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Strong's #5455 - φωνέω
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- to sound, emit a sound, to speak
- of a cock: to crow
- of men: to cry, cry out, cry aloud, speak with a loud voice
- to call, to call one's self, either by one's own voice or though another
- to send for, summon
- to call out of (i.e. bid one to quit a place and come to one
- to invite
- to address, accost, call by a name
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φων-έω,
(φωνή)
produce a sound or tone:
I prop. of men, speak loud or clearly, or simply, speak, give utterance, Hom. only in aor. (pres. and impf. only in compds.); ὣς ἄρα φωνήσας ἀπέβη Il. 6.116, cf. 11.531, al.; ἔπος φάτο φώνησέν τε Od. 4.370; φωνήσας προσέφη Il. 14.41; καί μιν φωνήσας ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα addressed him with a loud voice in winged words, 1.201, cf. 4.284, al.; φωνοῦντος ἢ ἠχοῦντος ἢ ψοφοῦντος Epicur. Ephesians 1 p.13U.; folld. by the words spoken, φώνησε (φώνασε codd.) δ', εὕδεις, βασιλεῦ Pi. O. 13.67; χρυσοῖς δὲ φωνεῖ γράμμασιν, πρήσω πόλιν A. Th. 434, cf. Ag. 1334 (anap.); οἱ βουλευταὶ ἐφώνησαν.. the Senators exclaimed.., POxy. 2110.6 (iv A. D.); "" βέκος φ. utter the word βέκος, Hdt. 2.2: c. acc. cogn., ὄπα φωνησάσης having made her voice sound, Od. 24.535; φ. φάτιν S. El. 329: with neut. Adj., φ. μέγιστον ἀνθρώπων to have the loudest voice, Hdt. 4.141, 7.117; ὄρθιον φ. Pi. N. 10.76; ἄλλο τι φ. A. Pr. 1063 (anap.); τάδε φ. Id. Ch. 314 (anap.); μέγα φ. Id. Eu. 936 (anap.), S. Ph. 574; ἄπυστα φ. Id. OC 489; ὅσια φ. Id. Ph. 662; δεινὸν φ. ib. 1225; εὔφημα Id. Aj. 362, 591, E. IT 687, etc.; μηδεὶς ἔπος φωνείτω IG 22.1368.108; τὸν ῥηϊδίως φωνεῦντα πᾶν ἔπος Anaxarch. 1: abs., cry aloud, as in joy, S. Tr. 202; of a singer, ἀοιδὸς.. αἰόλα φωνέων Theoc. 16.44: — Pass., τὰ φωνηθέντα sounds or words uttered, Pl. Sph. 262c, Ti. 72a, cf. Longin. 39.4.
2. of animals, utter their cries, Arist. HA 578a32; of birds, ib. 593a14; [ τὰ σελάχη] φωνεῖν οὐκ ὀρθῶς ἔχει φάναι, ψοφεῖν δέ ib. 535b25; ἐφώνησε πέρδιξ LXX Jeremiah 17:11; of the cock, crow, Matthew 26:34, al.
3. as law-term, affirm, testify in court, Leg.Gort. 1.18, al. (written πωνίω).
4. of a musical instrument, sound, E. Or. 146 (lyr.); of sounds, ἡδὺ φωνεῖν sound sweetly, Plu. 2.1021b; but βροντὴ φ. it has a voice, is significant, X. Revelation 12:1-17.
5. ἄφωνα καὶ φωνοῦντα consonants and vowels, E. Fr. 578 codd. Stob. (fort. ἄφωνα φωνήεντα).
II c. acc. pers., call by name, call, Αἴαντα φωνῶ I call 'Ajax' S. Aj. 73, cf. Ph. 229, Matthew 27:47, etc.; call by a name, ὑμεῖς φωνεῖτέ με ὁ διδάσκαλος John 13:13 : — Pass., to be called, τὰ ἀρχαῖα ἐκπώματα κισσύβια φωνέεται Nic. Fr. 1.
2. φ. τινα c. inf., command, σὲ φωνῶ νεκρὸν.. μὴ συγκομίζειν S. Aj. 1047.
3. invite, τοὺς φίλους Luke 14:12.
