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φωνή

phōnēvoice/sound: voiceHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine139 occurrences11 books128 verses

Definition

φωνή, -ῆς, ἡ,

[in LXX chiefly and very frequently for קוֹל ;]

a voice;

(a) prop., of persons, Matthew 2:18 (LXX), al.; φ. αἴρειν (ἐπαίρειν), Luke 17:13, Acts 2:14, al.; φ. μεγάλῃ εἰπεῖν (λέγειν, φωνεῖν, etc.), Luke 8:28, Acts 7:57, Revelation 5:12, al.; γίνεται (ἔρχεται) φ. ἐκ τ. οὐρανῶν (ἐξ οὐρανοῦ), Mark 1:11, Luke 3:22, John 12:28, al. (cf. DCG, ii, 810a; Dalman, Words, 204f.); ἀκούειν φωνήν (-ῆς; see: ἀκούω), Acts 9:4, 7 al.; φ. βοῶντος, Matthew 3:3, Mark 1:3, Luke 3:4, John 1:23" (LXX) ; τ. θεοῦ, John 5:37, Hebrews 3:7, al. By meton.,

(α) of the speaker, βλέπειν τὴν φ., Revelation 1:12;

(β) speech, language ( Genesis 11:1, 4Ma.12.7, al.): 1 Corinthians 14:10;

(b) of inanimate things: Matthew 24:31, John 3:8, Acts 2:6, Revelation 1:15b 9:9 14:2, al. (cf. Tr., Syn., §lxxxix).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as φωνή:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

139 total
  1. Acts 9:4φωνὴν · a voice
    He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”
  2. Acts 9:7φωνῆς · voice
    The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless. They heard the voice but did not see anyone.
  3. Acts 10:13φωνὴ · a voice
    Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”
  4. Acts 10:15φωνὴ · [The] voice
    The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
  5. Acts 11:7φωνῆς · a voice
    Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’
  6. Acts 11:9φωνὴ · the voice
    But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’
  7. Acts 12:14φωνὴν · voice
    When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”
  8. Acts 12:22φωνὴ · [This is the] voice
    And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
  9. Acts 13:27φωνὰς · words
    The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
  10. Acts 14:10φωνῇ · voice
    In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.
  11. Acts 14:11φωνὴν · voices
    When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”
  12. Acts 16:28φωνῇ · voice
    But Paul called out in a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself! We are all here!”
  13. Acts 19:34φωνὴ · they all shouted in unison
    But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
  14. Acts 22:7φωνῆς · a voice
    I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’
  15. Acts 22:9φωνὴν · voice
    My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.
  16. Acts 22:14φωνὴν · [His] voice
    Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear His voice.
  17. Acts 22:22φωνὴν · voices
    The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
  18. Acts 24:21φωνῆς
    …unless it was this one thing I called out as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’”
  19. Acts 26:14φωνὴν · a voice
    We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
  20. Acts 26:24φωνῇ · voice
    At this stage of Paul’s defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! Your great learning is driving you to madness!”
  21. 1 Corinthians 14:7φωνὴν
    Even in the case of lifeless instruments, such as the flute or harp, how will anyone recognize the tune they are playing unless the notes are distinct?
  22. 1 Corinthians 14:8φωνὴν · call
    Again, if the trumpet sounds a muffled call, who will prepare for battle?
  23. 1 Corinthians 14:10φωνῶν · languages
    Assuredly, there are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.
  24. 1 Corinthians 14:11φωνῆς · language
    If, then, I do not know the meaning of someone’s language, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.
  25. Galatians 4:20φωνήν · tone
    …how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.
  26. 1 Thessalonians 4:16φωνῇ · the voice
    For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
  27. Hebrews 3:7φωνῆς · voice
    Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
  28. Hebrews 3:15φωνῆς · voice
    As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”
  29. Hebrews 4:7φωνῆς · voice
    God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”
  30. Hebrews 12:19φωνῇ · to a voice
    …to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.
  31. Hebrews 12:26φωνὴ · voice
    At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”
  32. 2 Peter 1:17φωνῆς · [when] the voice
    For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
  33. 2 Peter 1:18φωνὴν · voice
    And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
  34. 2 Peter 2:16φωνῇ · voice
    But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
  35. Revelation 1:10φωνὴν · voice
    On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
  36. Revelation 1:12φωνὴν · voice
    Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands,
  37. Revelation 1:15φωνὴ · voice; φωνὴ · [the] roar
    His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.
  38. Revelation 3:20φωνῆς · voice
    Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.
  39. Revelation 4:1φωνὴ · voice
    After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”
  40. Revelation 4:5φωναὶ · rumblings
    From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God.
  41. Revelation 5:2φωνῇ · voice
    And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
  42. Revelation 5:11φωνὴν · [the] voices
    Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels encircling the throne, and the living creatures and the elders. And their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
  43. Revelation 5:12φωνῇ · In a loud voice
    In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
  44. Revelation 6:1φωνῇ · a voice
    Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!”
  45. Revelation 6:6φωνὴν · a voice
    And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”
  46. Revelation 6:7φωνὴν · [the] voice
    And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”
  47. Revelation 6:10φωνῇ · in a loud voice
    And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?”
  48. Revelation 7:2φωνῇ · voice
    And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:
  49. Revelation 7:10φωνῇ · in a loud voice
    And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”