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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:13 - “However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - “Now among the cities which you will give to the Levites you shall appoint six cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. And to these you shall add forty-two cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19 - ‘The avenger of blood himself shall 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 he strikes him with his hand so that he dies, the one who struck him shall surely 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 - ‘So the congregation shall deliver the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall return him to the city of refuge where he had fled, and he shall remain there 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 at any time goes outside the limits of the city of refuge where 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 limits 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 - ‘because he should have remained 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 - ‘Whoever kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the testimony of witnesses; but one witness is not sufficient testimony against a person for the death penalty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 - ‘Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely 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, who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without having hated him in time past, and that by fleeing to one of these cities he might live:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:17 - ‘You shall not murder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - “lest the avenger of blood, while his anger is hot, pursue the manslayer and overtake him, because the way is long, and kill him, though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated the victim in time 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; there is in the young woman no sin deserving of death, for just as when a man rises against his neighbor and kills him, even so is this matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:28 - On that day Joshua took Makkedah, and struck it and its king with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed them[fn]—all the people who were in it. He let none remain. He also did to the king of Makkedah 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 also delivered it and its king into the hand of Israel; he struck it and all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword. He let none remain in it, but 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 delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, who took it on the second day, and struck it and all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword, according to all that he had done to Libnah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:35 - They took it on that day and struck it with the edge of the sword; all the people who were in it he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:13 - Thus to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Libnah with its common-land,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - For they gave them Shechem with its common-land in the mountains of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the slayer), Gezer with its common-land,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - Also to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, from the other half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), and Be Eshterah with its common-land: two cities;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - and from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Hammoth Dor with its common-land, and Kartan with its common-land: three cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:36 - and from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its common-land, Jahaz with its common-land,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - and from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Mahanaim with its common-land,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4 - So the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, “My concubine and I went into Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin, to spend the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:40 - “While your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” Then 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 - “You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Have you murdered and also taken possession?” ’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD: “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs shall lick your blood, even yours.” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:3 - Now it happened, as soon as the kingdom was established for him, that he executed his servants who had murdered his father the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:11 - And our adversaries said, “They will neither know nor see anything, till we come into their midst and kill them and cause the work to cease.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:10 - Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was a secret informer; and he said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; indeed, at night they will come to kill you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:3 - How long will you attack a man?
You shall be slain, all of you,
Like a leaning wall and a tottering fence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6 - They slay the widow and the stranger,
And murder the fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:32 - For the turning away of the simple will slay them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:26 - For she has cast down many wounded,
And all who were slain by her were strong men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9 - “Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:20 - “See, O LORD, and consider!
To whom have You done this?
Should the women eat their offspring,
The children they have cuddled?[fn]
Should the priest and prophet be slain
In the sanctuary of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:9 - As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man,
So the company of priests murder on the way to Shechem;
Surely they commit lewdness.
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