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Lexicon :: Strong's G5456 - phōnē

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φωνή
Transliteration
phōnē (Key)
Pronunciation
fo-nay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably akin to φαίνω (G5316) through the idea of disclosure
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:278,1287

Trench's Synonyms: lxxxix. φωνή, λόγος.

Strong’s Definitions

φωνή phōnḗ, fo-nay'; probably akin to G5316 through the idea of disclosure; a tone (articulate, bestial or artificial); by implication, an address (for any purpose), saying or language:—noise, sound, voice.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 141x

The KJV translates Strong's G5456 in the following manner: voice (131x), sound (8x), be noised abroad (with G1096) (1x), noise (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 141x
The KJV translates Strong's G5456 in the following manner: voice (131x), sound (8x), be noised abroad (with G1096) (1x), noise (1x).
  1. a sound, a tone

    1. of inanimate things, as musical instruments

  2. a voice

    1. of the sound of uttered words

  3. speech

    1. of a language, tongue

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φωνή phōnḗ, fo-nay'; probably akin to G5316 through the idea of disclosure; a tone (articulate, bestial or artificial); by implication, an address (for any purpose), saying or language:—noise, sound, voice.
STRONGS G5456:
φωνή, φωνῆς, (φάω) to shine, make clear (cf. Curtius, § 407; Liddell and Scott, under the word φάω)), from Homer down, Hebrew קול:
1. a sound, tone: of inanimate things, as of musical instruments, Matthew 24:31 (T omits φωνῆς, WH give it only in marginal reading; cf. Buttmann, § 132, 10); 1 Corinthians 14:7; Revelation 14:2; Revelation 18:22 (Isaiah 18:3; Isaiah 24:8; Sir. 50:16; 1 Macc. 5:31; ὀργάνων, Plato, de rep. 3, p. 397a; συριγγων, Euripides, Tro. 127; ψαλτηρίου καί αὐλοῦ, Plutarch, mor., p. 713 c.); of wind, John 3:8; Acts 2:6; of thunder, Revelation 6:1; Revelation 14:2; Revelation 19:6, cf. Revelation 4:5; 8:5; 11:19; 16:18; noise, of a millstone, Revelation 18:22; of a thronging multitude, Revelation 19:1, 6; of chariots, Revelation 9:9; of wings, whir (Ezekiel 1:24), ibid.; of waters (Ezekiel 1:24; 4 Esdr. 6:17 [2 Esdras 6:17]), Revelation 1:15; Revelation 14:2; Revelation 19:6; also with the genitive of a thing implying speech, the sound (A. V. voice): τοῦ ἀσπασμοῦ, Luke 1:44; ῤημάτων, Hebrews 12:19; the cry (of men), φωνή μεγάλη, a loud cry, Mark 15:37; the clamor of men making a noisy demand, Luke 23:28, cf. Acts 19:34; absolutely, a cry i. e. wailing, lamentation, Matthew 2:18 (from Jeremiah 38:15 (Jer. 31:15)).
2. a voice, i. e. the sound of uttered words: λαλεῖν φωνάς, Revelation 10:3; those who begin to cry out or call to anyone are said τήν φωνήν αἴρειν, Luke 17:13; πρός τινα, Acts 4:24; φωνήν ἐπαίρειν, Luke 11:27; Acts 2:14; Acts 14:11; Acts 22:22; (φωνῆς... ἐκέκραξα (or ἐκκράζειν), Acts 24:21 (cf. Buttmann, § 143, 11)); φωνή μεγάλη added to verbs: to λέγειν, Revelation 5:12; Revelation 8:13; (ἐν φωνή μεγάλη Revelation 14:7 (Lachmann omits ἐν; Rev. 14:9)); to εἰπεῖν, Luke 8:28; Acts 14:10; to φάναι, Acts 26:24; to αἰνεῖν τόν Θεόν, Luke 19:37; with verbs of crying out, shouting: ἀναβοαν, Matthew 27:46 (R G L text T); βοᾶν (Matthew 27:46 L marginal reading Tr WH); Mark 15:34; Acts 8:7; φώνειν, (Mark 1:26 T Tr WH); Luke 23:46; Acts 16:28; (Revelation 14:18 L T Tr WH); ἀναφωνεῖν, Luke 1:42 (R G L Tr marginal reading); κηρύσσειν (ἐν φωνή μεγάλη), Revelation 5:2 (Rec. omits ἐν); κραυγάζειν, John 11:43; ἀνακράζειν, Luke 4:33; κράζειν. Matthew 27:50; Mark 1:26 (R G L); Mark 5:7; Acts 7:57, 60; Revelation 6:10; Revelation 7:2, 10; Revelation 10:3; (Revelation 18:2 Rec.); Rev. 19:17; κράζων ἐν φωνή μεγάλη Revelation 14:15; ἐν ἰσχυρά φωνή, Revelation 18:2 (G L T Tr WH); μετά φωνῆς μεγάλης δοξάζων τόν Θεόν, Luke 17:15; of declarations from heaven, heard through no speaker is seen: ἰδού φωνή λέγουσα, Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5; ἔρχεται φωνή, Mark 9:7 (R G L