phthengomai denotes uttering speech, whether a donkey's human-voiced rebuke, boastful words, or prohibited public speech.

The occurrences show uttering speech in varied settings: a donkey's human-voiced rebuke, boastful words used to entice, and speech prohibited alongside teaching in Jesus' name. The contexts differ, but the supplied forms consistently mark vocal expression rather than a distinct range of lexical senses.

1. Uttering speech in varied contexts · dominant

   In 2 Peter 2:16, the aorist middle participle describes the mute donkey's human-voiced utterance that restrains the prophet's insanity; the APB renders the clause "a mute donkey spoke with a human voice." In 2 Peter 2:18, the present middle plural participle occurs with boastful words of futility and enticement, while Acts 4:18 uses a present middle infinitive in an order not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

   2 Peter 2:162 Peter 2:18Acts 4:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the occurrences with "spoke" in 2 Peter 2:16 and "speaking" in 2 Peter 2:18, while Acts 4:18 has "speak" alongside "teach." These renderings confirm the clauses' speech setting without establishing finer distinctions.