Quick Definition
I crow, shout, summon
Strong's Definition
to emit a sound (animal, human or instrumental); by implication, to address in words or by name, also in imitation
Derivation: from G5456 (φωνή);
KJV Usage: call (for), crow, cry
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φωνέω, 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, Mat_26:34; Mat_26:74; Mar_14:30; Mar_14:68 (L brackets; WH omits the clause (see the latter's Appendix at the passage)), 72; Luk_22:34; Luk_22:60; Joh_13:38; Joh_18:27 (of the cries of other animals, Isa_38:14; Jer_17:11; Zep_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, Luk_8:8; with φωνή μεγάλη added ((cf. Winer's Grammar, § 32, 2 at the end), Mar_1:26 T Tr WH); Act_16:28; ἐφώνησε λέγων, Luk_8:54; φωνήσας εἶπεν, Luk_16:24; φωνήσας φωνή μεγάλη ... εἶπεν, Luk_23:46; ἐφώνησεν ἐν κραυγή (L T Tr WH φωνή) μεγάλη ... λέγων, Rev_14:18; (φωνήσαντες ἐπυνθάνοντο (WH text ἐπυθοντο), Act_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, Mat_20:32; Mat_27:47; Mar_9:35; Mar_10:49 (cf. Buttmann, § 141, 5 at the end); ; Joh_1:48(); L T Tr WH; ; Act_9:41; Act_10:7; or through another; to send for, summon: Mar_3:31 R G; Luk_16:2; Joh_9:18; Joh_9:24; Joh_11:28 b; εἶπε φωνηθῆναι αὐτῷ τούς κτλ., Luk_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), Joh_12:17.
b. to invite: Luk_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)), Joh_13:13. (Compare: ἀναφωνέω, ἐπιφωνέω, προσφωνέω, συμφωνέω.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φωνέω phōneō 43x
to sound, utter a sound; of the cock, to crow, Mat_26:34 ; Mat_26:74-75 ;
to call, or cry out, exclaim, Luk_8:8 ; Luk_8:54 ; Luk_16:24 ; Luk_23:46 ; to call to, Mat_27:47 ; Mar_3:31 ;
to call, Joh_13:13 ;
to call, summon, Mat_20:32 ;
to invite to a feast, Luk_14:12 call; crow; invite; make a noise; summon.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φωνέω , -ῶ ,
( < φωνή ),
[in LXX for H7121 ( Jer_17:11 , al. ), etc.;]
I. Intrans .
1. Of persons, to call out, cry out, speak aloud: Luk_8:8 ; φωνῇ μεγάλῃ , Mar_1:26 , Act_16:28 ; ἐφώνησε (φωνῇ μεγάλῇ ) λέγων , Luk_8:54 , Rev_14:18 ; φωνήσαντες ἐπύθοντο , Act_10:18 .
2. Of the cries of animals (rarely in cl .; Isa_38:14 , Je, l.c .): of a cock, to crow , Mat_26:34 , Mar_14:30 , Luk_22:3 , Joh_13:38 ; Joh_18:27 .
II. Trans. (in cl . chiefly poλt.), c . acc pers ., to call, summon, invite: Mat_20:32 ; Mat_27:47 , Mar_9:35 ; Mar_10:49 ; Mar_15:35 , Luk_14:12 ; Luk_16:2 ; Luk_19:15 , Joh_1:49 ; Joh_2:9 ; Joh_4:16 ; Joh_10:3 ; Joh_11:28 ; Joh_12:17 ; Joh_18:33 , Act_9:41 ; Act_10:7 ; to address, call by name ( Soph .), Joh_13:13 ( cf. ἀνα -, ἐπι -, προσ -, συν -φωνέω ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φωνέω [page 679]
cry out, shout : cf. BGU III. 925 .8 (iii/A.D.) μετὰ τὴ <ν > [ἀ ]ν [άγ ]ν [ωσιν ] ἡ βουλὴ ἐφώνησεν· Ἔλλειμμά ἐστιν . . . , and P Oxy XVII. 2110 .6 (A.D. 370) οἱ βουλευταὶ ἐφώνησαν· κύριον τὸ κατὰ κῆραν , The senators cried, What is on the tablet is valid (Ed.).The word, which is used of the crowing of a cock in Mat. 26:34 al. , gives place to κοκκύζω in the new Rainer fragment ( Mittheilungen aus der Sammlung der Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer , i. p.53 ff., ii.p. 411. : cf. Milligan Here and There , p. 123 ff. ).
From the inscrr. we may cite Syll 737 (= .3 1109) .108 (after A.D. 178) μηδεὶς δ᾽ ἔπος φωνείτω , and for the meaning address followed by a nom. of the title, as in Joh. 13:13, see Blass-Debrunner §§ 143, 147.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
φωνέω [Etym: φωνή] "to produce a sound or tone": properly of men, "to speak loud or clearly", or simply "to speak", Hom. , etc.;—c. acc. cogn., ὄπα φωνήσασα "making" the voice "sound", Od. ; so, βέκος φ. "to utter the sound" βέκος, Hdt. ; so with neut. adj., μέγιστα φωνέειν "to have the" loudest "voice", id=Hdt. ; μέγα φ. Aesch. : —absol. "to cry aloud", Soph. ; "to sing", Theocr. of animals, "to utter their cries", Arist. ; of the cock, "to crow", NTest. of a musical instrument, "to sound", Eur. ; but βροντὴ φ. it "has a voice, is significant", Xen. c. acc. pers. "to speak to, call to", Il. ; c. dat. "to cry to", Ζεῦ ἄνα, σοὶ φωνῶ Soph. "to call by name, call", id=Soph. , NTest. φ. τινα, c. inf., "to command" one to do, σὲ φωνῶ μὴ συγκομίζειν Soph. c. acc. rei, "to speak or tell of", Aesch. , Soph.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
φωνέω, -ῶ
(φωνή), [in LXX for קָרָא (Jer.17:11, al.), etc. ;]
__I. Intrans.
__1. Of persons, to call out, cry out, speak aloud: Luk.8:8; φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, Mrk.1:26, Act.16:28; ἐφώνησε (φωνῇ μεγάλῇ) λέγων, Luk.8:54, Rev.14:18; φωνήσαντες ἐπύθοντο, Act.10:18.
__2. Of the cries of animals (rarely in cl.; Isa.38:14, Je, l.with): of a cock, to crow, Mat.26:34, Mrk.14:30, Luk.22:3, Jhn.13:38 18:27.
__II. Trans. (in cl. chiefly poët.), with accusative of person(s), to call, summon, invite: Mat.20:32 27:47, Mrk.9:35 10:49 15:35, Luk.14:12 16:2 19:15, Jhn.1:49 2:9 4:16 10:3 11:28 12:17 18:33, Act.9:41 10:7; to address, call by name (Soph.), Jhn.13:13 (cf. ἀνα-, ἐπι-, προσ-, συν-φωνέω).†
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