ΦΟΝΩ, φονω
PHONŌ, phonō
Sounds Like: foh-NOH
Translations: (to) murder, (to) slaughter, (to) killing, (to) bloodshed, (to) death, a murder, a slaughter, a killing, a bloodshed, a death
From the root: ΦΟΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of murder, slaughter, or killing, often implying bloodshed or violent death. As a noun in the dative case, it indicates the indirect object or the means by which something is done, such as 'by murder' or 'for murder'. It can also signify the state or condition of being involved in such an act.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5408 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Hebrews — 11:37
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 2:58
- Book 4 — 7:172
- Book 6 — 5:82
- Book 7 — 4:92, 14:371
- Book 8 — 15:417
- Book 10 — 1:23
- Book 14 — 16:484
- Book 17 — 10:281
- Book 19 — 1:100, 1:112
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 12:1, 19:9
- Book Two — 6:10, 11:7, 16:10, 18:16
- Book Three — 8:52
- Book Six — 1:2, 1:4, 8:33
- Book Seven — 9:9
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 17:13
- Leviticus — 26:7
- Numbers — 21:24
- Deuteronomy — 13:15, 20:13
- 2 Maccabees — 4:35
- Ezekiel — 43:8
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Hebrews — 11:37
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΟΝΟΣ.
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.
- ΦΟΝ — murder, slaughter, a murder, a slaughter
- ΦΟΝΙΚΑ — murderous, deadly, homicidal, murderous things, deadly things, cases of murder
- ΦΟΝΙΚΟΣ — murderous, deadly, bloodthirsty
- ΦΟΝΟ — murder, slaughter, bloodshed, a murder, a slaughter
- ΦΟΝΟΙ — murders, slaughters, killings
- ΦΟΝΟΙΣ — (to) murders, (to) slaughters, (to) killings
- ΦΟΝΟΙΣΙΝ — (to) murders, (to) slaughters, (to) bloodsheds
- ΦΟΝΟΝ — murder, a murder, slaughter, a slaughter
- ΦΟΝΟΣ — murder, a murder, slaughter, bloodshed
- ΦΟΝΟΥ — of murder, of slaughter, of killing, murder, slaughter, killing
- ΦΟΝΟΥΣ — murders, slaughters, killings
- ΦΟΝΩΔΗΣ — murderous, bloodthirsty, deadly
- ΦΟΝΩΝ — of murder, of murders, of slaughter, of slaughters
- ΦΟΝΩΣΗΣ — of murder, of slaughter, of bloodshed
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