STRONGS NUMBER G2279


Word Summary
ēchos: a noise, sound
Original Word: ἦχος
Transliteration: 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: ἦχος

ἦχος (cf. Latinecho,vox, German sprechen, etc.; Vanicek, p. 858), ἤχου, , 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.