Lexical Definition

‎φαντασία‎ phantasía (fan-tas-ee'-ah) pageantry ^G:N-F
from a derivative of ‎φαντάζω‎

pomp.

• (properly abstract) a (vain) show ("fantasy")

Abbott-Smith

φαντασία, -ας, ἡ (< φαντάζω), [in LXX: Za 10:1 (חָזִיז), חֲזִיז), Hb 2:18, 19 3:10, Wi 18:17 * ;]
1. as philos. term,
(a) imagination;
(b) = φάντασμα (Plat., Arist.).
2. In later writers (Polyb., al.), show, display: Ac 25:23.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

φαντασία-α, ἡ,

verbal noun of φαντάζομαι and (in sense) of φαίνομαι, appearing, appearance, ={τὸ φαίνεσθαι}, πάντες ἐφίενται τοῦ φαινομένου ἀγαθοῦ, τῆς δὲ φ. οὐ κύριοι do not control the appearing, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; usually with less verbal force, appearance, presentation to consciousness, whether immediate or in memory, whether true or illusory, φαίνεται μὲν ὁ ἥλιος ποδιαῖος, ἀντίφησι δὲ πολλάκις ἕτερόν τι πρὸς τὴν φ. [Refs]; ἡ τοῦ γάλακτος φ. the appearance of the milky way, [Refs 1st c.BC+] M.; especially of visual images, ἐπεὶ ἡ ὄψις μάλιστα αἴσθησίς ἐστι, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ τοῦ φάους εἴληφεν [ἡ φ.] [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατοπτρικὴ φ. image reflected in a mirror, [Refs]; also of other sense=perceptions, φ. καὶ αἴσθησις ταὐτὸν ἔν τε θερμοῖς καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς τοιούτοις appearance is the same as perception, whether we are talking of hot things or of anything else like them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ τὸ ἐμμένειν [τὰς φ.] καὶ ὁμοίας εἶναι ταῖς αἰσθήσεσι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in later Philos. especially in meaning psychic image, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; διανοητικαὶ φ. mental images, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; apparition, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__b less scientifically, appearance, ἐμποιοῦντα τὴν φ. (i.e. τοῦ ἐλέγχειν) [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; συναύξειν τὴν φ. [τῆς νίκης] [Refs]; ζῷα.. μέχρι φ. φαινόμενα (in a conjuring trick) [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 imagination, i.e. the re-presentation of appearances or images, primarily derived from sensation [Refs] ἆρ᾽ οἷόν τε ὀρθῶς εἰπεῖν ἕτερόν τι πλὴν φ.;.. φαίνεται δὲ ὃ λέγομεν (i.e. φαντασία) σύμμειξις αἰσθήσεως καὶ δόξης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ φ. καθ᾽ ἣν λέγομεν φάντασμά τι ἡμῖν γίγνεσθαι[Refs]; with genitive, μέλλοντος κακοῦ [Refs]; αἰσχροῦ φ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; γίγνεται ἑκάστῳ φ. ὅτι τοιοῦτός [ἐστι[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὰ πρὸς τὴν φ. χρώματα colours as judged by the φ., apparent colours, [Refs]
__2.b in Aristotle, faculty of imagination, both presentative and representative, opposed to αἴσθησις, [φ.] οὐκ ἔστιν αἴσθησις [Refs 4th c.BC+]; φ. ἕτερον καὶ αἰσθήσεως καὶ διανοίας· αὐτή τε οὐ γίγνεται ἄνευ αἰσθήσεως καὶ ἄνευ ταύτης οὐκ ἔστιν ὑπόληψις[Refs]
__2.c creative imagination, φ. σοφωτέρα μιμήσεως δημιουργός [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 the use of imagery in literature, τεθορύβηται ταῖς φ. μᾶλλον ἢ δεδείνωται [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__4 prestige, reputation, μεγάλην ἐφείλκετο φ. ὡς μόνος εἰδὼς τί λέγει [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; parade, ostentation, ποιέειν μηδὲν περιέργως μηδὲ μετὰ φαντασίης [NT+5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Acts.25.23}