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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 42 times in 38 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:32 - And having stood, Jesus called them, and said, 'What will ye that I may do to you?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:34 - Jesus said to him, 'Verily I say to thee, that, this night, before cock-crowing, thrice thou wilt deny me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:74

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:74 - Then began he to anathematise, and to swear -- 'I have not known the man;' and immediately did a cock crow,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:75

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:75 - and Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, he having said to him -- 'Before cock-crowing, thrice thou wilt deny me;' and having gone without, he did weep bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:47 - And certain of those standing there having heard, said -- 'Elijah he doth call;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:31 - Then come do his brethren and mother, and standing without, they sent unto him, calling him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:35 - and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, 'If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:49

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:49 - And Jesus having stood, he commanded him to be called, and they call the blind man, saying to him, 'Take courage, rise, he doth call thee;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:30 - And Jesus said to him, 'Verily I say to thee, that to-day, this night, before a cock shall crow twice, thrice thou shalt deny me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:68

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:68 - and he denied, saying, 'I have not known him, neither do I understand what thou sayest;' and he went forth without to the porch, and a cock crew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:72

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:72 - and a second time a cock crew, and Peter remembered the saying that Jesus said to him -- 'Before a cock crow twice, thou mayest deny me thrice;' and having thought thereon -- he was weeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:35 - And certain of those standing by, having heard, said, 'Lo, Elijah he doth call;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:8 - 'And other fell upon the good ground, and having sprung up, it made fruit an hundred fold.' These things saying, he was calling, 'He having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:54 - and he having put all forth without, and having taken hold of her hand, called, saying, 'Child, arise;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:12 - And he said also to him who did call him, 'When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:2 - and having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear about thee? render the account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest not any longer be steward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:24 - and having cried, he said, Father Abraham, deal kindly with me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and may cool my tongue, because I am distressed in this flame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:15 - 'And it came to pass, on his coming back, having taken the kingdom, that he commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom he gave the money, that he might know what any one had done in business.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:34 - and he said, 'I say to thee, Peter, a cock shall not crow to-day, before thrice thou mayest disown knowing me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:60

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:60 - and Peter said, 'Man, I have not known what thou sayest;' and presently, while he is speaking, a cock crew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:61

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:61 - And the Lord having turned did look on Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him -- 'Before a cock shall crow, thou mayest disown me thrice;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:46 - and having cried with a loud voice, Jesus said, 'Father, to Thy hands I commit my spirit;' and these things having said, he breathed forth the spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:48 - Nathanael saith to him, 'Whence me dost thou know?' Jesus answered and said to him, 'Before Philip's calling thee -- thou being under the fig-tree -- I saw thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:9 - And as the director of the apartment tasted the water become wine, and knew not whence it is, (but the ministrants knew, who have drawn the water,) the director of the feast doth call the bridegroom,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:16 - Jesus saith to her, 'Go, call thy husband, and come hither;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:18 - and he said -- 'He is a prophet.' The Jews, therefore, did not believe concerning him that he was blind and did receive sight, till that they called the parents of him who received sight,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:24 - They called, therefore, a second time the man who was blind, and they said to him, 'Give glory to God, we have known that this man is a sinner;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:28 - And these things having said, she went away, and called Mary her sister privately, saying, 'The Teacher is present, and doth call thee;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:17 - The multitude, therefore, who are with him, were testifying that he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and did raise him out of the dead;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:13 - ye call me, The Teacher and The Lord, and ye say well, for I am;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:38 - Jesus answered him, 'Thy life for me thou wilt lay down! verily, verily, I say to thee, a cock will not crow till thou mayest deny me thrice.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:27 - again, therefore, Peter denied, and immediately a cock crew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:33 - Pilate, therefore, entered into the praetorium again, and called Jesus, and said to him, 'Thou art the King of the Jews?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:41 - and having given her his hand, he lifted her up, and having called the saints and the widows, he presented her alive,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:7 - And when the messenger who is speaking to Cornelius went away, having called two of his domestics, and a pious soldier of those waiting on him continually,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:18 - and having called, they were asking if Simon, who is surnamed Peter, doth lodge here?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:28 - and Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, 'Thou mayest not do thyself any harm, for we are all here.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:18 - and another messenger did come forth out from the altar, having authority over the fire, and he called with a great cry to him having the sharp sickle, saying, 'Send forth thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, because come to perfection have her grapes;'
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