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Lexicon :: Strong's G5455 - phōneō

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φωνέω
Transliteration
phōneō (Key)
Pronunciation
fo-neh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:301,1287

Strong’s Definitions

φωνέω phōnéō, fo-neh'-o; from G5456; to emit a sound (animal, human or instrumental); by implication, to address in words or by name, also in imitation:—call (for), crow, cry.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's G5455 in the following manner: call (23x), crow (12x), cry (5x), call for (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's G5455 in the following manner: call (23x), crow (12x), cry (5x), call for (2x).

  1. to sound, emit a sound, to speak

    1. of a cock: to crow

    2. of men: to cry, cry out, cry aloud, speak with a loud voice

  2. to call, to call one's self, either by one's own voice or though another

  3. to send for, summon

    1. to call out of (i.e. bid one to quit a place and come to one

    2. to invite

    3. to address, accost, call by a name

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φωνέω phōnéō, fo-neh'-o; from G5456; to emit a sound (animal, human or instrumental); by implication, to address in words or by name, also in imitation:—call (for), crow, cry.
STRONGS G5455:
φωνέω, φώνω; imperfect 3 person singular ἐφώνει; future φωνήσω; 1 aorist ἐφώνησα; 1 aorist infinitive passive, φωνηθῆναι; (φωνή);
1. as from Homer down, intransitive, to sound, emit a sound, to speak: of a cock, to crow, Matthew 26:34, 74; Mark 14:30, 68 (L brackets; WH omits the clause (see the latter's Appendix at the passage)), 72; Luke 22:34, 60; John 13:38; John 18:27 (of the cries of other animals, Isaiah 38:14; Jeremiah 17:11; Zephaniah 2:14; rarely so in secular authors as (Aristotle (see Liddell and Scott, under I. 2)), Aesop fab. 36 (225 edition Halm)); of men, to cry, cry out, cry aloud, speak with a loud voice: followed by the words uttered, Luke 8:8; with φωνή μεγάλη added ((cf. Winer's Grammar, § 32, 2 at the end), Mark 1:26 T Tr WH); Acts 16:28; ἐφώνησε λέγων, Luke 8:54; φωνήσας εἶπεν, Luke 16:24; φωνήσας φωνή μεγάλη... εἶπεν, Luke 23:46; ἐφώνησεν ἐν κραυγή (L T Tr WH φωνή) μεγάλη... λέγων, Revelation 14:18; (φωνήσαντες ἐπυνθάνοντο (WH text ἐπυθοντο), Acts 10:18).
2. as from (Homer, Odyssey 24, 535) Sophocles down, transitive,
a. to call, call to oneself: τινα — either by one's own voice, Matthew 20:32; Matthew 27:47; Mark 9:35; Mark 10:49 (cf. Buttmann, § 141, 5 at the end); Mark 15:35; John 1:48(John 1:49); John 2:9; 4:16; 10:3 L T Tr WH; John 11:28a; 18:33; Acts 9:41; Acts 10:7; — or through another; to send for, summon: Mark 3:31 R G; Luke 16:2; John 9:18, 24; John 11:28b; εἶπε φωνηθῆναι αὐτῷ τούς κτλ., Luke 19:15; ἐφώνησεν τινα... ἐκ, with a genitive of the place, to call out of (i. e. bid one to quit a place and come to one), John 12:17.
b. to invite: Luke 14:12.
c. equivalent to to address, accost, call by a name: τινα, followed by a nominative of the title (see Winers Grammar, § 29, 1; (Buttmann, § 131, 8)), John 13:13. (Compare: ἀναφωνέω, ἐπιφωνέω, προσφωνέω, συμφωνέω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
38:14
Jeremiah
17:11
Zephaniah
2:14
Matthew
20:32; 26:34; 26:74; 27:47
Mark
1:26; 3:31; 9:35; 10:49; 14:30; 14:68; 15:35
Luke
8:8; 8:54; 14:12; 16:2; 16:24; 19:15; 22:34; 22:60; 23:46
John
1:48; 1:49; 2:9; 4:16; 9:18; 9:24; 10:3; 11:28; 11:28; 12:17; 13:13; 13:38; 18:27; 18:33
Acts
9:41; 10:7; 10:18; 16:28
Revelation
14:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5455 matches the Greek φωνέω (phōneō),
which occurs 43 times in 39 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:32 - Jesus stopped, called them, and said, "What do you want me to do for you?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:34 - Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:74

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:74 - At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, "I do not know the man!" At that moment a rooster crowed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:75

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:75 - Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:47 - When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, "This man is calling for Elijah."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:26 - After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:35 - After he sat down, he called the twelve and said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:49

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:49 - Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called the blind man and said to him, "Have courage! Get up! He is calling you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:30 - Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, today - this very night - before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:68

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:68 - But he denied it: "I don't even understand what you're talking about!" Then he went out to the gateway, and a rooster crowed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:72

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:72 - Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he broke down and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:35 - When some of the bystanders heard it they said, "Listen, he is calling for Elijah!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:8 - But other seed fell on good soil and grew, and it produced a hundred times as much grain." As he said this, he called out, "The one who has ears to hear had better listen!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:54 - But Jesus gently took her by the hand and said, "Child, get up."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:12 - He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you host a dinner or a banquet, don't invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:2 - So he called the manager in and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Turn in the account of your administration, because you can no longer be my manager.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:24 - So he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this fire.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:15 - When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned these slaves to whom he had given the money. He wanted to know how much they had earned by trading.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:34 - Jesus replied, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:60

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:60 - But Peter said, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about!" At that moment, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:61

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:61 - Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, "Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:46 - Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And after he said this he breathed his last.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:48 - Nathanael asked him, "How do you know me?" Jesus replied, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:9 - When the head steward tasted the water that had been turned to wine, not knowing where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), he called the bridegroom

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:16 - He said to her, "Go call your husband and come back here."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:18 - Now the Jewish religious leaders refused to believe that he had really been blind and had gained his sight until at last they summoned the parents of the man who had become able to see.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:24 - Then they summoned the man who used to be blind a second time and said to him, "Promise before God to tell the truth. We know that this man is a sinner."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:3 - The doorkeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:28 - And when she had said this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, saying privately, "The Teacher is here and is asking for you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:17 - So the crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify about it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:13 - You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and do so correctly, for that is what I am.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:38 - Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? I tell you the solemn truth, the rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:27 - Then Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:33 - So Pilate went back into the governor's residence, summoned Jesus, and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:41 - He gave her his hand and helped her get up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:7 - When the angel who had spoken to him departed, Cornelius called two of his personal servants and a devout soldier from among those who served him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:18 - They called out to ask if Simon, known as Peter, was staying there as a guest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:28 - But Paul called out loudly, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:18 - Another angel, who was in charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to the angel who had the sharp sickle, "Use your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes off the vine of the earth, because its grapes are now ripe."
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