Tr text); John 12:28; ἐξέρχεται, Revelation 16:17; Revelation 19:5; γίνεται φωνή, Mark 1:11 (T omits; WH brackets ἐγένετο; Mark 9:7 T Tr marginal reading WH); Luke 3:22; Luke 9:35; John 12:30; (Acts 7:31 (where Rec. adds πρός αὐτόν)); πρός τινα, Acts 10:13, 15; (φωνῆς ἐνεχθείσης αὐτῷ, 2 Peter 1:17); ἐγένοντο φωναί μεγάλαι, Revelation 11:15; (ἀπεκρίθη φωνή, Acts 11:9); ἀκούειν φωνήν (cl. Buttmann, §§ 132, 17; 144, 16 α.), Acts 9:4; Acts 22:9,(14); Acts 26:14; 2 Peter 1:18; Revelation 1:10; Revelation 4:1 (Buttmann, § 129, 8 b.); Revelation 6:6 (here L T Tr WH insert ὡς), Revelation 6:7 (here G omits; Tr brackets φωνήν); Revelation 9:13 (Buttmann, as above); Revelation 10:4,8; 11:12 (R G L WH marginal reading); Rev. 12:10; 14:2; 18:4; 19:6; ἀκούειν φωνῆς (Buttmann, § 132, 17; Winer's Grammar, § 30, 7d.), Acts 9:7; Acts 11:7; Acts 22:7; Rev. (Revelation 11:12 T Tr WH text); Rev 14:13; 16:1; 21:3; βλέπειν τήν φωνήν, i. e. the one who uttered the voice, Revelation 1:12. φωνή with a genitive of the subject: βοῶντος, Matthew 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4; John 1:23, all from Isaiah 40:3; (ἀγγέλου ὅταν μέλλῃ σαλπίζειν, Revelation 10:7); φωνή τίνος, the natural (familiar) sound of one's voice, Acts 12:14; Revelation 3:20 (Song of Solomon 5:2); the manner of speaking, as a shepherd's (cry or call to iris sheep), John 10:3-5; to such 'voices' Jesus likens his precepts approved (`heard') by all the good, John 10:16, 27, cf. 18:37; ἀνθρώπου, human utterance, 2 Peter 2:16; φωνή τίνος, the voice of a clamorous person, Matthew 12:19 (Isaiah 42:2); of one exulting, jubilant, John 3:29; Revelation 18:23; ἀγγέλων πολλῶν, singing the praises of Christ, Revelation 5:11f; the sound of the words of Christ as he shall recall the dead to life (the Resurrection-cry), John 5:25, 28; ἀρχαγγέλου, the awakening shout of the archangel, the leader of the angelic host, 1 Thessalonians 4:16; τοῦ Θεοῦ, of God — teaching, admonishing, whether in the O. T. Scriptures or in the gospel, John 5:37; Hebrews 3:7, 15; Hebrews 4:7; shaking the earth, Hebrews 12:26; the speech, discourse, Θεοῦ... οὐκ ἀνθρώπου, Acts 12:22; (τάς φωνάς τῶν προφητῶν, the predictions (`read every sabbath'), Acts 13:27); ἀλλάξαι τήν φωνήν. (See ἀλλάσσω), Galatians 4:20. 3. speech, i. e. a language, tongue: 1 Corinthians 14:10f (Josephus, contra Apion 1, 1; (1, 9, 2; 1, 14, 1, etc.); Cebes () tab. 33; Aelian v. h. 12, 48; (Diogenes Laërtius 8, 3; for other examples from Greek writings see Passow, under the word, p. 2377{b}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 3); Genesis 11:1; Deuteronomy 28:49; τῇ Ἑβραΐδι φωνή, 4 Macc. 12:7; τῇ πατρίῳ φωνή, 2 Macc. 7:8, 21, 27). (Synonym: cf. Schmidt, chapter 1 § 27; Trench, § lxxxix.; and see λαλέω, at the beginning.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
11:1
Deuteronomy
28:49
Ezra
6:17
Song of Songs
5:2
Isaiah
18:3; 24:8; 40:3; 42:2
Jeremiah
31:15; 38:15
Ezekiel
1:24; 1:24; 4
Matthew
2:18; 3:3; 3:17; 12:19; 17:5; 24:31; 27:46; 27:46; 27:50
Mark
1:3; 1:11; 1:26; 1:26; 5:7; 9:7; 9:7; 15:34; 15:37
Luke
1:42; 1:44; 3:4; 3:22; 4:33; 8:28; 9:35; 11:27; 17:13; 17:15; 19:37; 23:28; 23:46
John
1:23; 3:8; 3:29; 5:25; 5:28; 5:37; 10:3; 10:4; 10:5; 10:16; 10:27; 11:43; 12:28; 12:30; 18:37
Acts
2:6; 2:14; 4:24; 7:31; 7:57; 7:60; 8:7; 9:4; 9:7; 10:13; 10:15; 11:7; 11:9; 12:14; 12:22; 13:27; 14:10; 14:11; 16:28; 19:34; 22:7; 22:9; 22:22; 24:21; 26:14; 26:24
1 Corinthians
14:7; 14:10
Galatians
4:3; 4:20
1 Thessalonians
4:16
Hebrews
3:7; 3:15; 4:7; 12:19; 12:26
2 Peter
1:17; 1:18; 2:16
Revelation
1:10; 1:12; 1:15; 3:20; 4:1; 4:5; 5:2; 5:11; 5:12; 6:1; 6:6; 6:7; 6:10; 7:2; 7:10; 8:5; 8:13; 9:9; 9:13; 10:3; 10:3; 10:4; 10:7; 10:8; 11:12; 11:12; 11:15; 11:19; 12:10; 14:2; 14:2; 14:2; 14:2; 14:7; 14:9; 14:13; 14:15; 14:18; 16:1; 16:17; 16:18; 18:2; 18:2; 18:4; 18:22; 18:22; 18:23; 19:1; 19:5; 19:6; 19:6; 19:6; 19:6; 19:17; 21:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5456 matches the Greek φωνή (phōnē),
which occurs 139 times in 128 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 2 / 3 (Act 9:7–Rev 8:13)

