5456. phóné

Strong's Concordance

phóné: a voice, sound

Original Word: φωνή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: phóné
Phonetic Spelling: (fo-nay')
Definition: a voice, sound
Usage: a sound, noise, voice, language, dialect.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
probably from phémi
Definition
a voice, sound
NASB Translation
blasts (1), cry (1), language (1), languages (1), outcry (1), sound (15), sounds (4), statement (1), tone (1), utterance (3), utterances (1), voice (102), voices (7).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 5456: φωνή

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. ; 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 []), 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 ()).

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; )); 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); ; Acts 7:57, 60; Revelation 6:10; Revelation 7:2, 10; Revelation 10:3; ( Rec.); ; 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; 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); ; 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); (R G L WH marginal reading); ; ἀκούειν φωνῆς (Buttmann, § 132, 17; Winer's Grammar, § 30, 7d.), Acts 9:7; Acts 11:7; Acts 22:7; Rev. ( T Tr WH text); ; 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.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

noise, sound, voice.

Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone (articulate, bestial or artificial); by implication, an address (for any purpose), saying or language -- noise, sound, voice.

see GREEK phaino

Forms and Transliterations

φωναι φωναί φωναὶ φωναις φωναίς φωναῖς φωνας φωνάς φωνὰς Φωνη φωνή Φωνὴ φωνῇ φωνην φωνήν φωνὴν φωνηνς φωνης φωνής φωνῆς φωνων φωνών φωνῶν φωραθώσι phonai phonaì phōnai phōnaì phonais phonaîs phōnais phōnaîs phonas phonás phonàs phōnas phōnás phōnàs Phone Phonḕ Phōnē Phōnḕ phonêi phōnē̂i phonen phonḗn phonḕn phōnēn phōnḗn phōnḕn phones phonês phōnēs phōnē̂s phonon phonôn phōnōn phōnō̂n

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 2:18 N-NFS
GRK: Φωνὴ ἐν Ῥαμὰ
NAS: A VOICE WAS HEARD IN RAMAH,
KJV: was there a voice heard,
INT: A voice in Ramah

Matthew 3:3 N-NFS
GRK: προφήτου λέγοντος Φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν
NAS: when he said, THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING
KJV: saying, The voice of one crying
INT: prophet saying [The] voice of one crying in

Matthew 3:17 N-NFS
GRK: καὶ ἰδοὺ φωνὴ ἐκ τῶν
NAS: and behold, a voice out of the heavens
KJV: And lo a voice from heaven,
INT: and Behold a voice out of the

Matthew 12:19 N-AFS
GRK: πλατείαις τὴν φωνὴν αὐτοῦ
NAS: HEAR HIS VOICE IN THE STREETS.
KJV: hear his voice in the streets.
INT: streets the voice of him

Matthew 17:5 N-NFS
GRK: καὶ ἰδοὺ φωνὴ ἐκ τῆς
NAS: them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud
KJV: and behold a voice out of the cloud,
INT: and Behold a voice out of the

Matthew 27:46 N-DFS
GRK: ὁ Ἰησοῦς φωνῇ μεγάλῃ λέγων
NAS: out with a loud voice, saying,
KJV: cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli,
INT: Jesus with a voice loud saying

Matthew 27:50 N-DFS
GRK: πάλιν κράξας φωνῇ μεγάλῃ ἀφῆκεν
NAS: with a loud voice, and yielded
KJV: with a loud voice, yielded up
INT: again having cried with a voice loud yielded up

Mark 1:3 N-NFS
GRK: Φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν
NAS: THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING
KJV: The voice of one crying in
INT: [The] voice of one crying in

Mark 1:11 N-NFS
GRK: καὶ φωνὴ ἐγένετο ἐκ
NAS: and a voice came out of the heavens:
KJV: And there came a voice from heaven,
INT: And a voice came out of

