noun · masculine
fthongos
Strong’sG5353
a sound
stem fthong-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 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.
φθόγγος, -ου, ὁ
(< φθέγγομαι), [in LXX: Ps 18 (19):4 (קַו), Wi 19:18 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5353 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidftong'-gos
utterance, i.e. a musical note (vocal or instrumental)
Fromfrom G5350;
King Jamessound.
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
(both poetical and Prose), any clear, distinct sound, especially voice of men, Refs 8th c.BC+; of the Sirens, Refs 8th c.BC+; φ. οἰκείου κακοῦ voice, telling of.., Refs; of birds, ἀλεκτρυόνων φ. Refs 6th c.BC+
2 speech, Ἑλλάδος φθόγγον χέουσαν Refs 4th c.BC+; φ. ἔμμετρος, opposed to πεζά, poetical speech, Refs 1st c.BC+; utterance, saying, Refs
II generally, sound, ἀνέμων Refs 5th c.BC+; φωνῆς μὲν οὔ, φθόγγου δὲ μετέχοντά τινος, of semi-vowels, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 of musical sounds, λωτὸς φθόγγον κελάδει Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2.b plural, notes on a musical instrument; strings of lyre, Refs 1st c.AD+; stops of flute, Refs 1st c.AD+
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 | fthongos1×φθόγγος | fthongois |
| object accusative | fthongon | fthongoin |
| direct address vocative | fthongor | fthongoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | fthongou | fthongoiu |
| to, for dative | fthongo | fthongoi1×φθόγγοις |
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
fthongo 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
fthongos“voice”subjectnominative singular1×
Romans 10:18… Eis pantan tan gēan exerchata tos fthongos autoiu, kai eis teim perateim tau …… not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the …
fthongoi“notes”to, fordative plural1×
1 Corinthians 14:7… aulos eite kitharas, ean diastolan toi fthongoi mē dōateia, pōs gnōskiti tem aulorōntem …… tune they are playing unless the notes are distinct?