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Lexicon :: Strong's G5408 - phonos

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φόνος
Transliteration
phonos (Key)
Pronunciation
fon'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an obsolete primary pheno (to murder)
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Strong’s Definitions

φόνος phónos, fon'-os; from an obsolete primary φένω phénō (to slay); murder:—murder, + be slain with, slaughter.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G5408 in the following manner: murder (8x), slaughter (1x), be slain (with G599) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G5408 in the following manner: murder (8x), slaughter (1x), be slain (with G599) (1x).

  1. murder, slaughter

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φόνος phónos, fon'-os; from an obsolete primary φένω phénō (to slay); murder:—murder, + be slain with, slaughter.
STRONGS G5408:
φόνος, φόνου, ὁ (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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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
17:13
Numbers
21:24
Deuteronomy
13:15; 20:13
Matthew
15:19
Mark
7:21; 15:7
Luke
23:19; 23:25
Acts
9:1
Romans
1:29
Galatians
5:21
Hebrews
11:37
Revelation
9:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5408 matches the Greek φόνος (phonos),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:13 - And Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:2 - [fn] If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:7 - You shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24 - And Israel defeated him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as to the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:15 - you shall surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword, devoting it to destruction,[fn] all who are in it and its cattle, with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:13 - And when the LORD your God gives it into your hand, you shall put all its males to the sword,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:8 - “When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring the guilt of blood upon your house, if anyone should fall from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:22 - The LORD will strike you with wasting disease and with fever, inflammation and fiery heat, and with drought[fn] and with blight and with mildew. They shall pursue you until you perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:22 - Will any teach God knowledge,
seeing that he judges those who are on high?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:18 - but these men lie in wait for their own blood;
they set an ambush for their own lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:17 - If one is burdened with the blood of another,
he will be a fugitive until death;[fn]
let no one help him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:17 - But you have eyes and heart
only for your dishonest gain,
for shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - and he said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the people of Israel forever. And the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoring and by the dead bodies[fn] of their kings at their high places,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:8 - by setting their threshold by my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them. They have defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed, so I have consumed them in my anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:9 - Now let them put away their whoring and the dead bodies of their kings far from me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2 - there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;
they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
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