STRONGS G5334:
φάσις,
φασεως,
ἡ (from
φαίνω);
1. in the Attic orators, "the exposure of (informing against) those who have embezzled the property of the state, or violated the laws respecting the importation or exportation of merchandise, or defrauded their wards".
2. universally,
a disclosure of secret crime (
κοινῶς δέ φασεις ἐκαλουντο πᾶσαι αἱ μηνυσεις τῶν λανθανοντων ἀδικημάτων,
Pollux 8, 6, 47): Susanna, 55,
Theod.; of
information by report (
A. V. tidings),
Acts 21:31.
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