φωνή,
φωνῆς,
ἡ (
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);
ἡ 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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