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:7 - And the men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the [fn]voice G5456 but seeing no one.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:13 - And a voice G5456 came to him, “Rise up, Peter, [fn]slaughter and eat!”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:15 - Again a voice G5456 came to him a second time, “What God has cleansed, no longer consider defiled.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:7 - “And I also heard a voice G5456 saying to me, ‘Rise up, Peter; [fn]slaughter and eat.’
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:9 - “But a voice G5456 from heaven answered a second time, ‘What God has cleansed, no longer consider defiled.’
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:14 - And when she recognized Peter’s voice G5456, because of her joy she did not open the gate. But she ran in and reported that Peter was standing in front of the gate.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:22 - And the assembly kept crying out, “The voice G5456 of a god and not of a man!”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:27 - “For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the [fn]utterances G5456 of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:10 - said with a loud voice G5456, “Stand upright on your feet.” And he leaped up and began to walk.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:11 - And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice G5456, saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have become like men and have come down to us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:28 - But Paul cried out with a loud voice G5456, saying, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:34 - But when they recognized that he was a Jew, a single cry G5456 arose from them all as they shouted for about two hours, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:7 - and I fell to the ground and heard a voice G5456 saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:9 - “And those who were with me beheld the light, to be sure, but did not [fn]understand the voice G5456 of the One who was speaking to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:14 - “And he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear a [fn]voice G5456 from His mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:22 -

