ΦΟΝΟΚΤΟΝΕΩ, φονοκτονεω
PHONOKTONEŌ, phonoktoneō
Sounds Like: foh-nok-toh-NEH-oh
Translations: to murder, to kill, to be a murderer
From the root: ΦΟΝΟΚΤΟΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from 'φόνος' (murder) and 'κτείνω' (to kill). It means to commit murder or to be a murderer. It describes the act of unlawfully taking a life, emphasizing the intent or nature of the act as murderous. It can be used in sentences to describe someone who commits such an act.
Inflection: Does not inflect (this is the infinitive/lexical form, but verbs inflect for tense, voice, mood, person, and number)
Strong’s number: G5407 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΟΝΟΚΤΟΝΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΦΟΝΟΚΤΟΝΗΘΗ — was murdered, was slain, was killed
- ΕΦΟΝΟΚΤΟΝΗΘΗ — was murdered, was killed, was slain
- ΦΟΝΟΚΤΟΝΕΙ — murders, kills by murder, commits murder
- ΦΟΝΟΚΤΟΝΗΣΗΤΕ — murder, kill, slay
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