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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 BoxExo 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God, or he may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:13 - So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:2 - “If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:7

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24 - Israel, however, put him to the sword and took over his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, but only as far as the Ammonites, because their border was fortified.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:15 - you must certainly put to the sword all who live in that town. You must destroy it completely,[fn] both its people and its livestock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:13 - When the LORD your God delivers it into your hand, put to the sword all the men in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:8 - When you build a new house, make a parapet around your roof so that you may not bring the guilt of bloodshed on your house if someone falls from the roof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:22 - The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, with blight and mildew, which will plague you until you perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:22 - “Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since he judges even the highest?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:18 - These men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush only themselves!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:17 - Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder will seek refuge in the grave; let no one hold them back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:17 - “But your eyes and your heart are set only on dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and extortion.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - He said: “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet. This is where I will live among the Israelites forever. The people of Israel will never again defile my holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and the funeral offerings[fn] for their kings at their death.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:8 - When they placed their threshold next to my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they defiled my holy name by their detestable practices. So I destroyed them in my anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:9 - Now let them put away from me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will live among them forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2 - There is only cursing,[fn] lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
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