noun · masculine
fonos
Strong’sG5408
murder, slaughter
stem fon-9 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
φόνος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX for דָּם, פֶּה, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5408 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfon'-os
murder
Fromfrom an obsolete primary φένω (to slay);
King Jamesmurder, + be slain with, slaughter.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(θείνω) murder, slaughter, τεύξασα πόσει φόνον Refs 8th c.BC+; of arrows, φ. προπέμπειν Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸν Δωριέος πρὸς Ἐγεσταίων φόνον ἐκπρήξασθαι exact vengeance for the killing.., Refs 5th c.BC+; κατὰ ζῴων φόνου καὶ μὴ φόνου ὧδε ἔχει killing or not-killing, Refs 3rd c.AD+; in poetry phrases, φ. συρίζειν, κινύρεσθαι, πνεῖν, Refs 4th c.BC+; φ. τινός the murder of.., Refs; φ. Ἑλληνικὸς μέγιστος slaughter of Greeks, Refs 5th c.BC+; πολύκερως, ἄρνειος φ., Refs 8th c.BC+
2 in law, murder, homicide, δικάζειν τοὺς βασιλέας αἰτιῶν φόνου Legal Dracontis cited in Refs 5th c.BC+ fleeing from.. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔνοχοι τῷ φόνῳ Refs 5th c.BC+; φόνου καθαρός, ἁγνός, Refs 5th c.BC+; λαγχάνονται αἱ τοῦ φ. δίκαι πρὸς [τὸν βασιλέα] Refs 4th c.BC+
3 death as a punishment, φ. προκεῖσθαι δημόλευστον Refs 5th c.BC+
4 blood when shed, gore, ἂμ φόνον, ἂν νέκυας Refs 8th c.BC+; of a sacrifice, ταυρείου φόνου Refs 5th c.BC+; rarely in Prose of blood, Refs 5th c.BC+
5 corpse, πρὶν ἴδω τὸν Ἑλένας φόνον.. κείμενον Refs 5th c.BC+
6 rascal that deserves death, gallowsbird, a Dorian phrase, Refs
II of the agent or instrument of slaughter, φόνον ἔμμεναι ἡρώεσσι to be a death to heroes, Refs 8th c.BC+; of poison, LXX; without ἐν, LXX
III ={ἀτρακτυλίς}, Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | fonos | fonois2×φόνοι |
| object accusative | fonon3×φόνον | fonoin |
| direct address vocative | fonor | fonoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | fonou2×φόνου | fonoiu1×φόνων |
| to, for dative | fono1×φόνῳ | fonoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
fono is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
fonon“murder”objectaccusative singular3×
Mark 15:7… stasiastoiu dorēntos hotinois en ta stasia fonon poialelē.… with the rebels who had committed murder during the insurrection.
Luke 23:19… tinan generantan en ta pola kai fonon balirantos en ta fulaka.… insurrection in the city, and for murder.)
Luke 23:25apoluata de ton dia stasian kai fonon balorēnton eis fulakan hon aitole, ton …… the one imprisoned for insurrection and murder, and he handed Jesus over to …
fonou“murder”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Acts 9:1“murder”… de Saulos ēti empnarōntos apeilau kai fonou eis toin mathētoin tou kuriou, prosercharantos …Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached …
Romans 1:29… adikia ponēria pleonexia kakia, mestoin fthonou fonou eridau dolou kakoētheiau, psithuristoin,… depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are …
fono“murder”to, fordative singular1×
Hebrews 11:37“murder”lithazila, prizila, en fono machairau apothnēskala, perierchala en mēlōtai, en …They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins …
fonois“murder”subjectnominative plural2×
Matthew 15:19… gar tau kardiau exercholō dialogismois ponērois, fonois, moicheiais, porneiais, klopais, pseudomarturiais, blasfēmiais.… of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony …
Mark 7:21“murders”… dialogismois tois kakosois ekporeuolō, porneiais, klopais, fonois,… of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality …
fonoiu“murders”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Revelation 9:21“murders”kai ouk metanoala ek toiu fonoiu autoiu oute ek teiu farmakeiu autoiu …… they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.