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Lexicon :: Strong's G5455 - phōneō

Aa
φωνέω
Transliteration
phōneō (Key)
Pronunciation
fo-neh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:301,1287

Strong’s Definitions

φωνέω phōnéō, fo-neh'-o; from G5456; to emit a sound (animal, human or instrumental); by implication, to address in words or by name, also in imitation:—call (for), crow, cry.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's G5455 in the following manner: call (23x), crow (12x), cry (5x), call for (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's G5455 in the following manner: call (23x), crow (12x), cry (5x), call for (2x).

  1. to sound, emit a sound, to speak

    1. of a cock: to crow

    2. of men: to cry, cry out, cry aloud, speak with a loud voice

  2. to call, to call one's self, either by one's own voice or though another

  3. to send for, summon

    1. to call out of (i.e. bid one to quit a place and come to one

    2. to invite

    3. to address, accost, call by a name

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φωνέω phōnéō, fo-neh'-o; from G5456; to emit a sound (animal, human or instrumental); by implication, to address in words or by name, also in imitation:—call (for), crow, cry.
STRONGS G5455:
φωνέω, φώνω; imperfect 3 person singular ἐφώνει; future φωνήσω; 1 aorist ἐφώνησα; 1 aorist infinitive passive, φωνηθῆναι; (φωνή);
1. as from Homer down, intransitive, to sound, emit a sound, to speak: of a cock, to crow, Matthew 26:34, 74; Mark 14:30, 68 (L brackets; WH omits the clause (see the latter's Appendix at the passage)), 72; Luke 22:34, 60; John 13:38; John 18:27 (of the cries of other animals, Isaiah 38:14; Jeremiah 17:11; Zephaniah 2:14; rarely so in secular authors as (Aristotle (see Liddell and Scott, under I. 2)), Aesop fab. 36 (225 edition Halm)); of men, to cry, cry out, cry aloud, speak with a loud voice: followed by the words uttered, Luke 8:8; with φωνή μεγάλη added ((cf. Winer's Grammar, § 32, 2 at the end), Mark 1:26 T Tr WH); Acts 16:28; ἐφώνησε λέγων, Luke 8:54; φωνήσας εἶπεν, Luke 16:24; φωνήσας φωνή μεγάλη... εἶπεν, Luke 23:46; ἐφώνησεν ἐν κραυγή (L T Tr WH φωνή) μεγάλη... λέγων, Revelation 14:18; (φωνήσαντες ἐπυνθάνοντο (WH text ἐπυθοντο), Acts 10:18).
2. as from (Homer, Odyssey 24, 535) Sophocles down, transitive,
a. to call, call to oneself: τινα — either by one's own voice, Matthew 20:32; Matthew 27:47; Mark 9:35; Mark 10:49 (cf. Buttmann, § 141, 5 at the end); Mark 15:35; John 1:48(John 1:49); John 2:9; 4:16; 10:3 L T Tr WH; John 11:28a; 18:33; Acts 9:41; Acts 10:7; — or through another; to send for, summon: Mark 3:31 R G; Luke 16:2; John 9:18, 24; John 11:28b; εἶπε φωνηθῆναι αὐτῷ τούς κτλ., Luke 19:15; ἐφώνησεν τινα... ἐκ, with a genitive of the place, to call out of (i. e. bid one to quit a place and come to one), John 12:17.
b. to invite: Luke 14:12.
c. equivalent to to address, accost, call by a name: τινα, followed by a nominative of the title (see Winers Grammar, § 29, 1; (Buttmann, § 131, 8)), John 13:13. (Compare: ἀναφωνέω, ἐπιφωνέω, προσφωνέω, συμφωνέω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
38:14
Jeremiah
17:11
Zephaniah
2:14
Matthew
20:32; 26:34; 26:74; 27:47
Mark
1:26; 3:31; 9:35; 10:49; 14:30; 14:68; 15:35
Luke
8:8; 8:54; 14:12; 16:2; 16:24; 19:15; 22:34; 22:60; 23:46
John
1:48; 1:49; 2:9; 4:16; 9:18; 9:24; 10:3; 11:28; 11:28; 12:17; 13:13; 13:38; 18:27; 18:33
Acts
9:41; 10:7; 10:18; 16:28
Revelation
14:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5455 matches the Greek φωνέω (phōneō),
which occurs 43 times in 39 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:32 - And Jesus, stopping, sent for them, and said, What would you have me do to you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:34 - Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you that this night, before the hour of the cock's cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:74

