φωνὴ (phone) in Matthew 3:17: Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
φωνὴ (phone) in Matthew 3:17
Textual Witness
The witness reads φωνὴ in Matthew 3:17.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The noun marks the heavenly source of the declaration that follows.
How To Communicate It
Use this form to show that the declaration is introduced as a voice from the heavens.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not detach the voice from the words it speaks.
- Do not build a full doctrine from this form alone.
- Do not use morphology to detach the word from Matthew's immediate argument.
What Does The Label Mean?
Noun: the form names a person, place, thing, quality, or concept in the clause.
Nominative: Nominative marks how the form functions in this occurrence.
Singular: the number should be read from this occurrence, not generalized beyond the clause.
Feminine: grammatical gender marks form agreement and does not by itself make a theological claim.
What The Form Does In This Verse
From the heavens
Matthew's baptism-scene announcement
It names the voice that speaks from the heavens.
It does not by itself identify every theological implication of the voice.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The noun introduces the heavenly declaration over Jesus.
Nominative subject of the heavenly announcement. names the voice that speaks from the heavens. Attached to from the heavens. Governed by Matthew's baptism-scene announcement. The noun should be read with the quoted Sonship declaration.
What speaks from the heavens? A voice from the heavens speaks.
Direct: The form directly supports the rendering voice.
The noun names the voice, while the quoted words supply the declaration's content.
Voice noun alone carries the whole baptism theology: The occurrence introduces the speaker; the quoted declaration and scene provide the theological content.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The witness reads φωνὴ in Matthew 3:17.
The lemma phone means voice or sound; here it names the voice from the heavens.
The nominative noun introduces the voice that speaks the Sonship declaration.
Matthew records a heavenly voice identifying Jesus as beloved Son.
The form fits the baptism scene where Jesus is publicly identified by the voice from heaven.
In teaching, connect the noun to the quoted declaration rather than treating voice as a vague religious signal.
Do not use the noun alone to explain every feature of divine speech.