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Strong's G5348 φθάνω (phthano)

Phthano means “come” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H5348 — naqod (“speckled”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G5348
Language Greek
Linked Usages 33
Books 19

Strong's G5348 Quick Answer

Strong's G5348 φθάνω (phthano) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. phthano (fthan'-o) v. 1. to be beforehand, i.e. anticipate or precede 2. (by extension) to have arrived at It has 33 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include attained and have. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
phthano (fthan'-o) v. 1. to be beforehand, i.e. anticipate or precede 2. (by extension) to have arrived at
Usage
33 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
attained and have

Meaning and Definition

phthano (fthan'-o) v. 1. to be beforehand, i.e. anticipate or precede 2. (by extension) to have arrived at [apparently a primary verb] KJV: (already) attain, come, prevent

Original Word
φθάνω
Transliteration
phthano
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5348. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to precede/arrive

Usage: φθάνω [in LXX for נָגַע hi., מְטָא, etc. ;] __1. to come before another, anticipate (cl.): with accusative of person(s), 1Th.4:15. __2. In late writers and MGr. (see Kennedy, Sources, 156; Lft., Notes, 35), to come, arrive: Rom.9:31; before εἰς, Php.3:16; ἄχρι, 2Co.10:14; ἐπί (cf. Da TH Dan.4:21, and see Dalman, Words, 107), Mat.12:28, Luk.11:20, 1Th.2:16 (cf. προ-φθάνω).† (AS)

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How Strong's G5348 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render phthano, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's G5348 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 21 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G5348 (φθάνω) appears 27 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G5348 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G5348 in the New Testament

7 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 12:28 KJV

But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.

Luke 11:20 KJV

But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.

Romans 9:31 KJV

But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

Strong's G5348 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

21 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 10:25 Septuagint / Brenton

And to Eber were born two sons, the name of the one, Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and the name of his brother Joktan.

Judges 20:34 Septuagint / Brenton

And there came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel; and the fight was severe; and they knew not that evil was coming upon them.

Judges 20:42 Septuagint / Brenton

And they turned to the way of the wilderness from before the children of Israel, and fled: but the battle overtook them, and they from the cities destroyed them in the midst of them.

Strong's G5348 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Tobit 5:19 Septuagint / Brenton

For that which the Lord hath given us to live with doth suffice us.

Wisdom of Solomon 4:7 Septuagint / Brenton

But though the righteous be prevented with death, Yet shall he be in rest.

Wisdom of Solomon 6:13 Septuagint / Brenton

She preventeth them that desire her, In making herself first known unto them.

Usage Excerpts

First 33 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5348.

Genesis 10:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to Eber were born two sons, the name of the one, Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and the name of his brother Joktan.
Judges 20:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel; and the fight was severe; and they knew not that evil was coming upon them.
Judges 20:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they turned to the way of the wilderness from before the children of Israel, and fled: but the battle overtook them, and they from the cities destroyed them in the midst of them.
2 Kingdoms 20:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when he was quickly removed from the road, every man of Israel passed after Joab to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
3 Kingdoms 12:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king sent Adoram who was over the tribute; and they stoned him with stones, and he died: and King Rehoboam made haste to rise to flee to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 28:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was there a prophet of the Lord, his name was Oded: and he went out to meet the host that were coming to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, the wrath of the Lord God of your fathers is upon Judah, and he has delivered them into your hands, and ye have slain them in wrath, and it has reached even to heaven.
Ezra 3:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 7:73 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
Ecclesiastes 8:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; That there are righteous persons to whom it happens According to the doing of the ungodly; And there are ungodly men, to whom it happens According to the doing of the just: I said, This is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 12:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And remember thy Creator In the days of thy youth, Before the days of evil come, And the years overtake thee in which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.
Song of Solomon 2:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The flowers are seen in the land; The time of pruning has arrived; The voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.
Daniel 4:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The tree grew large and strong, and its height reached to the sky, and its extent to the extremity of the whole earth:
Daniel 4:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The tree which thou sawest, that grew large and strong, whose height reached to the sky and its extent to all the earth;
Daniel 4:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
is thyself, O king; for thou art grown great and powerful, and thy greatness has increased and reached to heaven, and thy dominion to the ends of the earth.
Daniel 4:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
this is the interpretation of it, O king, and it is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king.
Daniel 4:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All these things came upon King Nebuchadnezzar.
Daniel 6:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king commanded, and they brought the men that had accused Daniel, and they were cast into the den of lions, they, and their children, and their wives: and they reached not the bottom of the den before the lions had the mastery of them, and utterly broke to pieces all their bones.
Daniel 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I beheld in the night vision, and, lo, one coming with the clouds of heaven as the Son of man, and he came on to the Ancient of days, and was brought near to him.
Daniel 7:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
until the Ancient of days came, and he gave judgment to the saints of the Most High; and the time came on, and the saints possessed the kingdom.
Daniel 8:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I saw him coming up close to the ram, and he was furiously enraged against him, and he smote the ram, and broke both his horns: and there was no strength in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him on the ground, and trampled on him; and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
Daniel 12:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Blessed is he that waits, and comes to the thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.
Matthew 12:28 New Testament, KJV
But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
Luke 11:20 New Testament, KJV
But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
Romans 9:31 New Testament, KJV
But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
2 Corinthians 10:14 New Testament, KJV
For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:
Philippians 3:16 New Testament, KJV
Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
1 Thessalonians 2:16 New Testament, KJV
Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
1 Thessalonians 4:15 New Testament, KJV
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
Tobit 5:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For that which the Lord hath given us to live with doth suffice us.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But though the righteous be prevented with death, Yet shall he be in rest.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
She preventeth them that desire her, In making herself first known unto them.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
That it might be known, that we must prevent the sun to give thee thanks, And at the dayspring pray unto thee.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5348, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Philippians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 2 usages, New Testament
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G5348 FAQ

What does phthano (φθάνω) mean?

Phthano (Strong's G5348) is a Greek word most simply glossed "come". phthano (fthan'-o) v. 1. to be beforehand, i.e. anticipate or precede 2. (by extension) to have arrived at

How many times is phthano (φθάνω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 33 linked usages for Strong's G5348 across 19 books.

Where can I study phthano (φθάνω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5348 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate phthano (φθάνω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as attained and have. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G5348 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 21 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5348, with linked reader references where each row is available.