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Lexicon :: Strong's G5407 - phoneuō

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φονεύω
Transliteration
phoneuō (Key)
Pronunciation
fon-yoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

φονεύω phoneúō, fon-yoo'-o; from G5406; to be a murderer (of):—kill, do murder, slay.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G5407 in the following manner: kill (10x), do murder (1x), slay (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G5407 in the following manner: kill (10x), do murder (1x), slay (1x).

  1. to kill, slay, murder

  2. to commit murder

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φονεύω phoneúō, fon-yoo'-o; from G5406; to be a murderer (of):—kill, do murder, slay.
STRONGS G5407:
φονεύω; future φονεύσω; 1 aorist ἐφόνευσα; (φονεύς); from (Pindar, Aeschylus), Herodotus down; the Sept. mostly for רָצֵח, also for הָרַג, הִכָּה, etc.; to kill, slay, murder; absolutely, to commit murder (A. V. kill): Matthew 5:21; James 4:2; οὐ (which see 6) φονεύσεις, Matthew 5:21; Matthew 19:18; Romans 13:9 (Exodus 20:15 [Exodus 20:13]); μή φονεύσῃς, Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20; James 2:11. τινα: Matthew 23:31, 35; James 5:6.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
20:13
Matthew
5:21; 5:21; 19:18; 23:31; 23:35
Mark
10:19
Luke
18:20
Romans
13:9
James
2:11; 4:2; 5:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5407 matches the Greek φονεύω (phoneuō),
which occurs 43 times in 39 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:13 - “You shall not murder.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:13 - But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - “The cities that you give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, where you shall permit the manslayer to flee, and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12 - The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19 - The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - or in enmity struck him down with his hand, so that he died, then he who struck the blow shall be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26 - But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the boundaries of his city of refuge to which he fled,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the avenger of blood finds him outside the boundaries of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28 - For he must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest, but after the death of the high priest the manslayer may return to the land of his possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:30 - “If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses. But no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 - Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - that the manslayer might flee there, anyone who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without being at enmity with him in time past; he may flee to one of these cities and save his life:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:17 - “‘You shall not murder.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - lest the avenger of blood in hot anger pursue the manslayer and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him fatally, though the man did not deserve to die, since he had not hated his neighbor in the past.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:26 - But you shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no offense punishable by death. For this case is like that of a man attacking and murdering his neighbor,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:28 - As for Makkedah, Joshua captured it on that day and struck it, and its king, with the edge of the sword. He devoted to destruction every person in it; he left none remaining. And he did to the king of Makkedah just as he had done to the king of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:30 - And the LORD gave it also and its king into the hand of Israel. And he struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person in it; he left none remaining in it. And he did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:32 - And the LORD gave Lachish into the hand of Israel, and he captured it on the second day and struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person in it, as he had done to Libnah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:35 - And they captured it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword. And he devoted every person in it to destruction that day, as he had done to Lachish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:13 - And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - To them were given Shechem, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - And to the Gershonites, one of the clans of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands—two cities;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:36 - and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahaz with its pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4 - And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, “I came to Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:40 - And as your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” The king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD: “In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your own blood.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:3 - And as soon as the royal power was firmly his, he killed his servants who had struck down the king his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:11 - And our enemies said, “They will not know or see till we come among them and kill them and stop the work.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:10 - Now when I went into the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his home, he said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple. Let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you. They are coming to kill you by night.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:3 - How long will all of you attack a man
to batter him,
like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6 - They kill the widow and the sojourner,
and murder the fatherless;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:32 - For the simple are killed by their turning away,
and the complacency of fools destroys them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:26 - for many a victim has she laid low,
and all her slain are a mighty throng.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9 - Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:20 - Look, O LORD, and see!
With whom have you dealt thus?
Should women eat the fruit of their womb,
the children of their tender care?
Should priest and prophet be killed
in the sanctuary of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:9 - As robbers lie in wait for a man,
so the priests band together;
they murder on the way to Shechem;
they commit villainy.
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