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A — 1: ἀκοή

(Strong's #189 — Noun Feminine — akoe — ak-o-ay' )

"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 — 2: εὐφημία

(Strong's #2162 — Noun Feminine — euphemia — yoo-fay-mee'-ah )

"a good report, good reputation" (eu, "well," pheme "a saying or report"), is used in 2 Corinthians 6:8 . Contrast No. 3.

A — 3: δυσφημία

(Strong's #1426 — Noun Feminine — dusphemia — doos-fay-mee'-ah )

"evil-speaking, defamation" (dus-, an inseparable prefix, the opposite to eu, "well," see No. 2), is used in 2 Corinthians 6:8 .

A — 4: λόγος

(Strong's #3056 — Noun Masculine — logos — log'-os )

"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.

B — 1: καταδικάζω

(Strong's #2613 — Verb — euphemos — kat-ad-ik-ad'-zo )

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: μαρτυρέω

(Strong's #3140 — Verb — martureo — mar-too-reh'-o )

"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.

C — 2: ἀπαγγέλλω

(Strong's #518 — Verb — apangello — ap-ang-el'-lo )

"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.

C — 3: ἀναγγέλλω

(Strong's #312 — Verb — anangello — an-ang-el'-lo )

"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: ἀκούω

(Strong's #191 — Verb — akouo — ak-oo'-o )

"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: βλασφημέω

(Strong's #987 — Verb — blasphemeo — blas-fay-meh'-o )

"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.

Bibliography Information
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.
 
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