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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #5408 - φόνος

Transliteration
phónos
Phonetics
fon'-os
Origin
from an obsolete primary pheno (to murder)
Parts of Speech
Noun Masculine
TDNT
None
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. murder, slaughter
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 1818 ‑ דָּם (dawm);  2719 ‑ חֶרֶב (kheh'‑reb);  6297 ‑ פֶּגֶר (peh'‑gher);  6310 ‑ פֶּה (peh);  7523 ‑ רָצַח (raw‑tsakh');  
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

φόνος, ὁ,

(θείνω)

murder, slaughter, τεύξασα πόσει φόνον Od. 11.430; τοίσδεσσι φόνον καὶ κῆρα φυτεύει 2.165; φ. ῥάπτειν 16.379; μερμηρίζειν 2.325; ὁρμαίνειν 4.843; σμικρῇσι φόνον φέρει ὀρνίθεσσι Il. 17.757, etc.; φόνον πράσσειν Pi. N. 3.46; ἀκούσιον φ. ἐξεργάσασθαι Pl. Lg. 869a; βουλεῦσαί τινι S. Aj. 1055; ἔθου φόνον Id. OC 542 (lyr.); ἐκπορίζειν E. Ion 1114; of arrows, φ. προπέμπειν S. Ph. 105; τὸν Δωριέος πρὸς Ἐγεσταίων φόνον ἐκπρήξασθαι exact vengeance for the killing.., Hdt. 7.158; κατὰ ζῴων φόνου καὶ μὴ φόνου ὧδε ἔχει killing or not- killing, Democr. 257; in poet. phrases, φ. συρίζειν, κινύρεσθαι, πνεῖν, A. Pr. 357 (s. v.l.), Th. 123 (lyr.), Ag. 1309; φ. τινός the murder of.., Id. Eu. 580, etc.; φ. Ἑλληνικὸς μέγιστος slaughter of Greeks, Hdt. 7.170; ὅμαιμος αὐθέντης φ. A. Eu. 212; πατρῷος S. El. 955; πολύκερως, ἄρνειος φ., Id. Aj. 55, 309; ἐπὶ φόνῳ πράσσεις φόνον E. Or. 1579, cf. HF 1084 (lyr.); γέρων φ. μηκέτ' ἐν δόμοις τέκοι A. Ch. 805 (lyr.), etc.; ὁ ὑπὸ Θήβης Ἀλεξάνδρον φ. Plu. 2.856a; ὁ κατὰ τῶν πολιτῶν φ. D.S. 19.8: pl., φόνοι τ' ἀνδροκτασίαι τε Od. 11.612 (personified in Hes. Th. 228); ἔμφυλοι φ. ἀνδρῶν Thgn. 51, cf. S. OC 962.

2. in law, murder, homicide, δικάζειν τοὺς βασιλέας αἰτιῶν φόνου Lex Dracontis ap. IG 12.115.12; φόνου διώκειν τινά Antipho 6.9; δικάζειν δίκας φόνου Id. 5.11; παραδοῦναι φόνου δίκην Id. 6.42; ἁλῶναι Id. 5.59, etc.; φεύγειν Lycurg. 133 (poet., παίδων φόνον φεύγουσα fleeing from.. E. Med. 795); ἔνοχοι τῷ φόνῳ Antipho 1.11; φόνου ὑπόδικος D. 54.25; φόνου καθαρός, ἁγνός, Pl. R. 451b, Lg. 759c: ἀκούσιος φ. D. 23.72; φόνων ἀπέχεσθαι Ar. Ra. 1032 (anap.); αἱ τῶν φ. δίκαι Pl. Lg. 778d; φόνοι.. φόνοις δεόμενοι καθαίρεσθαι ib. 870c, al.; λαγχάνονται αἱ τοῦ φ. δίκαι πρὸς [τὸν βασιλέα ] Arist. Ath. 57.2.

3. death as a punishment, φ. προκεῖσθαι δημόλευστον S. Ant. 36.

4. blood when shed, gore, ἂμ φόνον, ἂν νέκυας Il. 10.298; κέατ' ἐν φόνῳ 24.610; ἐρευγόμενοι φόνον αἵματος 16.162; φ. κέχυται γυναίκων Alc. Fr. 153 Lobel; φόνον κεύθειν Emp. 100.4; μέλανι ῥαίνων φόνῳ πεδίον Pi. I. 8(7).55; φόνου κηκίς A. Ch. 1012; ἐμοῦσα θρόμβους οὓς ἀφείλκυσας φόνου Id. Eu. 184; σταγόνες S. OT 1278; σταλαγμοί E. Hec. 241; χεῖρα χραίνεσθαι φόνῳ S. Aj. 43; of a sacrifice, ταυρείου φόνου A. Th. 44; Ἕλλην οὗ καταστάζει φ. E. IT 72; rarely in Prose of blood, Hp. Morb. 2.73.

5. corpse, πρὶν ἴδω τὸν Ἑλένας φόνον.. κείμενον E. Or. 1357 (lyr.); ἐπὶ φόνῳ χαμαιπετεῖ ματρός ib. 1491 (lyr.).

6. rascal that deserves death, gallowsbird, a Dorian phrase, EM 662.4.

II of the agent or instrument of slaughter, φόνον ἔμμεναι ἡρώεσσι to be a death to heroes, Il. 16.144, cf. Od. 21.24; of poison, Mim.Oxy. 413.180; ἐν φόνῳ μαχαίρας LXX Exodus 17:13, Deuteronomy 13:15(16), Deuteronomy 20:13; without ἐν, Numbers 21:24.

III = ἀτρακτυλίς, Thphr. HP 6.4.6.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

φόνος, φόνου, (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.


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

φόνος , -ου , ,

[in LXX for H1818, H6310, etc.;]

murder, slaughter: Mark 15:7, Luke 23:19; Luke 23:25, Acts 9:1, Romans 1:29; φ . μαχαίρης (cf. Exodus 17:13, al.), Hebrews 11:37; pl., Matthew 15:19, Mark 7:21, Revelation 9:21.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
φονοι φόνοι φονοίς φονον φόνον φόνος φονου φόνου φόνους φονω φόνω φόνῳ φονων φόνων φορβέαν φορεία φορείον phono phonō phonoi phónoi phónōi phonon phonōn phónon phónōn phonou phónou
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