And they were listening to him up to this statement, and then they raised their voices G5456 and said, “Away with such a fellow from the earth, for he should not be allowed to live!”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:21 - other than for this one statement G5456 which I shouted out while standing among them, ‘For the resurrection of the dead I am on trial before you today.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:14 - “And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice G5456 saying to me in the [fn]Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? [fn]It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:24 -

Now while [fn]Paul was saying this in his defense, Festus *said in a loud voice G5456, “Paul, you are out of your mind! [fn]Great learning is driving you out of your mind.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:7 - Yet even lifeless things, either flute or harp, in producing a sound G5456, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the harp?
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:8 - For if the trumpet produces an indistinct sound G5456, who will prepare himself for battle?
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:10 - There are, perhaps, a great many kinds of sounds G5456 in the world, and none is without meaning.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:11 - If then I do not know the meaning of the sound G5456, I will be to the one who speaks a [fn]barbarian, and the one who speaks will be a [fn]barbarian [fn]to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:20 - but I could wish to be present with you now and to change my tone G5456, because I am perplexed about you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:16 - For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a [fn]shout, with the voice G5456 of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:7 -

Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says,

“TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE G5456,

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:15 - while it is said,

“TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE G5456,

DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS, AS [fn]WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME.”

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:7 - He again determines a certain day, “TODAY,” saying [fn]through David after so long a time just as has been said before,

“TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE G5456,

DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS.”

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:19 - and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound G5456 of words which was such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:26 - And His voice G5456 shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, “YET ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH, BUT ALSO THE HEAVEN.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:17 - For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an [fn]utterance G5456 as this was [fn]made to Him by the Majestic Glory, “This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased”—
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:18 - and we ourselves heard this [fn]utterance G5456 made from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:16 - but he received a rebuke for his own lawlessness, for a mute donkey, speaking out with a voice G5456 of a man, restrained the madness of the prophet.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:10 - I was [fn]in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice G5456 like a trumpet,
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:12 -

Then I turned to see the voice G5456 that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands;

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:15 - His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice G5456 was like the sound G5456 of many waters,
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:20 - ‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice G5456 and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:1 -

After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice G5456 which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things.”

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:5 - And out from the throne come flashes of lightning and sounds G5456 and peals of thunder. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:2 - Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice G5456, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:11 -

Then I looked, and I heard the voice G5456 of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands,

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:12 - saying with a loud voice G5456,

“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing.”

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:1 -

Then I looked when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice G5456 of thunder, “[fn]Come.”

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:6 - And I heard something like a voice G5456 in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “One [fn]choinix of wheat for one [fn]denarius, and three [fn]choinix of barley for one [fn]denarius, and do not harm the oil and the wine.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:7 -

And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice G5456 of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.”

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:10 - and they cried out with a loud voice G5456, saying, “How long, O Master, holy and true? [fn]Will You not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:2 - Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God; and he cried out with a loud voice G5456 to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea,
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:10 - and they cry out with a loud voice G5456, saying,

“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:5 - Then the angel [fn]took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it to the earth; and there followed peals of thunder and sounds G5456 and flashes of lightning and an earthquake.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:13 -

Then I looked, and I heard [fn]an eagle flying in midheaven, saying with a loud voice G5456, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts G5456 of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!”


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