What does φόνος (phónos) mean in the Bible?
φόνος (phónos): Unlawful killing by human agency, distinguished from natural death or divine judgment
Greek · G5408
φόνος
Murder
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φόνος G5408
Pronunciation phónos
What does φόνος (phónos) mean in the Bible?
φόνος (phónos): Unlawful killing by human agency, distinguished from natural death or divine judgment
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5408?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include murder (6), - (1), for murder (1), murderous (1).
Where does φόνος (phónos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 15:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), Mark (2), Acts (1), Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It murder 6× Matthew 15:19, Mark 7:21, Mark 15:7, Luke 23:25
- 1× Hebrews 11:37
for murder 1× Luke 23:19
murderous 1× Acts 9:1
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 15:19 φόνοι to murder Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Mark 7:21 φόνοι to murder Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Mark 15:7 φόνον to murder Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Luke 23:19 φόνον to for murder Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Luke 23:25 φόνον to murder Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 9:1 φόνου to murderous Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Romans 1:29 φόνου to murder Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Hebrews 11:37 φόνῳ to - Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Revelation 9:21 φόνων to murder Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 15:19
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 7
Matthew 1 Mark 2 Luke 2 Acts 1 Romans 1 Hebrews 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
φόνον 3x phonon Mark 15:7, Luke 23:19, Luke 23:25
φόνοι 2x phonoi Matthew 15:19, Mark 7:21
φόνου 2x phonou Acts 9:1, Romans 1:29
φόνῳ 1x phonō Hebrews 11:37
φόνων 1x phonōn Revelation 9:21
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 3x Mark 15:7, Luke 23:19, Luke 23:25
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 2x Acts 9:1, Romans 1:29
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Matthew 15:19, Mark 7:21
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 1x Hebrews 11:37
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Revelation 9:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Unlawful killing by human agency, distinguished from natural death or divine judgment
Strong's G5408
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 10 times Word forms 5 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
murder
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
10 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 15:19 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
φόνοι, fonoi
murder, slaughter
Read verse Mark 7:21 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
φόνοι, fonoi
murder, slaughter
Read verse Mark 15:7 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
φόνον fonon
murder, slaughter
Read verse Luke 23:19 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
φόνον fonon
murder, slaughter
Read verse Luke 23:25 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
φόνον fonon
murder, slaughter
Read verse Acts 9:1 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
φόνου fonou
murder, slaughter
Read verse Romans 1:29 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
φόνου, fonou
murder, slaughter
Read verse Galatians 5:21 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
φόνοι, fonoi
murder, slaughter
Read verse Hebrews 11:37 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
φόνῳ fonw
murder, slaughter
Read verse Revelation 9:21 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
φόνων fonwn
murder, slaughter
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 5 Aligned forms 9 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 15:19 · Mark 7:21 2×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Acts 9:1 · Rom 1:29 2×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Rev 9:21 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Heb 11:37 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Mark 15:7 · Luke 23:19 · Luke 23:25 3×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 23:13–25 φόνον phónos
Murder
Showing 1 selected witness from 9 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
φόνος is from an obsolete root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain