Strong G5406φονεύς
murderer
- Transliteration
- phoneus
- Pronunciation
- fon-yooce'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Detailed definition
φονεύς, -έως, ὁ
(φόνος) [in LXX: Wis.12:5 *;]
a murderer: Mat.22:7 Act.7:52 28:4, 1Pe.4:15, Rev.21:8 22:15; ἀνὴρ φ., Act.3:14.†
SYN.: ἀνθρωποκτόνος (AS)
(φόνος) [in LXX: Wis.12:5 *;]
a murderer: Mat.22:7 Act.7:52 28:4, 1Pe.4:15, Rev.21:8 22:15; ἀνὴρ φ., Act.3:14.†
SYN.: ἀνθρωποκτόνος (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5406 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- murderer7
First verses
- Matthew 22:7But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
- Acts 3:14But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
- Acts 7:52Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
- Acts 28:4And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
- 1 Peter 4:15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.
- Revelation 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
- Revelation 22:15For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
φον-εύς, ὁ,
genitive έως, Epic dialect ῆος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.632)]; accusative φονέα (in first foot of trimeter) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 362, 721; in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus φονέᾰ, “Hec.” 882)]: nominative plural φονέες [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lesbonax Rhetor 3.8)], Attic dialect φονῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.2.7; _accusative_ φονέας [prev. author] 2.3.8, 4.3.1, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.96, Callias Epigrammaticus in “PSI” 11.1218a32, etc.)]; but contraction φονεῖς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.162e)]:—slayer, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” [same place], 18.335, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.434, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.45, etc.; δικαιοτάτου δὲ φονῆος Pisander Epicus 10; τῷ φονεῖ τἀδελφοῦ τὴν δεξιὰν δέδωκε 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 18.6.; αὐτόχειρας καὶ φονέας 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.111)]; φονέας αὑτῶν self-murderers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator)] [same place]; τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον φονεύς ἐστιν is so much more justly accounted a murderer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.3.3; οὐχὶ τὴν ἐμὴν φονέα νομίζων χεῖρα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 586; ἀκουσίως τινὸς φ. γενέσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 451a)]; of the sword on which Ajax had thrown himself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1026: as _feminine_, μητέρα φονέα οὖσαν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.3 (ὁ φ., even of a woman, [prev. work]20).)]
2 σοῦ φονέως μεμνημένος you, my destroyer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1361.)]
3 metaphorically, τῆς ὑμετέρας εὐσεβείας φονῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.2.7.)]
genitive έως, Epic dialect ῆος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.632)]; accusative φονέα (in first foot of trimeter) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 362, 721; in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus φονέᾰ, “Hec.” 882)]: nominative plural φονέες [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lesbonax Rhetor 3.8)], Attic dialect φονῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.2.7; _accusative_ φονέας [prev. author] 2.3.8, 4.3.1, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.96, Callias Epigrammaticus in “PSI” 11.1218a32, etc.)]; but contraction φονεῖς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.162e)]:—slayer, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” [same place], 18.335, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.434, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.45, etc.; δικαιοτάτου δὲ φονῆος Pisander Epicus 10; τῷ φονεῖ τἀδελφοῦ τὴν δεξιὰν δέδωκε 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 18.6.; αὐτόχειρας καὶ φονέας 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.111)]; φονέας αὑτῶν self-murderers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator)] [same place]; τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον φονεύς ἐστιν is so much more justly accounted a murderer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.3.3; οὐχὶ τὴν ἐμὴν φονέα νομίζων χεῖρα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 586; ἀκουσίως τινὸς φ. γενέσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 451a)]; of the sword on which Ajax had thrown himself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1026: as _feminine_, μητέρα φονέα οὖσαν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.3 (ὁ φ., even of a woman, [prev. work]20).)]
2 σοῦ φονέως μεμνημένος you, my destroyer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1361.)]
3 metaphorically, τῆς ὑμετέρας εὐσεβείας φονῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.2.7.)]