Mark 1:26 N-DFS
GRK: καὶ φωνῆσαν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ ἐξῆλθεν
NAS: out with a loud voice and came
KJV: with a loud voice, he came
INT: and having cried with a voice loud came forth

Mark 5:7 N-DFS
GRK: καὶ κράξας φωνῇ μεγάλῃ λέγει
NAS: with a loud voice, he said,
KJV: with a loud voice, and said,
INT: and having cried with a voice loud he said

Mark 9:7 N-NFS
GRK: καὶ ἐγένετο φωνὴ ἐκ τῆς
NAS: overshadowing them, and a voice came
KJV: them: and a voice came out of
INT: and there came a voice out of the

Mark 15:34 N-DFS
GRK: ὁ Ἰησοῦς φωνῇ μεγάλῃ Ἐλωί
NAS: out with a loud voice, ELOI,
KJV: cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi,
INT: Jesus with a voice loud Eloi

Mark 15:37 N-AFS
GRK: Ἰησοῦς ἀφεὶς φωνὴν μεγάλην ἐξέπνευσεν
NAS: a loud cry, and breathed His last.
KJV: with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
INT: Jesus having uttered a cry loud breathed his last

Luke 1:44 N-NFS
GRK: ἐγένετο ἡ φωνὴ τοῦ ἀσπασμοῦ
NAS: when the sound of your greeting
KJV: as soon as the voice of thy
INT: came the voice of the greeting

Luke 3:4 N-NFS
GRK: τοῦ προφήτου Φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν
NAS: the prophet, THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING
KJV: saying, The voice of one crying
INT: the prophet [The] voice of one crying in

Luke 3:22 N-AFS
GRK: αὐτόν καὶ φωνὴν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ
NAS: a dove, and a voice came
KJV: him, and a voice came from
INT: him and a voice out of heaven

Luke 4:33 N-DFS
GRK: καὶ ἀνέκραξεν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ
NAS: and he cried out with a loud voice,
KJV: cried out with a loud voice,
INT: and he cried out with a voice loud

Luke 8:28 N-DFS
GRK: αὐτῷ καὶ φωνῇ μεγάλῃ εἶπεν
NAS: in a loud voice, What
KJV: and with a loud voice said, What
INT: him and with a voice loud said

Luke 9:35 N-NFS
GRK: καὶ φωνὴ ἐγένετο ἐκ
NAS: Then a voice came out of the cloud,
KJV: there came a voice out of
INT: and a voice came out of

Luke 9:36 N-AFS
GRK: γενέσθαι τὴν φωνὴν εὑρέθη Ἰησοῦς
NAS: And when the voice had spoken, Jesus
KJV: And when the voice was past, Jesus
INT: occurred the voice was found Jesus

Luke 11:27 N-AFS
GRK: ἐπάρασά τις φωνὴν γυνὴ ἐκ
NAS: raised her voice and said
KJV: lifted up her voice, and said
INT: having lifted up a certain [her] voice woman from

Luke 17:13 N-AFS
GRK: αὐτοὶ ἦραν φωνὴν λέγοντες Ἰησοῦ
NAS: and they raised their voices, saying,
KJV: lifted up [their] voices, and said,
INT: they lifted up [their] voice saying Jesus

Luke 17:15 N-GFS
GRK: ὑπέστρεψεν μετὰ φωνῆς μεγάλης δοξάζων
NAS: God with a loud voice,
KJV: and with a loud voice glorified God,
INT: turned back with a voice loud glorifying

Luke 19:37 N-DFS
GRK: τὸν θεὸν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ περὶ
NAS: with a loud voice for all
KJV: God with a loud voice for all
INT: God with a voice loud for

Strong's Greek 5456
139 Occurrences

φωναὶ — 6 Occ.
φωναῖς — 1 Occ.
φωνὰς — 2 Occ.
Φωνὴ — 65 Occ.
φωνὴν — 40 Occ.
φωνῆς — 23 Occ.
φωνῶν — 2 Occ.