Word

ἦχος

ēchos · G2279 · Greek · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

sound, noise

Any type of sound, tone, or noise other than human speech

Examples
Luke 21:25 “There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves,
Acts 2:2 And suddenly a noise like a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
Hebrews 12:19 and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words, which sound was such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them.
report, news, word, information

Information concerning a person or an event

Examples
Luke 4:37 And the news about Him was spreading into every locality of the surrounding region.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

2 occurrences in 3 groups

θάλασσαsea, lake 1
σάλοςsurging waves 1
σάλπιγξtrumpet 1

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

γίνομαιto become, to happen, to be 1
ἐκπορεύομαιto go out, to come out 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἀπορίαperplexity 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

φήμη phḗmē · G5345 · report, news, word: Both terms can denote a rumor or report that spreads among people. ἦχος (ēchos, G2279) carries an underlying acoustic dimension, originally referring to sound or noise, which extends figuratively to denote a spreading report, while φήμη (phḗmē, G5345) more directly signifies the report or saying itself without the primary acoustic connotation.

In the other Testament 1 word

הָמוֹן hâmôwn · H1995 · noise, uproar, tumult: Hebrew הָמוֹן encompasses a broader semantic range (abundance, multitude, tumult) while Greek ἦχος specifically denotes the acoustic phenomenon of loud/confused noise or roar; the terms overlap in their shared denotation of rumbling, roaring, or tumultuous sound.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Sound, noise14.75: In Acts 2:2, at Pentecost, “suddenly a noise like a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting,” using this word for an audible sound.
Report, news, word, information33.211: In Luke 4:37, after Jesus healed a man with an unclean spirit, “the news about Him was spreading into every locality of the surrounding region,” using this word for a report or piece of information passed along.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἦχοςēchos · G2279κατηχέω katēchéō · G2727 · to instruct, to teach, to report · 8×ἐξηχέομαι exēchéomai · G1837 · to proclaim · 1×ἠχέω ēchéō · G2278 · to produce a sound, to make noise, brass gong · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (cf. Latinecho,vox, German sprechen, etc.; Vanicek, p. 858), ἤχου, ὁ, and (Lk 21:25 G L T…

(cf. Latinecho,vox, German sprechen, etc.; Vanicek, p. 858), ἤχου, ὁ, and (Lk 21:25 G L T Tr WH) τό ἦχος, ἐχους (cf. Winers Grammar, 65 (64); (Buttmann, 23 (20)); Delitzsch on Heb 12:19, p. 638; (or ἤχους may come from ἤχῳ, ἤχους, see especially WH's Appendix, p. 158b; Meyer on Luke as below));
1. a sound, noise: Acts 2:2; Heb 12:19; spoken of the roar of the sea's waves," Lk 21:25 G L T Tr WH.
2. rumor, report: περί τίνος, Lk 4:37.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Sound3 occurrences Inform, Announce1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0