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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 must not murder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:13 - But if it was simply an accident permitted by God, I will appoint a place of refuge where the slayer can run for safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - “Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, where a person who has accidentally killed someone can flee for safety. In addition, give them forty-two other towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12 - These cities will be places of protection from a dead person’s relatives who want to avenge the death. The slayer must not be put to death before being tried by the community.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19 - The victim’s nearest relative is responsible for putting the murderer to death. When they meet, the avenger must put the murderer to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - Or if someone hates another person and hits him with a fist and he dies, it is murder. In such cases, the avenger must put the murderer to death when they meet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - The community must protect the slayer from the avenger and must escort the slayer back to live in the city of refuge to which he fled. There he must remain until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the sacred oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26 - “But if the slayer ever leaves the limits of the city of refuge,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the avenger finds him outside the city and kills him, it will not be considered murder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28 - The slayer should have stayed inside the city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to his own property.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:30 - “All murderers must be put to death, but only if evidence is presented by more than one witness. No one may be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 - Also, you must never accept a ransom payment for the life of someone judged guilty of murder and subject to execution; murderers must always be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - Anyone who killed another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, could flee there to live in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:17 - “You must not murder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - “If the distance to the nearest city of refuge is too far, an enraged avenger might be able to chase down and kill the person who caused the death. Then the slayer would die unfairly, since he had never shown hostility toward the person who died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:26 - Do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no crime worthy of death. She is as innocent as a murder victim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:28 - That same day Joshua captured and destroyed the town of Makkedah. He killed everyone in it, including the king, leaving no survivors. He destroyed them all, and he killed the king of Makkedah as he had killed the king of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:30 - There, too, the LORD gave them the town and its king. He killed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. Then Joshua killed the king of Libnah as he had killed the king of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:32 - Here again, the LORD gave them Lachish. Joshua took it on the second day and killed everyone in it, just as he had done at Libnah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:35 - They captured it that day and killed everyone in it. He completely destroyed everyone, just as he had done at Lachish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:13 - The following towns with their pasturelands were given to the descendants of Aaron the priest: Hebron (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Libnah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Gezer,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - The descendants of Gershon, another clan within the tribe of Levi, received the following towns with their pasturelands from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone) and Be-eshterah—two towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - From the tribe of Naphtali they received the following towns with their pasturelands: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan—three towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:36 - From the tribe of Reuben they received the following towns with their pasturelands: Bezer, Jahaz,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - From the tribe of Gad they received the following towns with their pasturelands: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Mahanaim,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4 - The Levite, the husband of the woman who had been murdered, said, “My concubine and I came to spend the night in Gibeah, a town that belongs to the people of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:40 - But while I was busy doing something else, the prisoner disappeared!”
“Well, it’s your own fault,” the king replied. “You have brought the judgment on yourself.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - Give him this message: ‘This is what the LORD says: Wasn’t it enough that you killed Naboth? Must you rob him, too? Because you have done this, dogs will lick your blood at the very place where they licked the blood of Naboth!’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:3 - When Amaziah was well established as king, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:11 - Meanwhile, our enemies were saying, “Before they know what’s happening, we will swoop down on them and kill them and end their work.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:10 - Later I went to visit Shemaiah son of Delaiah and grandson of Mehetabel, who was confined to his home. He said, “Let us meet together inside the Temple of God and bolt the doors shut. Your enemies are coming to kill you tonight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:3 - So many enemies against one man—
all of them trying to kill me.
To them I’m just a broken-down wall
or a tottering fence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6 - They kill widows and foreigners
and murder orphans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:32 - For simpletons turn away from me—to death.
Fools are destroyed by their own complacency.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:26 - For she has been the ruin of many;
many men have been her victims.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9 - Do you really think you can steal, murder, commit adultery, lie, and burn incense to Baal and all those other new gods of yours,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:20 - “O LORD, think about this!
Should you treat your own people this way?
Should mothers eat their own children,
those they once bounced on their knees?
Should priests and prophets be killed
within the Lord’s Temple?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:9 - Priests form bands of robbers,
waiting in ambush for their victims.
They murder travelers along the road to Shechem
and practice every kind of sin.
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