." See
TESTIFY,
WITNESS.
[ C-2,Verb,
G518,
apangello ]
"to report" (apo, "from," angello, "to give a message"), "announce, declare" (by a messenger, speaker, or writer), is translated "reported" in
Acts 4:23;
Acts 16:36, RV (AV, "told");
Acts 16:38 (some mss. have No. 3; AV, "told"); "report" in
1 Corinthians 14:25, AV (RV, "declaring");
1 Thessalonians 1:9, RV, "report" (AV, "shew"); so
Acts 28:21. See
DECLARE, No. 2.
[ C-3,Verb,
G312,
anangello ]
"to bring back word," in later Greek came to have the same meaning as No. 2, "to announce, declare;" it is translated "are reported" in
1 Peter 1:12, AV (RV, "have been announced"). See
DECLARE, No. 1.
[ C-4,Verb,
G191,
akouo ]
"to hear," is used in the Passive Voice, impersonally, in
1 Corinthians 5:1, lit., "it is heard" or "there is heard," translated "it is reported." See
HEAR.
[ C-5,Verb,
G987,
blasphemeo ]
"to speak slanderously, impiously, profanely" (blapto, "to injure," and pheme, "a saying"), is translated "we be slanderously reported" in
Romans 3:8 (Passive Voice). See
BLASPHEME, B.
Note: In
Matthew 28:15, AV, diaphemizo, "to spread abroad" (dia, "throughout," pheme, "a saying, report"), is translated "is commonly reported" (RV, "was spread abroad"). See
BLAZE ABROAD.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words