5406. phoneus

Strong's Lexicon

phoneus: Murderer

Original Word: φονεύς
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: phoneus
Pronunciation: fo-NEUS
Phonetic Spelling: (fon-yooce')
Definition: Murderer
Meaning: a murderer.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb φονεύω (phoneuō), meaning "to murder" or "to kill."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H7523 רָצַח (ratsach) - to murder, slay

- H2026 הָרַג (harag) - to kill, slay

Usage: The term "phoneus" refers to a person who commits murder, an unlawful premeditated killing of another human being. In the New Testament, it is used to describe individuals who take life in violation of God's commandments, particularly the sixth commandment, "You shall not murder" (Exodus 20:13).

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, murder was considered a grave offense, both legally and morally. Jewish law, rooted in the Torah, also condemned murder as a serious sin against God and humanity. The act of murder was seen not only as a crime against the individual but also as an affront to the divine order established by God. In the New Testament context, murder is often associated with spiritual and moral corruption, reflecting a heart turned away from God.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 5406 phoneús – a murderer, committing unjustified, intentional homicide. See 5407 (phoneuō).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from phonos
Definition
a murderer
NASB Translation
murderer (3), murderers (4).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 5406: φονεύς

φονεύς, φονεως, ὁ (φόνος), from Homer down, a murderer, a homicide: Matthew 22:7; Acts 7:52; Acts 28:4; 1 Peter 4:15; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 22:15; ἀνήρ φονεύς (cf. ἀνήρ, 3), Acts 3:14. [SYNONYMS: φονεύς any murderer — the genus of which σικάριος the assassin is a species; while ἀνθρωποκτόνος (which see) has in the N. T. a special emphasis. Trench, § lxxxiii.]

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

murderer.

From phonos; a murderer (always of criminal (or at least intentional) homicide; which anthropoktonos does not necessarily imply; while sikarios is a special term for a public bandit) -- murderer.

see GREEK phonos

see GREEK anthropoktonos

see GREEK sikarios

Forms and Transliterations

φονεα φονέα φονεις φονείς φονεῖς φονευς φονεύς φονεὺς φονευσι φονεύσι φονεῦσι φονεῦσιν φονευταί φονευτή φονευτήν φονευτής φονευτου φονευτού phonea phonéa phoneis phoneîs phoneus phoneús phoneùs phoneusin phoneûsin

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 22:7 N-AMP
GRK: ἀπώλεσεν τοὺς φονεῖς ἐκείνους καὶ
NAS: those murderers and set
KJV: those murderers, and
INT: he destroyed the murderers those and

Acts 3:14 N-AMS
GRK: ᾐτήσασθε ἄνδρα φονέα χαρισθῆναι ὑμῖν
NAS: and asked for a murderer to be granted
KJV: desired a murderer to be granted
INT: requested a man a murderer to be granted to you

Acts 7:52 N-NMP
GRK: προδόται καὶ φονεῖς ἐγένεσθε
NAS: betrayers and murderers you have now
KJV: the betrayers and murderers:
INT: betrayers and murderers have become

Acts 28:4 N-NMS
GRK: ἔλεγον Πάντως φονεύς ἐστιν ὁ
NAS: man is a murderer, and though he has been saved
KJV: is a murderer, whom,
INT: they said By all means a murderer is the

1 Peter 4:15 N-NMS
GRK: πασχέτω ὡς φονεὺς ἢ κλέπτης
NAS: of you suffers as a murderer, or
KJV: suffer as a murderer, or [as] a thief,
INT: let suffer as a murderer or thief

Revelation 21:8 N-DMP
GRK: ἐβδελυγμένοις καὶ φονεῦσιν καὶ πόρνοις
NAS: and abominable and murderers and immoral persons
KJV: and murderers, and
INT: abominable and murderers and the sexually immoral

Revelation 22:15 N-NMP
GRK: καὶ οἱ φονεῖς καὶ οἱ
NAS: and the immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters,
KJV: and murderers, and
INT: and the murderers and the

Strong's Greek 5406
7 Occurrences

φονέα — 1 Occ.
φονεῖς — 3 Occ.
φονεύς — 2 Occ.
φονεῦσιν — 1 Occ.