Phōnē φωνή

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Phōnē
φωνή
Transliterationphōnē
Strong's numberG5456 (G5456G, G5456H)
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossvoice/sound: voice
Occurrences141 in 129 verses
Most frequent inRevelation (45)

Phōnē (Greek φωνή, Strong's G5456) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “voice/sound: voice”. It occurs 141 times in 129 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

G5456G: voice/sound: voice

φωνή, -ῆς, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly and very frequently for קוֹל ;]
a voice;
(a) prop., of persons, Mat.2:18 (LXX), al.; φ. αἴρειν (ἐπαίρειν), Luk.17:13, Act.2:14, al.; φ. μεγάλῃ εἰπεῖν (λέγειν, φωνεῖν, etc.), Luk.8:28, Act.7:57, Rev.5:12, al.; γίνεται (ἔρχεται) φ. ἐκ τ. οὐρανῶν (ἐξ οὐρανοῦ), Mrk.1:11, Luk.3:22, Jhn.12:28, al. (cf. DCG, ii, 810a; Dalman, Words, 204f.); ἀκούειν φωνήν (-ῆς; see: ἀκούω), Act.9:4, 7 al.; φ. βοῶντος, Mat.3:3, Mrk.1:3, Luk.3:4, Jhn.1:23" (LXX) ; τ. θεοῦ, Jhn.5:37, Heb.3:7, al. By meton.,
(α) of the speaker, βλέπειν τὴν φ., Rev.1:12;
(β) speech, language ( Gen.11:1, 4Ma.12:7, al.): 1Co.14:10;
(b) of inanimate things: Mat.24:31, Jhn.3:8, Act.2:6, Rev.1:15b 9:9 14:2, al. (cf. Tr., Syn., §lxxxix).
(AS)

G5456H: voice/sound: noise

φωνή, -ῆς, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly and very frequently for קוֹל ;]
a voice;
(a) prop., of persons, Mat.2:18 (LXX), al.; φ. αἴρειν (ἐπαίρειν), Luk.17:13, Act.2:14, al.; φ. μεγάλῃ εἰπεῖν (λέγειν, φωνεῖν, etc.), Luk.8:28, Act.7:57, Rev.5:12, al.; γίνεται (ἔρχεται) φ. ἐκ τ. οὐρανῶν (ἐξ οὐρανοῦ), Mrk.1:11, Luk.3:22, Jhn.12:28, al. (cf. DCG, ii, 810a; Dalman, Words, 204f.); ἀκούειν φωνήν (-ῆς; see: ἀκούω), Act.9:4, 7 al.; φ. βοῶντος, Mat.3:3, Mrk.1:3, Luk.3:4, Jhn.1:23" (LXX) ; τ. θεοῦ, Jhn.5:37, Heb.3:7, al. By meton.,
(α) of the speaker, βλέπειν τὴν φ., Rev.1:12;
(β) speech, language ( Gen.11:1, 4Ma.12:7, al.): 1Co.14:10;
(b) of inanimate things: Mat.24:31, Jhn.3:8, Act.2:6, Rev.1:15b 9:9 14:2, al. (cf. Tr., Syn., §lxxxix).
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVvoice (115), voices (15), sound (8), hear (1), abroad (1), noise (1)
BSBvoice (82), loud voice (13), sound (8), voices (8), roar (4), rumblings (4), rumbling (2), loud cry (1), shouting in a loud voice (1), loud voices (1), clamor (1), loud shrieks (1), and 8 other renderings

Topics

Verses

Every verse with Phōnē, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

1 Corinthians

Galatians

1 Thessalonians

Hebrews

2 Peter

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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