Quick Definition
a murderer
Strong's Definition
a murderer (always of criminal (or at least intentional) homicide; which G443 (ἀνθρωποκτόνος) does not necessarily imply; while G4607 (σικάριος) is a special term for a public bandit)
Derivation: from G5408 (φόνος);
KJV Usage: murderer
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φονεύς, φονεως, ὁ (φόνος), from Homer down, a murderer, a homicide: Mat_22:7; Act_7:52; Act_28:4; 1Pe_4:15; Rev_21:8; Rev_22:15; ἀνήρ φονεύς (cf. ἀνήρ, 3), Act_3:14. [SYNONYMS: φονεύς any murderer the genus of which σικάριος the assassin is a species; while ἀνθρωποκτόνος (which see) has in the N. T. a special emphasis. Trench, § lxxxiii.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φονεύς phoneus 7x
a homicide, murderer, Mat_22:7 ; Act_3:14 ; Act_7:52 ; Act_28:4 ; 1Pe_4:15 ; Rev_21:8 ; Rev_22:15
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* φονεύς , -έως , ὁ
(φόνος ),
[in LXX : Wis_12:5 * ;]
a murderer: Mat_22:7 Act_7:52 ; Act_28:4 , 1Pe_4:15 , Rev_21:8 ; Rev_22:15 ; ἀνὴρ φ ., Act_3:14 .†
SYN.: ἀνθρωποκτόνος G443 .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φονεύς [page 674]
a murderer (Mt 227, al.): P Lips I. 3729 (A.D. 389 Ἰωνᾶν τὸν προκίμενον φονέα ἀποδεῖξαι , BGU IV. 1024 viii. 11 (iv/v A.D.) ξίφι σαι (l. ξίφει σε ) [κα ]ταβληθῆναι ὡς φονέα .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
φονεύς φονεύς, έως, ὁ, [Etym: Φένω] "a murderer, slayer, homicide", Hom. , Hdt. , attic; of the sword on which Ajax had thrown himself, Soph. :—also as fem., "a murderess", Eur. ; as adj., φονέα χεῖρα "murdering" hand, id=Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
φονεύς, -έως, ὁ
(φόνος) [in LXX: Wis.12:5 * ;]
a murderer: Mat.22:7 Act.7:52 28:4, 1Pe.4:15, Rev.21:8 22:15; ἀνὴρ φ., Act.3:14.†
SYN.: ἀνθρωποκτόνος (AS)