Quick Definition
murder, slaughter
Strong's Definition
murder
Derivation: from an obsolete primary (to slay);
KJV Usage: murder, + be slain with, slaughter
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φόνος, φόνου, ὁ (ΦΑΝΩ; cf. φόβος, at the beginning), from Homer down, murder, slaughter: Mar_15:7; Luk_23:19; Luk_23:25; Act_9:1; Rom_1:29; ἐν φόνῳ μαχαίρας, Heb_11:37 (Exo_17:13; Num_21:24; Deu_13:15; Deu_20:13); plural φόνοι, murders: Mat_15:19; Mar_7:21; Gal_5:21 (T WH omit; L Tr brackets φόνοι); Rev_9:21.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φόνος phonos 9x
a killing, slaughter, murder, Mat_15:19 ; Mar_7:21 ; Mar_15:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φόνος , -ου , ὁ ,
[in LXX for H1818 , H6310 , etc.;]
murder, slaughter: Mar_15:7 , Luk_23:19 ; Luk_23:25 , Act_9:1 , Rom_1:29 ; φ . μαχαίρης ( cf. Exo_17:13 , al. ), Heb_11:37 ; pl ., Mat_15:19 , Mar_7:21 , Rev_9:21 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φόνος [page 674]
murder : cf. P Tebt I. 55 (B.C. 118), where an amnesty is granted by Ptolemy and Cleopatra to all their subjects π ]λ̣ὴ̣ν τ̣[ῶν φόν ]ους ἑκουσίοις καὶ ἱεροσυλίαις evνεχομ̣[ένων , except to persons guilty of wilful murder or sacrilege (Edd.). In ib. 144 (B.C. 114) notice is sent to a certain Heras εὐθυνομένωι ( arraigned ) . . . φόνωι καὶ ἄλλαις αἰτία <ι >ς , where the reference may be to manslaughter rather than to actual murder : see Archiv ii. p. 498f. Add P Amh II. 6634 (A.D. 124) Στοτοήτιος λέγοντος ἐνκεκλ [η ]κέναι τοῖς [π ]ερὶ Σαταβοῦν φόνου ἐπ [ὶ ] τῷ ἀδελφῶι αὐτοῦ , Stotoλtis stated that he had accused Satabous and his friends of murder committed against his brother (Edd.), and Gnomon 36 (c. A.D. 150) (= BGU V. p. 20) τῶν ἐπὶ φόνοις ἢ μίζοσιν ἁμαρτήμασιν κολαζομένων .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
φόνος φόνος, ὁ, [Etym: Φένω] "murder, homicide, slaughter", Hom. , Hes. , etc.; φ. Ἑλληνικός "a slaughter" of Greeks, Hdt. : in pl., φόνοι τ᾽ ἀνδροκτασίαι τε Od. ; φόνοι, στάσεις, ἔρις, μάχαι Soph. in law, "murder, homicide", φόνου διώκειν τινά to prosecute one "for" murder, Antipho. ; φ. ἑκούσιος and ἀκούσιος "murder and manslaughter", Dem. "blood shed in murder, gore", ἂμ φόνον, ἂν νέκυας Il. ; also, ἐρυγόμενοι φόνον αἵματος clots "of blood", Aesch. , etc. [Etym: = φόνιον αἷμα, id=Aesch. ; ἐμοῦσα θρόμβους φόνου vomiting] "a corpse", τὸν Ἑλένας φόνον Eur. of the agent of slaughter, φόνον ἔμμεναι ἡρώεσσι to be "a death" to heroes, Il. ; φόνος γενέσθαι τινί Od.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
φόνος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX for דָּם, פֶּה, etc. ;]
murder, slaughter: Mrk.15:7, Luk.23:19, 25, Act.9:1, Rom.1:29; φ. μαχαίρης (cf. Exo.17:13, al.), Heb.11:37; pl., Mat.15:19, Mrk.7:21, Rev.9:21.†
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