Quick Definition
I murder
Strong's Definition
to be a murderer (of)
Derivation: from G5406 (φονεύς);
KJV Usage: kill, do murder, slay
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φονεύω; future φονεύσω; 1 aorist ἐφόνευσα; (φονεύς); from (Pindar, Aeschylus), Herodotus down; the Sept. mostly for ψΘφΕη, also for δΘψΗβ, δΔλΘΜδ, etc.; to kill, slay, murder; absolutely, to commit murder (A. V. kill): Mat_5:21; Jas_4:2; οὐ (which see 6) φονεύσεις, Mat_5:21; Mat_19:18; Rom_13:9 (Exo_20:15); μή φονεύσῃς, Mar_10:19; Luk_18:20; Jas_2:11. τινα: Mat_23:31; Mat_23:35; Jas_5:6.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φονεύω phoneuō 12x
to put to death, kill, stay, Mat_23:31 ; Mat_23:35 ;
absol. to commit murder, Mat_5:21 murder.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φονεύω
( < φονεύς ),
[in LXX chiefly for H7523 ;]
to kill, murder . absol. , Mat_5:21 , Jas_4:2 ; μὴ (οὐ ) φονεύσῃς (-εις ), Mat_5:21 ; Mat_19:18 , Mar_10:19 , Luk_18:20 , Rom_13:9 , Jas_2:11 (all from Exo_20:13-14 ); c . acc , Mat_23:31 ; Mat_23:35 , Jas_5:6 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φονεύω [page 674]
murder. The document just cited s.v. φονεύς , BGU IV. 1024, shows the corr. verb several times, e.g. vi. 7 ὁ οὖν Διόδημος ἐφόνευσεν τὴν πόρνην . Other exx. are P Grenf II. 36 11 (B.C. 95) μὴ λυπεῖσθε ἐπὶ τοῖς χωρισθεῖσι . ὑπιελαμβάνοσαν φονευθήσεσθαι , do not grieve over the departed. They expected to be killed (Edd.), ib. 84 2 (v/vi A.D.) υἱὸς τὸν εἴδιον πατέραν φωνεύσας καὶ τοὺς νόμους φοβηθεὶς ἔφυγεν εἰς ἐρημίαν , P Oxy XVI. 1885 14 (A.D. 509) ἐπιθεωρη σαι [τὸν σχεδὸν φο ]νευθέντα Σουροῦς , to inspect the nearly murdered Sourous (Edd.), and the hyperbolical use in P Lond 113. 12 (d) 11 (vi/vii A.D.), where a petitioner for redress of injuries complains that he has been murdered ὁ χρεώστης ἐφ [ό ]νευσέν με . See also s.vv. σφάζω and φαρμακός . [Is it possible that the above use of φονεύω throws light on the difficult Jas. 4:2?]
In Ev. Petr. 2 γέγραπται γὰρ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ ἥλιον μὴ δῦναι ἐπὶ πεφονευμένῳ , πεφονευμένῳ is strangely attributed to Herod, from whom we should have expected κεκρεμασμένῳ or the like: but it agrees with the anti-Judaic tone of the fragment (Swete).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
φονεύω [Etym: from φονεύς] φονεύω, φυτ. -σω "to murder, kill, slay", Hdt. , Aesch. , etc.: —Pass. "to be slain", Eur. , Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
φονεύω
(φονεύς), [in LXX chiefly for רָצַח ;]
to kill, murder. absol., Mat.5:21, Jas.4:2; μὴ (οὐ) φονεύσῃς (-εις), Mat.5:21 19:18, Mrk.10:19, Luk.18:20, Rom.13:9, Jas.2:11 (all from Exo.20:13-14); with accusative, Mat.23:31, 35, Jas.5:6.†
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