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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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 - But Aaron and Moses persisted. “The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they declared. “So let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness so we can offer sacrifices to the LORD our God. If we don’t, he will kill us with a plague or with the sword.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:13 - As a result, Joshua overwhelmed the army of Amalek in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:2 - [fn]“If a thief is caught in the act of breaking into a house and is struck and killed in the process, the person who killed the thief is not guilty of murder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:7 - In fact, you will chase down your enemies and slaughter them with your swords.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24 - But the Israelites slaughtered them with their swords and occupied their land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River. They went only as far as the Ammonite border because the boundary of the Ammonites was fortified.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:15 - you must attack that town and completely destroy[fn] all its inhabitants, as well as all the livestock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:13 - When the LORD your God hands the town over to you, use your swords to kill every man in the town.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:8 - “When you build a new house, you must build a railing around the edge of its flat roof. That way you will not be considered guilty of murder if someone falls from the roof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:22 - The LORD will strike you with wasting diseases, fever, and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew. These disasters will pursue you until you die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:22 - “But who can teach a lesson to God,
since he judges even the most powerful?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:18 - But these people set an ambush for themselves;
they are trying to get themselves killed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:17 - A murderer’s tormented conscience will drive him into the grave.
Don’t protect him!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:17 - “But you! You have eyes only for greed and dishonesty!
You murder the innocent,
oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - The LORD said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place where I will rest my feet. I will live here forever among the people of Israel. They and their kings will not defile my holy name any longer by their adulterous worship of other gods or by honoring the relics of their kings who have died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:8 - They put their idol altars right next to mine with only a wall between them and me. They defiled my holy name by such detestable sin, so I consumed them in my anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:9 - Now let them stop worshiping other gods and honoring the relics of their kings, and I will live among them forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2 - You make vows and break them;
you kill and steal and commit adultery.
There is violence everywhere—
one murder after another.
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