Strong G5353φθόγγος
sound
- Transliteration
- phthoggos
- Pronunciation
- fthong'-gos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G5350; utterance that is a musical note (vocal or instrumental): - sound.
Detailed definition
φθόγγος, -ου, ὁ
(φθέγγομαι), [in LXX: Psa.19:4 (קַו), Wis.19:18 *;]
a sound: Rom.10:18 (LXX) 1Co.14:7.†
(AS)
(φθέγγομαι), [in LXX: Psa.19:4 (קַו), Wis.19:18 *;]
a sound: Rom.10:18 (LXX) 1Co.14:7.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5353 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sound2
First verses
- Romans 10:18But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
- 1 Corinthians 14:7And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
φθόγγ-ος, ὁ
(both poetical and Prose), any clear, distinct sound, especially voice of men, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.234, etc.)]; of the Sirens, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.41, 159; φθόγγῳ ἐπερχόμεναι 18.199; φ. ἀραῖον οἴκοις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 237 (Lyric poetry); γόων οὐκ ἀσήμονες φ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1669)]; φ. οἰκείου κακοῦ voice, telling of.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 1187; τὸν Αἵμονος φ. [prev. work] 1218, compare 1214)]; of birds, ἀλεκτρυόνων φ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 864; ἀγνῶτα.. φ. ὀρνίθων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1001, compare 424; φθόγγος οὔτ᾽ ὀρνίθων οὔτε θαλάσσης 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 9 (_anapaest meter_); κυνῶν καὶ προβάτων καὶ ὀρνέων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 397a.)]
2 speech, Ἑλλάδος φθόγγον χέουσαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 73)]; φ. ἔμμετρος, opposed to πεζά, poetical speech, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3.13)]; utterance, saying, [Refs (Trag.Adesp. 417.)]
II generally, sound, ἀνέμων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 37.11; δαίμονος πεδαρσίου.. πτερωτὸς φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1198 (= “Tragica Adespota” 47))]; φωνῆς μὲν οὔ, φθόγγου δὲ μετέχοντά τινος, of semi-vowels, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 18c, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Audibilibus” 801b2, 804b9; ἄνευ φθόγγου καὶ ἠχῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 37b, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.32U.; εἰς τοὺς φ. καὶ τὰς συλλαβάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 389d, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 27, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.6.)]
II.2 of musical sounds, λωτὸς φθόγγον κελάδει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 716 (Lyric poetry); λύρας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 812d, etc., compare φθόγγους ἀλύρους θρηνοῦμεν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 162.6 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II.2.b plural, notes on a musical instrument; strings of lyre, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 10.19)]; stops of flute, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 5.21; compare 1st c.AD: Cornutus Philosophus “de Natura Deorum” 14.)]
(both poetical and Prose), any clear, distinct sound, especially voice of men, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.234, etc.)]; of the Sirens, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.41, 159; φθόγγῳ ἐπερχόμεναι 18.199; φ. ἀραῖον οἴκοις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 237 (Lyric poetry); γόων οὐκ ἀσήμονες φ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1669)]; φ. οἰκείου κακοῦ voice, telling of.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 1187; τὸν Αἵμονος φ. [prev. work] 1218, compare 1214)]; of birds, ἀλεκτρυόνων φ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 864; ἀγνῶτα.. φ. ὀρνίθων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1001, compare 424; φθόγγος οὔτ᾽ ὀρνίθων οὔτε θαλάσσης 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 9 (_anapaest meter_); κυνῶν καὶ προβάτων καὶ ὀρνέων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 397a.)]
2 speech, Ἑλλάδος φθόγγον χέουσαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 73)]; φ. ἔμμετρος, opposed to πεζά, poetical speech, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3.13)]; utterance, saying, [Refs (Trag.Adesp. 417.)]
II generally, sound, ἀνέμων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 37.11; δαίμονος πεδαρσίου.. πτερωτὸς φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1198 (= “Tragica Adespota” 47))]; φωνῆς μὲν οὔ, φθόγγου δὲ μετέχοντά τινος, of semi-vowels, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 18c, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Audibilibus” 801b2, 804b9; ἄνευ φθόγγου καὶ ἠχῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 37b, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.32U.; εἰς τοὺς φ. καὶ τὰς συλλαβάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 389d, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 27, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.6.)]
II.2 of musical sounds, λωτὸς φθόγγον κελάδει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 716 (Lyric poetry); λύρας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 812d, etc., compare φθόγγους ἀλύρους θρηνοῦμεν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 162.6 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II.2.b plural, notes on a musical instrument; strings of lyre, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 10.19)]; stops of flute, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 5.21; compare 1st c.AD: Cornutus Philosophus “de Natura Deorum” 14.)]