φωνή, 
φωνῆς, 
ἡ (
φάω) to shine, make clear (cf. 
Curtius, § 407; Liddell and Scott, under the word 
φάω)), from 
Homer down, Hebrew 
קול: 
1. a sound, tone: of inanimate things, as of musical instruments, 
Matthew 24:31 (
T omits 
φωνῆς, 
WH give it only in marginal reading; cf. 
Buttmann, § 132, 10); 
1 Corinthians 14:7; 
Revelation 14:2; 
Revelation 18:22 (
Isaiah 18:3; 
Isaiah 24:8; Sir. 50:16; 1 Macc. 5:31; 
ὀργάνων, 
Plato, de rep. 3, p. 397a; 
συριγγων, 
Euripides, Tro. 127; 
ψαλτηρίου καί αὐλοῦ, 
Plutarch, mor., p. 713 c.); of wind, 
John 3:8; 
Acts 2:6; of thunder, 
Revelation 6:1; 
Revelation 14:2; 
Revelation 19:6, cf. 
Revelation 4:5; 
8:5; 
11:19; 
16:18; 
noise, of a millstone, 
Revelation 18:22; of a thronging multitude, 
Revelation 19:1, 
6; of chariots, 
Revelation 9:9; of wings, 
whir (
Ezekiel 1:24), ibid.; of waters (
Ezekiel 1:24; 
4 Esdr. 6:17 [2 
Esdras 6:17]), 
Revelation 1:15; 
Revelation 14:2; 
Revelation 19:6; also with the genitive of a thing implying speech, 
the sound (
A. V. voice): 
τοῦ ἀσπασμοῦ, 
Luke 1:44; 
ῤημάτων, 
Hebrews 12:19; 
the cry (of men), 
φωνή μεγάλη, a loud cry, 
Mark 15:37; the clamor of men making a noisy demand, 
Luke 23:28, cf. 
Acts 19:34; absolutely, 
a cry i. e. wailing, lamentation, Matthew 2:18 (from 
Jeremiah 38:15 (
Jer. 31:15)). 
2. a voice, i. e. the sound of uttered words: 
λαλεῖν φωνάς, 
Revelation 10:3; those who begin to cry out or call to anyone are said 
τήν φωνήν αἴρειν, 
Luke 17:13; 
πρός τινα, 
Acts 4:24; 
φωνήν ἐπαίρειν, 
Luke 11:27; 
Acts 2:14; 
Acts 14:11; 
Acts 22:22; (
φωνῆς... 
ἐκέκραξα (or 
ἐκκράζειν), 
Acts 24:21 (cf. 
Buttmann, § 143, 11)); 
φωνή μεγάλη added to verbs: to 
λέγειν, 
Revelation 5:12; 
Revelation 8:13; (
ἐν φωνή μεγάλη Revelation 14:7 (Lachmann omits 
ἐν; 
Rev. 14:9)); to 
εἰπεῖν, 
Luke 8:28; 
Acts 14:10; to 
φάναι, 
Acts 26:24; to 
αἰνεῖν τόν Θεόν, 
Luke 19:37; with verbs of crying out, shouting: 
ἀναβοαν, 
Matthew 27:46 (
R G L text 
T); 
βοᾶν (
Matthew 27:46 L marginal reading 
Tr WH); 
Mark 15:34; 
Acts 8:7; 
φώνειν, (
Mark 1:26 T Tr WH); 
Luke 23:46; 
Acts 16:28; (
Revelation 14:18 L T Tr WH); 
ἀναφωνεῖν, 
Luke 1:42 (
R G L Tr marginal reading); 
κηρύσσειν (
ἐν φωνή μεγάλη), 
Revelation 5:2 (
Rec. omits 
ἐν); 
κραυγάζειν, 
John 11:43; 
ἀνακράζειν, 
Luke 4:33; 
κράζειν. 
