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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
"a hearing," is translated "report" in John 12:38; Romans 10:16 , and in the RV of Matthew 4:24; 14:1; Mark 1:28 . See HEARING , B, No. 1.
"a good report, good reputation" (eu, "well," pheme "a saying or report"), is used in 2 Corinthians 6:8 . Contrast No. 3.
"evil-speaking, defamation" (dus-, an inseparable prefix, the opposite to eu, "well," see No. 2), is used in 2 Corinthians 6:8 .
"a word," is translated "report," i.e., "a story, narrative;" in Luke 5:15 (AV, "fame"); 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.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 .
"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;" 10:22; 16:2; 22:12; 1 Timothy 5:10; in Hebrews 11:2,39 , 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.
"to report" (apo, "from," angello, "to give a message"), "announce, declare" (by a messenger, speaker, or writer), is translated "reported" in Acts 4:23; 16:36 , RV (AV, "told"); 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.
"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.
"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.
"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.These files are public domain.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Report'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​r/report.html. 1940.