Word Summary
phonos: a murder
Original Word: φόνοςTransliteration: phonos
Phonetic Spelling: (fon'-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a murder
Meaning: a murder
Strong's Concordance
murder, slaughter.
From an obsolete primary pheno (to slay); murder -- murder, + be slain with, slaughter.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5408: φόνοςφόνος,
φόνου,
ὁ (
ΦΑΝΩ; cf.
φόβος, at the beginning), from
Homer down,
murder, slaughter:
Mark 15:7;
Luke 23:19, 25;
Acts 9:1;
Romans 1:29;
ἐν φόνῳ μαχαίρας,
Hebrews 11:37 (
Exodus 17:13;
Numbers 21:24;
Deuteronomy 13:15;
Deuteronomy 20:13); plural
φόνοι,
murders:
Matthew 15:19;
Mark 7:21;
Galatians 5:21 (
T WH omit;
L Tr brackets
φόνοι);
Revelation 9:21.