Matthew 27:50; 
Mark 1:26 (
R G L); 
Mark 5:7; 
Acts 7:57, 
60; 
Revelation 6:10; 
Revelation 7:2, 
10; 
Revelation 10:3; (
Revelation 18:2 Rec.); 
Rev. 19:17; 
κράζων ἐν φωνή μεγάλη Revelation 14:15; 
ἐν ἰσχυρά φωνή, 
Revelation 18:2 (
G L T Tr WH); 
μετά φωνῆς μεγάλης δοξάζων τόν Θεόν, 
Luke 17:15; of declarations from heaven, heard through no speaker is seen: 
ἰδού φωνή λέγουσα, 
Matthew 3:17; 
Matthew 17:5; 
ἔρχεται φωνή, 
Mark 9:7 (
R G L Tr text); 
John 12:28; 
ἐξέρχεται, 
Revelation 16:17; 
Revelation 19:5; 
γίνεται φωνή, 
Mark 1:11 (
T omits; 
WH brackets 
ἐγένετο; 
Mark 9:7 T Tr marginal reading 
WH); 
Luke 3:22; 
Luke 9:35; 
John 12:30; (
Acts 7:31 (where 
Rec. adds 
πρός αὐτόν)); 
πρός τινα, 
Acts 10:13, 
15; (
φωνῆς ἐνεχθείσης αὐτῷ, 
2 Peter 1:17); 
ἐγένοντο φωναί μεγάλαι, 
Revelation 11:15; (
ἀπεκρίθη φωνή, 
Acts 11:9); 
ἀκούειν φωνήν (cl. 
Buttmann, §§ 132, 17; 144, 16 
α.), 
Acts 9:4; 
Acts 22:9,(14); 
Acts 26:14; 
2 Peter 1:18; 
Revelation 1:10; 
Revelation 4:1 (
Buttmann, § 129, 8 b.); 
Revelation 6:6 (here 
L T Tr WH insert 
ὡς), 
Revelation 6:7 (here 
G omits; 
Tr brackets 
φωνήν); 
Revelation 9:13 (
Buttmann, as above); 
Revelation 10:4,
8; 
11:12 (
R G L WH marginal reading); 
Rev. 12:10; 
14:2; 
18:4; 
19:6; 
ἀκούειν φωνῆς (
Buttmann, § 132, 17; 
Winer's Grammar, § 30, 7d.), 
Acts 9:7; 
Acts 11:7; 
Acts 22:7; Rev. (
Revelation 11:12 T Tr WH text); 
Rev 14:13; 
16:1; 
21:3; 
βλέπειν τήν φωνήν, i. e. the one who uttered the voice, 
Revelation 1:12. 
φωνή with a genitive of the subject: 
βοῶντος, 
Matthew 3:3; 
Mark 1:3; 
Luke 3:4; 
John 1:23, all from 
Isaiah 40:3; (
ἀγγέλου ὅταν μέλλῃ σαλπίζειν, 
Revelation 10:7); 
ἡ φωνή τίνος, the natural (familiar) sound of one's voice, 
Acts 12:14; 
Revelation 3:20 (
Song of Solomon 5:2); the manner of speaking, as a shepherd's (cry or call to iris sheep), 
John 10:3-5; to such 'voices' Jesus likens his precepts approved (`heard') by all the good, 
John 10:16, 
27, cf. 
18:37; 
ἀνθρώπου, human utterance, 
2 Peter 2:16; 
φωνή τίνος, the voice of a clamorous person, 
Matthew 12:19 (
Isaiah 42:2); of one exulting, jubilant, 
John 3:29; 
Revelation 18:23; 
ἀγγέλων πολλῶν, singing the praises of Christ, 
Revelation 5:11f; the sound of the words of Christ as he shall recall the dead to life (the Resurrection-cry), 
John 5:25, 
28; 
ἀρχαγγέλου, the awakening shout of the archangel, the leader of the angelic host, 
1 Thessalonians 4:16; 
τοῦ Θεοῦ, of God — teaching, admonishing, whether in the O. T. Scriptures or in the gospel, 
John 5:37; 
Hebrews 3:7, 
15; 
Hebrews 4:7; shaking the earth, 
Hebrews 12:26; 
the speech, discourse, Θεοῦ... 
οὐκ ἀνθρώπου, 
Acts 12:22; (
τάς φωνάς τῶν προφητῶν, the predictions (`read every sabbath'), 
Acts 13:27); 
ἀλλάξαι τήν φωνήν. (See 
ἀλλάσσω), 
Galatians 4:20. 
3. 
speech, i. e. 
a language, tongue: 
1 Corinthians 14:10f (
Josephus, contra Apion 1, 1; (1, 9, 2; 1, 14, 1, etc.); 
Cebes () tab. 33; 
Aelian v. h. 12, 48; (
Diogenes Laërtius 8, 3; for other examples from Greek writings see 
Passow, under the word, p. 2377{b}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 3); 
Genesis 11:1; 
Deuteronomy 28:49; 
τῇ Ἑβραΐδι φωνή, 4 Macc. 12:7; 
τῇ πατρίῳ φωνή, 2 Macc. 7:8, 21, 27). (Synonym: cf. 
Schmidt, chapter 1 § 27; 
Trench, § lxxxix.; and see 
λαλέω, at the beginning.) 
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