2001 Translation

PHŌNĒS, phōnēs

Sounds Like: PHOH-nays

Translations: (of) voice, (of) sound, (of) noise

From the root: ΦΩΝΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word is the genitive singular form of the noun ΦΩΝΗ (phōnē), meaning 'voice,' 'sound,' or 'noise.' It is used to indicate possession or origin, often translated as 'of a voice,' 'of a sound,' or 'of a noise.' For example, it might be used in phrases like 'the sound of thunder' or 'the voice of the Lord.'

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G5456 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 15:1, 103:14, 106:8

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:235, 1:281, 1:293

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 8:7, 9:2, 9:3

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:13, 9:16, 9:26, 10:62

Codex Sinaiticus

• Numbers — 16:34, 20:16
• Deuteronomy — 30:2, 30:8, 30:10, 30:16
• Judges — 5:11, 6:10
• Judith — 4:13, 8:17
• 1 Maccabees — 6:41, 9:13
• 4 Maccabees — 8:29, 10:18
• Psalms — 5:3, 5:4, 6:9, 17:7, 26:7, 27:2, 27:6, 30:23, 43:17, 54:4, 54:18, 63:2, 73:23, 80:12, 94:7, 97:6, 101:6, 102:20, 103:7, 105:25, 114:1, 118:149, 129:2, 140:1
• Ecclesiastes — 12:4
• Wisdom — 1:7
• Sirach — 17:13, 34:24, 45:5
• Isaiah — 6:4, 6:8, 28:23, 29:6, 30:30, 30:31, 31:4, 32:9, 38:5, 42:23, 42:24, 50:10
• Jeremiah — 3:13, 3:25, 4:29, 5:15, 6:17, 7:23, 7:28, 8:16, 9:12, 11:3, 11:4, 18:10, 18:19, 29:3, 30:15, 33:13, 39:23, 42:8, 47:3, 49:6, 49:13, 49:21, 50:4, 50:7, 51:23
• Jonah — 2:3, 2:10
• Habakkuk — 3:16
• Zephaniah — 3:2
• Haggai — 1:12
• Zechariah — 6:15
• Luke — 17:15
• John — 5:25, 5:28, 10:3, 10:16, 10:27, 18:37
• Acts of the Apostles — 2:6, 9:7, 11:7, 22:7, 24:21
• 1 Corinthians — 14:11
• Hebrews — 3:7, 3:15, 4:7
• 2 Peter — 1:17
• Revelation — 3:20, 9:13, 10:7, 11:12, 14:13, 16:1, 21:3
• Epistle of Barnabas — 8:7, 9:2
• Shepherd of Hermas — 22:4

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 1:1

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 12:275
• Book 3 — 5:88, 5:90
• Book 4 — 3:43, 8:299
• Book 7 — 10:250
• Book 8 — 13:350
• Book 13 — 7:117, 10:282
• Book 17 — 5:126
• Book 19 — 1:145
• Book 20 — 2:18, 2:19

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Four — 4:36, 10:42
• Book Six — 5:29
• Book Seven — 8:134

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 42:1, 56:7, 102:7, 103:6, 119:5, 131:2

