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Lexicon :: Strong's G5406 - phoneus

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φονεύς
Transliteration
phoneus (Key)
Pronunciation
fon-yooce'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

φονεύς phoneús, fon-yooce'; from G5408; a murderer (always of criminal (or at least intentional) homicide; which G443 does not necessarily imply; while G4607 is a special term for a public bandit):—murderer.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G5406 in the following manner: murderer (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G5406 in the following manner: murderer (7x).

  1. a murderer, a homicide

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φονεύς phoneús, fon-yooce'; from G5408; a murderer (always of criminal (or at least intentional) homicide; which G443 does not necessarily imply; while G4607 is a special term for a public bandit):—murderer.
STRONGS G5406:
φονεύς, φονεως, ὁ (φόνος), from Homer down, a murderer, a homicide: Matthew 22:7; Acts 7:52; Acts 28:4; 1 Peter 4:15; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 22:15; ἀνήρ φονεύς (cf. ἀνήρ, 3), Acts 3:14.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
22:7
Acts
3:14; 7:52; 28:4
1 Peter
4:15
Revelation
21:8; 22:15

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Strong's Number G5406 matches the Greek φονεύς (phoneus),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:7 - The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:14 - But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:52

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:52 - Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:4 - When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, Justice[fn] has not allowed him to live.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:15 - But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:8 - But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:15 - Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
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