Word

φωνέω

phōnéō · G5455 · Greek · 43 occurrences

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Meanings

to call, to summon

To communicate directly or indirectly to someone who is presumably at a distance, in order to tell such a person to come

Examples
Matthew 20:32 And Jesus stopped and called them, and said, “What do you want Me to do for you?”
Matthew 27:47 And some of those who were standing there, when they heard it, said, “This man is calling for Elijah.”
Mark 9:35 And sitting down, He called the twelve and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”
to cry out, to shout, to call out, to speak loudly

To speak with considerable volume or loudness

Examples
Mark 1:26 After throwing him into convulsions and crying out with a loud voice, the unclean spirit came out of him.
Luke 8:8 “And yet other seed fell into the good soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times as much.” As He said these things, He would call out, “The one who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Luke 8:54 He, however, took her by the hand and spoke forcefully, saying, “Child, arise!”
to call, to name

To use an attribution in speaking of a person

Examples
John 13:13 “You call Me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord’; and you are correct, for so I am.
to invite

To ask a person to accept offered hospitality

Examples
Luke 14:12 Now He also went on to say to the one who had invited Him, “Whenever you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor wealthy neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you to a meal in return, and that will be your repayment.
to sound

To produce a sound

Examples
Matthew 26:34 Jesus said to him, “Truly I say to you that this very night, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”
Matthew 26:74 Then he began to curse and swear, “I do not know the Man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.
Matthew 26:75 And Peter remembered the statement that Jesus had made: “Before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.

How it’s used In 7 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

43 occurrences in 14 groups

ἀλέκτωρrooster 12
Not stated: he, she or it 10
Not stated (participle) 6
Not stated: they 3
Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

25 occurrences in 26 groups

σύyou 3
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 3
Other words · 24 groups that occur once or twice (25) 25

To or for whomIndirect object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἔχωto have 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

5 occurrences in 4 groups

ἐκfrom+ δεύτεροςsecond 2
ἐκfrom+ μνημεῖονgrave 1
ἕωςuntil, to, as far as+ ἀρνέομαιto deny 1
κατάaccording to, against, down+ ὄνομαname 1

With adverbsAdverbs

10 occurrences in 8 groups

δίςtwice 2
εὐθέωςimmediately, right away, then 2
οὐnot 2
σήμερονtoday 2
λάθραin secret 1
μήnot 1

What is done to itIt is the object

8 occurrences in 5 groups

λέγωto say 4
ἔπωto say 3
ἀκούωto hear 2
ἵστημιto stand, to set 1
μαρτυρέωto testify, to witness 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἕωςuntil, to, as far as 2
πρόbefore 2

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 2 words

καλέω kaléō · G2564 · to call, to name: Both verbs denote vocal summoning or naming actions, with φωνέω emphasizing the audible emission of sound (calling out, crying aloud) and καλέω encompassing a broader range of calling/summoning actions including formal invitation and naming, making them near synonyms in contexts of verbal address and summons.
κράζω krázō · G2896 · to shout, to scream: κράζω denotes loud, urgent, or emotionally intense vocal utterance (crying out, shouting, screaming), while φωνέω refers to the more neutral act of producing sound or calling/addressing someone by voice or name, without inherent connotation of volume or emotional intensity.

Semantic domains 5 entries

To sound14.76: Matthew 26:74 recounts that Peter denied knowing Jesus, “and immediately a rooster crowed”.
To call, to name33.131: John 10:3 says of the good shepherd, “the sheep listen to his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out”.
To call, to summon33.307: Mark 9:35 recounts that Jesus, sitting down, “called the twelve and said to them, If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all”.
To invite33.315: Luke 14:12 has Jesus tell the one who had invited Him, “Whenever you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor wealthy neighbors”.
To cry out, to shout, to call out, to speak loudly33.77: Luke 8:54 recounts that Jesus took the girl by the hand “and spoke forcefully, saying, Child, arise!”

Word family 11 words

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

φωνή phōnḗ · G5456 · sound, voice · 139×φωνέωphōnéō · G5455προσφωνέω prosphōnéō · G4377 · to address, to speak out to, to call out to · 7×συμφωνέω symphōnéō · G4856 · to agree with, agreement, to be like · 6×ἄφωνος áphōnos · G880 · dumb, mute, unable to speak · 4×ἐπιφωνέω epiphōnéō · G2019 · to cry out, to shout, to call out · 4×ἀναφωνέω anaphōnéō · G400 · to cry out, to shout, to call out · 1×ἀσύμφωνος asýmphōnos · G800 · to be in disagreement, to not agree with, to be unable to agree · 1×συμφώνησις symphṓnēsis · G4857 · agreement · 1×συμφωνία symphōnía · G4858 · music · 1×σύμφωνος sýmphōnos · G4859 · agreement · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon φώνω; imperfect 3 person singular ἐφώνει; future φωνήσω; 1 aorist ἐφώνησα; 1 aorist…

φώνω; imperfect 3 person singular ἐφώνει; future φωνήσω; 1 aorist ἐφώνησα; 1 aorist infinitive passive, φωνηθῆναι; (φωνή);
1. as from Homer down, intransitive, to sound, emit a sound, to speak: of a cock, to crow, Mt 26:34, Mt 26:74; Mk 14:30, Mk 14:68 (L brackets; WH omits the clause (see the latter's Appendix at the passage)), 72; Lk 22:34, Lk 22:60; Jn 13:38; Jn 18:27 (of the cries of other animals, Isa 38:14; Jer 17:11; Zeph 2:14; rarely so in secular authors as (Aristotle (see Liddell and Scott, under I. 2)), Aesop fab. 36 (225 edition Halm)); of men, to cry, cry out, cry aloud, speak with a loud voice: followed by the words uttered, Lk 8:8; with φωνή μεγάλη added ((cf. Winer's Grammar, § 32, 2 at the end), Mk 1:26 T Tr WH); Acts 16:28; ἐφώνησε λέγων, Lk 8:54; φωνήσας εἶπεν, Lk 16:24; φωνήσας φωνή μεγάλη... εἶπεν, Lk 23:46; ἐφώνησεν ἐν κραυγή (L T Tr WH φωνή) μεγάλη... λέγων, Rev 14:18; (φωνήσαντες ἐπυνθάνοντο (WH text ἐπυθοντο), Acts 10:18).
2. as from (Homer, Odyssey 24, 535) Sophocles down, transitive,
a. to call, call to oneself: τινα — either by one's own voice, Mt 20:32; Mt 27:47; Mk 9:35; Mk 10:49 (cf. Buttmann, § 141, 5 at the end); ; Jn 1:48(); Jn 2:9; Jn 4:16; L T Tr WH; Jn 11:28a; 18:33>; Acts 9:41; Acts 10:7; — or through another; to send for, summon: Mk 3:31 R G; Lk 16:2; Jn 9:18, Jn 9:24; Jn 11:28b; εἶπε φωνηθῆναι αὐτῷ τούς κτλ., Lk 19:15; ἐφώνησεν τινα... ἐκ, with a genitive of the place, to call out of (i. e. bid one to quit a place and come to one), Jn 12:17.
b. to invite: Lk 14:12.
c. equivalent to to address, accost, call by a name: τινα, followed by a nominative of the title (see Winers Grammar, § 29, 1; (Buttmann, § 131, 8)), Jn 13:13. (Compare: ἀναφωνέω, ἐπιφωνέω, προσφωνέω, συμφωνέω.)

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

Topical studies with this word 5 entries

Sound11 occurrences Speak, Talk9 occurrences Name1 occurrence Call21 occurrences Invite1 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