2001 Translation

PHONŌSINECHTHROIS, phonōsinechthrois

Sounds Like: foh-NO-sin EKH-throys

Translations: to murder, to slaughter, to kill, to enemies, to foes, to adversaries

From the root: ΦΟΝΟΣ, ἘΧΘΡΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This appears to be a compound word or a concatenation of two words: ΦΟΝΩΣΙΝ (phonosin) and ἘΧΘΡΟΙΣ (echthrois). ΦΟΝΩΣΙΝ is likely a dative plural form of ΦΟΝΟΣ (phonos), meaning 'murder' or 'slaughter', or possibly a verbal noun related to 'to kill'. ἘΧΘΡΟΙΣ is the dative plural of ἘΧΘΡΟΣ (echthros), meaning 'enemy' or 'foe'. Therefore, the combined phrase likely means 'to murder enemies' or 'slaughter for enemies'. The word structure suggests a dative relationship, indicating the recipients or beneficiaries of the action.

Inflection: ΦΟΝΩΣΙΝ: Dative Plural (of murder/slaughter); ἘΧΘΡΟΙΣ: Dative Plural, Masculine (to enemies)

Strong’s numbers: G5408 (Lookup on BibleHub), G2189 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Three — 7:162

From the same root

No other words from the same root, ΦΟΝΟΣ, ἘΧΘΡΟΣ, appear in our texts.

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