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φωνή

Voice/sound: noise

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φωνή G5456

Pronunciation phōnḗ

What does φωνή (phōnḗ) mean in the Bible?

φωνή (phōnḗ) is a Greek word meaning "voice/sound: noise". φωνή, -ῆς, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for קוֹל ;] a voice; __(a) prop.

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Meaning

voice/sound: noise

Extended definition

Voice as divine communication: God's authoritative speech breaking into human reality through audible utterance

a voice;

aprop., 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;

bof inanimate things: Mat.24:31, Jhn.3:8, Act.2:6, Rev.1:15b 9:9 14:2, al. (cf. Tr., Syn., §lxxxix).

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Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 2:18 · Matt 3:3 · Matt 3:17 · Matt 17:5 · Mark 1:3 · Mark 1:11 · Mark 9:7 · Luke 1:44 · Luke 3:4 · Luke 9:35 · John 1:23 · John 12:28 · John 12:30 · Acts 7:31 · Acts 10:13 · Acts 10:15 32×

Nominative · Plural · Feminine Luke 23:23 · Rev 4:5 · Rev 8:5 · Rev 11:15 · Rev 11:19 · Rev 16:18 6×

Genitive · Singular · Feminine Luke 17:15 · John 5:25 · John 5:28 · John 10:3 · John 10:16 · John 10:27 · John 18:37 · Acts 2:6 · Acts 9:7 · Acts 11:7 · Acts 22:7 · Acts 24:21 · 1 Cor 14:11 · Heb 3:7 · Heb 3:15 · Heb 4:7 23×

Genitive · Plural · Feminine 1 Cor 14:10 · Rev 8:13 2×

Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 27:46 · Matt 27:50 · Mark 1:26 · Mark 5:7 · Mark 15:34 · Luke 4:33 · Luke 8:28 · Luke 19:37 · Luke 23:46 · John 11:43 · Acts 7:57 · Acts 7:60 · Acts 8:7 · Acts 14:10 · Acts 16:28 · Acts 26:24 33×

Dative · Plural · Feminine Luke 23:23 1×

Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 12:19 · Mark 15:37 · Luke 3:22 · Luke 9:36 · Luke 11:27 · Luke 17:13 · John 3:8 · John 3:29 · John 5:37 · John 10:4 · John 10:5 · Acts 2:14 · Acts 4:24 · Acts 9:4 · Acts 12:14 · Acts 14:11 40×

Accusative · Plural · Feminine Acts 13:27 · Rev 10:3 2×

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Biblical Witnesses

Luke 3:21-22 voice phōnḗ Accusative · Singular · Feminine

Divine voice from heaven speaking at Jesus's baptism, audible utterance of God

Luke 17:11-19 voice phōnḗ Genitive · Singular · Feminine

Human voice raised or lifted up in speech, persons calling out or speaking aloud

1 Corinthians 14:6-12 voice phōnḗ Genitive · Singular · Feminine

Distinct sounds or utterances including languages, speech types distinguishable by acoustic character

Luke 9:28-36 voice phōnḗ Nominative · Singular · Feminine

Divine voice speaking from cloud, supernatural audible communication from heavenly realm

Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 22 — Paul’s Defense: Christ Appears, Sends, and Preserves His Witness John 10 — The Good Shepherd, the Door, and the Son One with the Father John 5 — The Son Who Gives Life, Judges, and Is Witnessed by the Father Mark 15 — The Crucified King: Condemnation, Mockery, Death, Confession, and Burial Matthew 17 — The Glory of the Son, the Coming of Elijah, the Failure of Little Faith, and the Son’s Humble Freedom Matthew 3 — The Forerunner, the Kingdom, and the Beloved Son

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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