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φόνος G5408

G5408 is the Greek word φόνος, transliterated phónos. The King James Version most often renders it murder.

Word: φόνοςTransliteration: phónosLanguage: GreekIn the KJV: 9 verses

What it means

murder.

Where it comes from

from an obsolete primary (to slay).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 9 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

murder 4×murders 3×slaughter 1×sword 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: murder, + be slain with, slaughter.

Verses using φόνος

All 9 verses, quoted in full.

Matthew 15:19 · KJV

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

Mark 15:7 · KJV

And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

Luke 23:19 · KJV

(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)

Luke 23:25 · KJV

And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.

Acts 9:1 · KJV

And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

Romans 1:29 · KJV

Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

Galatians 5:21 · KJV

Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Hebrews 11:37 · KJV

They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

Revelation 9:21 · KJV

Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

Common questions

What does Strong's G5408 mean?

G5408 is the Greek word φόνος (phónos), meaning murder.

How is G5408 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it murder (4 times), murders (3 times), slaughter (1 time), sword (1 time).

How many times does G5408 appear in the Bible?

φόνος (phónos) is tagged in 9 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does G5408 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from an obsolete primary (to slay).

Nearby entries

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