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:74 - Then with curses and oaths he said, I have no knowledge of the man. And straight away there came the cry of a cock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:75

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:75 - And the word of Jesus came back to Peter, when he said, Before the hour of the cock's cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And he went out, weeping bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:47 - And some of those who were near by, hearing it, said, This man is crying to Elijah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:26 - And the unclean spirit, shaking him violently, and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:35 - And seating himself, he made the twelve come to him; and he said to them, If any man has the desire to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:49

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:49 - And Jesus came to a stop and said, Let him come. And crying out to the blind man, they said to him, Be comforted: come, he has sent for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:30 - And Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you that you, today, even this night, before the cock's second cry, will say three times that you have no knowledge of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:68

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:68 - But he said, I have no knowledge of him, or of what you are saying: and he went out into the doorway; and there came the cry of a cock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:72

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:72 - And in the same minute, the cock gave a second cry. And it came to Peter's mind how Jesus had said to him, Before the cock's second cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And at this thought he was overcome with weeping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:35 - And some of those who were near, hearing it, said, See, he is crying to Elijah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:8 - And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:54 - But he, taking her hand, said to her, My child, get up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:12 - And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:2 - And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you have done, for you will no longer be the manager of my property.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:24 - And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:15 - And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:34 - And he said, I say to you, Peter, before the cock's second cry today, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:60

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:60 - And Peter said, Man, I have no knowledge of these things of which you are talking. And straight away, while he was saying these words, there came the cry of a cock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:61

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:61 - And the Lord, turning, gave Peter a look. And the words of the Lord came to Peter's mind, how he had said, This night, before the hour of the cock's cry, you will be false to me three times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:46 - And Jesus gave a loud cry and said, Father, into your hands I give my spirit: and when he had said this, he gave up his spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:48 - Nathanael said to him, Where did you get knowledge of me? In answer Jesus said, Before Philip was talking with you, while you were still under the fig-tree, I saw you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:9 - After tasting the water which had now become wine, the master of the feast (having no idea where it came from, though it was clear to the servants who took the water out) sent for the newly-married man,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:16 - Jesus said to her, Go, get your husband and come back here with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:18 - Now the Jews had no belief in the statement that he had been blind and was now able to see, till they sent for the father and mother of the man whose eyes had been made open,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:24 - So they sent a second time for the man who had been blind and they said to him, Give glory to God: it is clear to us that this man is a sinner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:3 - The porter lets him in; and the sheep give ear to his voice; he says over the names of the sheep, and takes them out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:28 - And having said this, she went away and said secretly to her sister Mary, The Master is here and has sent for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:17 - Now the people who were with him when his voice came to Lazarus in the place of the dead, and gave him life again, had been talking about it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:13 - You give me the name of Master and Lord: and you are right; that is what I am.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:38 - Jesus said in answer, Will you give up your life for me? Truly I say to you, Before the cry of the cock you will have said three times that you are not my disciple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:27 - Then again Peter said, No. And straight away a cock gave its cry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:33 - Then Pilate went back into the Praetorium and sent for Jesus and said to him, Are you the King of the Jews?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:41 - And he took her hand, lifting her up; and, sending for the saints and widows, he gave her to them, living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:7 - And when the angel who said these words to him had gone away, he sent for two of his house-servants, and a God-fearing man of the army, one of those who were waiting on him at all times;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:18 - To see if Simon, named Peter, was living there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:28 - But Paul said in a loud voice, Do yourself no damage, for we are all here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:18 - And another angel came out from the altar, who has power over fire; and he gave a loud cry to him who had the sharp curved blade, saying, Put in your sharp blade, and let the grapes of the vine of the earth be cut; for her grapes are fully ready.
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