G5406: φονεύς
phoneús · “murderer”
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)
KJV translates it as: murderer
Word origin: from G5408 (φόνος);
Extended definition
(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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G5406 is translated
- murderers ×3
- a murderer ×3
- to murderers ×1
Bible verses with G5406 (phoneús)
Phoneús appears in 7 verses.
- Matthew 22:7
But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
- Acts 3:14
But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
- Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
- Acts 28:4
And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
- 1 Peter 4:15
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.
- Revelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
- Revelation 22:15
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.