Strong G2279ἦχος
sound
- Transliteration
- ēchos
- Pronunciation
- ay'-khos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; a loud or confused noise (echo) that is roar; figuratively a rumor: - fame sound.
Detailed definition
ἦχος, -ου, ὁ
(also in late and MGr., -εος, τό, Luk.21:25), [in LXX for הָמוֹן, etc.;]
1. a noise, sound: Act.2:2; ἦ. θαλάσσης, Luk.21:25; σάλπιγγος, Heb.12:19
2. a report: before πεφί, Luk.4:37.†
(AS)
(also in late and MGr., -εος, τό, Luk.21:25), [in LXX for הָמוֹן, etc.;]
1. a noise, sound: Act.2:2; ἦ. θαλάσσης, Luk.21:25; σάλπιγγος, Heb.12:19
2. a report: before πεφί, Luk.4:37.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2279 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sound2
- fame1
First verses
- Luke 4:37And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.
- Acts 2:2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
- Hebrews 12:19And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἦχος, ὁ,
later form of ἠχή, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Audibilibus” 804a30, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 27.57, NT.Heb.12.19, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 35.3, etc.)]; τεττίγων λιγὺν ἦ. [Refs (Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2079.29 (ἧχον Papyrus))]; παγᾶς [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus “fragment” 1.12; αὐλοῦ [prev. author] 2.98; οἱ τῶν πριόνων ἦχοι 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 290.24)]; of the sound of words, opposed to sense, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.258S.; ἦχοι καὶ ψόφοι [prev. work]1.150S.; τῆς φωνῆς ὁ ἦ. ἐν ταῖς ἀκοαῖς παραμένει 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 7; γραμμάτων 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 71)]; ἦ. ἐν ὠσί, or absolutely, ἦχοι, ἦχος, ringing in the ears, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 189, 190, “Prorrh.” 1.18, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 19; ἦχοι ὤτων 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 1.5.)]
2 echo, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 899b30.)]
3 Grammars, breathing, ἦχοι ὁ μὲν δασύς, ὁ δὲ ψιλός [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 73.)]
4 voice, τὸν ἦ. εὔτονον καὶ λαμπρὸν ἀποτελεῖ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.17)]. (ἦχος, τό, is found in [LXX+NT (LXX.Jer.28(51).16, uncertain in NT.Luke.21.25.))]
later form of ἠχή, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Audibilibus” 804a30, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 27.57, NT.Heb.12.19, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 35.3, etc.)]; τεττίγων λιγὺν ἦ. [Refs (Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2079.29 (ἧχον Papyrus))]; παγᾶς [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus “fragment” 1.12; αὐλοῦ [prev. author] 2.98; οἱ τῶν πριόνων ἦχοι 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 290.24)]; of the sound of words, opposed to sense, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.258S.; ἦχοι καὶ ψόφοι [prev. work]1.150S.; τῆς φωνῆς ὁ ἦ. ἐν ταῖς ἀκοαῖς παραμένει 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 7; γραμμάτων 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 71)]; ἦ. ἐν ὠσί, or absolutely, ἦχοι, ἦχος, ringing in the ears, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 189, 190, “Prorrh.” 1.18, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 19; ἦχοι ὤτων 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 1.5.)]
2 echo, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 899b30.)]
3 Grammars, breathing, ἦχοι ὁ μὲν δασύς, ὁ δὲ ψιλός [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 73.)]
4 voice, τὸν ἦ. εὔτονον καὶ λαμπρὸν ἀποτελεῖ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.17)]. (ἦχος, τό, is found in [LXX+NT (LXX.Jer.28(51).16, uncertain in NT.Luke.21.25.))]