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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 - And Jesus stopped and called them, saying, "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, "Truly, I say to you, this very night, before the cock crows, you will deny me three times."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:74

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:74 - Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not know the man." And immediately the cock crowed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:75

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:75 - And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, "Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times." And he went out and wept bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:47 - And some of the bystanders hearing it said, "This man is calling Eli'jah."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:26 - And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:35 - And he sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, "If any one would 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 - And Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." And they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take heart; rise, he is calling you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:30 - And Jesus said to him, "Truly, I say to you, this very night, before the cock 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, saying, "I neither know nor understand what you mean." And he went out into the gateway.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:72

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:72 - And immediately the cock crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, "Before the cock 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 - And some of the bystanders hearing it said, "Behold, he is calling Eli'jah."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:8 - And some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundredfold." As he said this, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:54 - But taking her by the hand he called, saying, "Child, arise."

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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 give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and you be repaid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:2 - And he called him and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:24 - And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Laz'arus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:15 - When he returned, having received the kingdom, he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by trading.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:34 - He said, "I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow this day, until you three times deny that you know me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:60

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:60 - But Peter said, "Man, I do not know what you are saying." And immediately, while he was still speaking, the cock crowed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:61

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:61 - And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, "Before the cock 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, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit!" And having said this he breathed his last.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:48 - Nathan'a-el said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "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 steward of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward of the feast called the bridegroom

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:18 - The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:24 - So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, "Give God the praise; we know that this man is a sinner."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:3 - To him the gatekeeper opens; the sheep hear his voice, and 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 - When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying quietly, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:17 - The crowd that had been with him when he called Laz'arus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:13 - You call me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so 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? Truly, truly, I say to you, the cock will not crow, till you have denied me three times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:27 - Peter again denied it; and at once the cock crowed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:33 - Pilate entered the praetorium again and called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:41 - And he gave her his hand and lifted her up. Then calling the saints and widows he presented her alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:7 - When the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among those that waited on him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:18 - and called out to ask whether Simon who was called Peter was lodging there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:28 - But Paul cried with a loud voice, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here."

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:18 - Then another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has power over fire, and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Put in your sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe."
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