Word Summary
ēchos: a noise, sound
Original Word: ἦχοςTransliteration: ēchos
Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-khos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a noise, sound
Meaning: a noise, sound
Strong's Concordance
fame, sound.
Of uncertain affinity; a loud or confused noise ("echo"), i.e. Roar; figuratively, a rumor -- fame, sound.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2279: ἦχοςἦχος (cf. Latin
echo,
vox, German
sprechen, etc.;
Vanicek, p. 858),
ἤχου,
ὁ, and (
Luke 21:25 G L T Tr WH)
τό ἦχος,
ἐχους (cf.
Winers Grammar, 65 (64); (
Buttmann, 23 (20)); Delitzsch on
Hebrews 12:19, p. 638; (or
ἤχους may come from
ἤχῳ,
ἤχους, see especially
WH's Appendix, p. 158b; Meyer on Luke as below));
1. a sound, noise: Acts 2:2; Hebrews 12:19; spoken of the roar of the sea's waves," Luke 21:25 G L T Tr WH.
2. rumor, report: περί τίνος, Luke 4:37.