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 16:4

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 3:17, 4:23, 16:2, 21:12, 21:17, 22:18, 26:5, 27:13, 27:43, 30:6
• Exodus — 3:18, 4:1, 4:8, 4:9, 5:2, 15:26, 18:24, 19:5, 22:23, 23:22, 32:17
• Numbers — 3:16, 3:39, 3:51, 4:37, 4:41, 4:45, 4:49, 9:20, 10:13, 13:4, 14:22, 16:34, 20:16, 21:3
• Deuteronomy — 1:45, 4:30, 8:20, 9:23, 13:4, 13:18, 15:5, 21:20, 26:7, 26:14, 26:17, 27:10, 28:1, 28:2, 28:9, 28:13, 28:15, 28:45, 28:49, 28:62, 30:2, 30:8, 30:10, 30:20, 33:7
• Joshua — 22:2, 24:24
• Judges — 2:2, 2:20, 5:11, 6:10, 13:9, 20:13
• 1 Samuel — 2:25, 4:14, 8:7, 8:9, 8:22, 12:1, 12:14, 12:15, 15:1, 15:19, 15:20, 15:22, 15:24, 19:6, 25:35, 28:18, 28:21, 28:22, 28:23
• 2 Samuel — 6:15, 12:18, 13:14, 13:16, 22:7
• 1 Kings — 9:3, 21:25, 21:36
• 2 Kings — 10:6, 18:12
• Ezra (Beta) — 3:13
• Judith — 4:13, 8:17
• 1 Maccabees — 6:41
• 4 Maccabees — 8:29, 10:18
• Psalms — 5:3, 5:4, 6:9, 17:7, 26:7, 27:2, 27:6, 30:23, 43:17, 54:4, 54:18, 73:23, 80:12, 94:8, 101:6, 102:20, 103:7, 105:25, 114:1, 118:149, 129:2
• Odes — 5:3, 5:10, 6:16
• Ecclesiastes — 12:4
• Wisdom — 1:7
• Sirach — 17:13, 31:29, 45:5
• Isaiah — 6:4, 6:8, 28:23, 30:30, 30:31, 31:4, 32:9, 50:10
• Jeremiah — 3:13, 3:25, 4:29, 5:15, 6:17, 7:23, 7:28, 8:16, 9:13, 11:4, 18:10, 18:19, 22:21, 27:46, 29:3, 29:22, 33:13, 39:23, 42:8, 47:3, 49:6, 49:13, 49:21, 50:4, 50:7, 51:23
• Baruch — 1:18, 1:19, 1:21, 2:5, 2:10, 2:22, 2:24, 2:29, 3:4
• Ezekiel — 19:7, 26:10, 26:15, 27:28, 31:16, 35:12
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:5, 3:7, 3:10, 3:15, 7:11, 9:10, 9:11, 9:14, 13:44
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:5, 3:7, 3:10, 9:10, 9:11, 9:14
• Amos — 2:2
• Jonah — 2:3, 2:10
• Habakkuk — 3:16
• Zephaniah — 3:2
• Haggai — 1:12
• Zechariah — 6:15
• Enoch — 15:1

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 4 — 1:4

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 17:15
• John — 5:25, 5:28, 10:3, 10:16, 10:27, 18:37
• Acts — 2:6, 9:7, 11:7, 22:7, 24:21
• 1 Corinthians — 14:11
• Hebrews — 3:7, 3:15, 4:7
• 2 Peter — 1:17
• Revelation — 3:20, 10:7, 14:13, 16:1, 21:3

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 16:6

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΩΝΗ.

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.

• ΦΙΩΝΗ — voice, a voice, sound, a sound, report, a report, language, a language, speech, a speech, cry, a cry
• ΦΥΝΗΝ — voice, a voice, sound, a sound, noise, a noise, report, a report
• ΦΩ — voice, a voice, sound, a sound, report, a report, noise, a noise
• ΦΩΗΝ — voice, sound, a voice, a sound
• ΦΩΝ — voice, a voice, sound, a sound, noise, a noise, report, a report, language, a language
• ΦΩΝΑ — voice, a voice, sound, a sound, report, a report, cry, a cry, language, a language
• ΦΩΝΑΙ — voices, sounds, a voice, a sound
• ΦΩΝΑΙΣ — to voices, with voices, by voices, in voices, to sounds, with sounds, by sounds, in sounds
• ΦΩΝΑΣ — voices, sounds, noises, cries, a voice, a sound, a noise, a cry
• ΦΩΝΗ — voice, sound, noise, a voice, a sound, a noise
• ΦΩΝΗΔΕ — vocally, by voice, aloud
• ΦΩΝΗΝ — voice, a voice, sound, a sound, report, a report
• ΦΩΝΗΝΗ — voice, a voice, sound, a sound, report, a report, language, a language
• ΦΩΝΙ — to a voice, to a sound, to a noise, to a tone
• ΦΩΝΩΝ — of voices, of sounds, of tones, of a voice, of a sound, of a tone
• ΦΩΝ‾Η‾ — voice, a voice, sound, a sound, noise, a noise
• ΩΝΑΙΣ — voices, sounds, tones
• ΩΝΗ — (to) voice, (to) sound, (to) a voice, (to) a sound

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