4. c. dat. pers., call to, cry to, Ζεῦ ἄνα, σοὶ φωνῶ S. OC 1485 (lyr.), cf. OT 1121; ἕρποντι φωνεῖς Id. Aj. 543.
III c. acc. rei, speak or tell of, προσβολὰς Ἐρινύων A. Ch. 283; ὁδοῦ τέλος.. οἷον οὐδὲ φωνῆσαί τινι ἔξεσθ' tell to any one, S. OC 1402; φ. τὸ Ἐπιχάρμειον recite it, Pl. Ax. 366c.
φωνέω, φώνω; imperfect 3 person singular ἐφώνει; future φωνήσω; 1 aorist ἐφώνησα; 1 aorist infinitive passive, φωνηθῆναι; (φωνή);
1. as from Homer down, intransitive, to sound, emit a sound, to speak: of a cock, to crow, Matthew 26:34, 74; Mark 14:30, 68 (L brackets; WH omits the clause (see the latter's Appendix at the passage)), 72; Luke 22:34, 60; John 13:38; John 18:27 (of the cries of other animals, Isaiah 38:14; Jeremiah 17:11; Zephaniah 2:14; rarely so in secular authors as (Aristotle (see Liddell and Scott, under I. 2)), Aesop fab. 36 (225 edition Halm)); of men, to cry, cry out, cry aloud, speak with a loud voice: followed by the words uttered, Luke 8:8; with φωνή μεγάλη added ((cf. Winer's Grammar, § 32, 2 at the end), Mark 1:26 T Tr WH); Acts 16:28; ἐφώνησε λέγων, Luke 8:54; φωνήσας εἶπεν, Luke 16:24; φωνήσας φωνή μεγάλη ... εἶπεν, Luke 23:46; ἐφώνησεν ἐν κραυγή (L T Tr WH φωνή) μεγάλη ... λέγων, Revelation 14:18; (φωνήσαντες ἐπυνθάνοντο (WH text ἐπυθοντο), Acts 10:18).
2. as from (Homer, Odyssey 24, 535) Sophocles down, transitive,
a. to call, call to oneself: τινα — either by one's own voice, Matthew 20:32; Matthew 27:47; Mark 9:35; Mark 10:49 (cf. Buttmann, § 141, 5 at the end);
b. to invite: Luke 14:12.
c. equivalent to to address, accost, call by a name: τινα, followed by a nominative of the title (see Winers Grammar, § 29, 1; (Buttmann, § 131, 8)), John 13:13. (Compare: ἀναφωνέω, ἐπιφωνέω, προσφωνέω, συμφωνέω.)
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φωνέω , -ῶ ,
(< φωνή ),
[in LXX for H7121 (Jeremiah 17:11, al.), etc.;]
I. Intrans.
1. Of persons, to call out, cry out, speak aloud: Luke 8:8; φωνῇ μεγάλῃ , Mark 1:26, Acts 16:28; ἐφώνησε (φωνῇ μεγάλῇ ) λέγων , Luke 8:54, Revelation 14:18; φωνήσαντες ἐπύθοντο , Acts 10:18.
2. Of the cries of animals (rarely in cl.; Isaiah 38:14, Je, l.c.): of a cock, to crow, Matthew 26:34, Mark 14:30, Luke 22:3, John 13:38; John 18:27.
II. Trans. (in cl. chiefly poët.), c. acc pers., to call, summon, invite: Matthew 20:32; Matthew 27:47, Mark 9:35; Mark 10:49; Mark 15:35, Luke 14:12; Luke 16:2; Luke 19:15, John 1:49; John 2:9; John 4:16; John 10:3; John 11:28; John 12:17; John 18:33, Acts 9:41; Acts 10:7; to address, call by name (Soph.), John 13:13 (cf. ἀνα -, ἐπι -, προσ -, συν -φωνέω ).†
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a sparkling gem of bright yellow colour, perhaps ";yellow jasper"; (Rev. 21:20) : see Swete Apoc. p. 288 f., Hastings’ DB iv. p. 620. The word is included in a list of painters’ colours in P Lond 928.15 (ii/A.D.) ( = III. p. 191).
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