Strong's Lexicon
G5406 — φονεύς
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5406 |
|---|---|
| Word: | φονεύς |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G5408 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 7 |
| Transliteration: | phoneus |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | fon-yooce' |
| Meaning: | 1. a murderer {always of criminal (or at least intentional) homicide; which G443 does not necessarily imply; while G4607 is a special term for a public bandit} |
| KJV Renderings: | murderer |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φονεύς, φονεως, ὁ (φόνος), from Homer down, a murderer, a homicide: Mat 22:7; Act 7:52; Act 28:4; 1Pe 4:15; Rev 21:8; Rev 22:15; ἀνήρ φονεύς (cf. ἀνήρ, 3), Act 3:14. [SYNONYMS: φονεύς any murderer — the genus of which σικάριος the assassin is a species; while ἀνθρωποκτόνος (which see) has in the N. T. a special emphasis. Trench, § lxxxiii.]
Englishman's Greek Concordance
φονεύς (murderer)
Matthew 22:7
- KJV: But when the king heard he was wroth and he sent forth his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city
- GK: και ακούσας ο βασιλεύς εκείνος ωργίσθη και πέμψας τα στρατεύματα απώλεσεν τους φονείς εκείνους και την πόλιν αυτών ενέπρησε
Acts 3:14
- KJV: But ye denied the Holy One and the Just and desired a murderer to be granted unto you
- GK: υμείς δε τον άγιον και δίκαιον ηρνήσασθε και ητήσασθε άνδρα φονέα χαρισθήναι υμίν
Acts 7:52
- KJV: Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers
- GK: τίνα των προφητών ουκ εδίωξαν οι πατέρες υμών και απέκτειναν τους προκαταγγείλαντας περί της ελεύσεως του δικαίου ου νυν υμείς προδόται και φονείς γεγένησθε
Acts 28:4
- KJV: And when the barbarians saw the beast hang on his hand they said among themselves No doubt this man is a murderer whom though he hath escaped the sea yet vengeance suffereth not to live
- GK: ως δε είδον οι βάρβαροι κρεμάμενον το θηρίον εκ της χειρός αυτού έλεγον προς αλλήλους πάντως φονεύς εστιν ο άνθρωπος ούτος ον διασωθέντα εκ της θαλάσσης η δίκη ζην ουκ είασεν
1 Peter 4:15
- KJV: But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a busybody in other men’s matters
- GK: μη γαρ τις υμών πασχέτω ως φονεύς η κλέπτης η κακοποιός η ως αλλοτριοεπίσκοπος
Revelation 21:8
- KJV: But the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death
- GK: τοις δε δειλοίς και απίστοις και αμαρτωλοίς και εβδελυγμένοις και φονεύσι και πόρνοις και φαρμακοίς και ειδωλολάτραις και πάσι τοις ψευδέσι το μέρος αυτών εν τη λίμνη τη καιομένη πυρί και θείω ο εστίν ο θάνατος ο δεύτερος
Revelation 22:15
- KJV: For without dogs and sorcerers and whoremongers and murderers and idolaters and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie
- GK: έξω οι κύνες και οι φαρμακοί και οι πόρνοι και οι φονείς και οι ειδωλολάτραι και πας φιλών και ποιών ψεύδος
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