φωνή phōnē · 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 …
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
φων-ή, ἡ, ; sound, tone, properly, the sound of the voice, whether of men or animals with lungs and throat (ἡ φωνὴ ψόφος τίς ἐστιν ἐμψύχου []; opposed to φθόγγος (see. φθόγγος []; I mostly of human beings, speech, voice, utterance, φ. ἄρρηκτος []; φ. δέ οἱ αἰθέρ᾽ ἵκανεν, of Ajax' battle-cry, []; of the battle-cry of an army, Τρώων καὶ Ἀχαιῶν.. φ. δεινὸν ἀϋσάντων []: plural, of the cries of market-people, []; ὀξεῖα, βαρυτέρα, λεία, τραχεῖα φ., []; μιαρά, ἀναιδής, []with his voice, aloud, []; μιᾷ …
Where it's used 123 times
Matthew 2:18 · Matthew 3:3 · Matthew 3:17 · Matthew 12:19 · Matthew 17:5 · Matthew 27:46 · Matthew 27:50 · Mark 1:3 · Mark 1:11 · Mark 1:26 · Mark 5:7 · Mark 9:7 · Mark 15:34 · Mark 15:37 · Luke 3:4 · Luke 3:22 · Luke 4:33 · Luke 8:28 · Luke 9:35 · Luke 9:36 · Luke 11:27 · Luke 17:13 · Luke 17:15 · Luke 19:37 · Luke 23:23 · Luke 23:46 · John 1:23 · John 3:29 · John 5:25 · John 5:28 · John 5:37 · John 10:3 · John 10:4 · John 10:5 · John 10:16 · John 10:27 · John 11:43 · John 12:28 · John 12:30 · John 18:37 · Acts 2:14 · Acts 4:24 · Acts 7:31 · Acts 7:57 · Acts 7:60 · Acts 8:7 · Acts 9:4 · Acts 9:7 · Acts 10:13 · Acts 10:15 · Acts 11:7 · Acts 11:9 · Acts 12:14 · Acts 12:22 · Acts 13:27 · Acts 14:10 · Acts 14:11 · Acts 16:28 · Acts 19:34 · Acts 22:7 … and 63 more
Source: TBESG G5456G; TFLSJ G5456G
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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