φονεύω
phoneúō · G5407 · Greek · 12 occurrences
Meanings
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to murder, to commit murder
To deprive a person of life by illegal, intentional killing
ExamplesMatthew 5:21 “You have heard that the ancients were told, ‘YOU SHALL NOT MURDER,’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be answerable to the court.’
Matthew 19:18 Then he said to Him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, “YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER; YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY; YOU SHALL NOT STEAL; YOU SHALL NOT GIVE FALSE TESTIMONY;
Matthew 23:31 “So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
11 occurrences in 4 groups
- Not stated: you (one person) 7
- Not stated: you (more than one) 2
- ὅςwho, which, that 1
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ὅςwho, which, that 1
- προφήτηςprophet 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- μεταξύbetween+ θυσιαστήριονaltar 1
- μεταξύbetween+ ναόςtemple, sanctuary 1
With adverbsAdverbs
6 occurrences in 2 groups
- μήnot 3
- οὐnot 3
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ΖαχαρίαςZacharias 1
- ὁthe (definite article) 1
What is done to itIt is the object
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἔπωto say 3
- εἴδωto know 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔνοχοςguilty, liable 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- υἱόςson 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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In the other Testament 1 word
- רָצַח râtsach · H7523 · to commit murder, to murder, to kill
- Hebrew רָצַח denotes unlawful killing/murder in the Decalogue and Torah legal contexts; Greek φονεύω renders this precisely as the act of murder/being a murderer, preserving the legal-ethical prohibition against homicide across both Testaments.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To murder, to commit murder20.82
- Matthew 5:21 quotes the Law, “YOU SHALL NOT MURDER”, and whoever murders will be answerable to the court.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon future φονεύσω; 1 aorist ἐφόνευσα; (φονεύς); from (Pindar, Aeschylus), Herodotus down;…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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