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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 - And they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Let us go a three-day journey into the desert so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, so that he does not strike us with plague or the sword."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:13 - So Joshua destroyed Amalek and his army with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:2 - "If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guilt for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:7 - You will pursue your enemies and they will fall before you by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24 - But the Israelites defeated him in battle and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strongly defended.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:15 - you must by all means slaughter the inhabitants of that city with the sword; annihilate with the sword everyone in it, as well as the livestock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:13 - The LORD your God will deliver it over to you and you must kill every single male by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:8 - If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail around your roof to avoid being culpable in the event someone should fall from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:22 - He will afflict you with weakness, fever, inflammation, infection, sword, blight, and mildew; these will attack you until you perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:22 - Can anyone teach God knowledge, since he judges those that 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 ambush their own lives!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:17 - The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:17 - But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - He said to me: "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet, where I will live among the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their spiritual prostitution or by the pillars of their kings set up when they die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:8 - When they placed their threshold by my threshold and their doorpost by my doorpost, with only the wall between me and them, they profaned my holy name by the abominable deeds they committed. So I consumed them in my anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:9 - Now they must put away their spiritual prostitution and the pillars of their kings far from me, and then I will live among them forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2 - There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed.
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