Sound
φθόγγοςStrong’s G5353phthongos
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Phthongos is the Greek word usually translated “voice” and “sounds”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.”
Meaning
Usually translated “voice” and “sounds”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- voice 1
- sounds 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
2 books in all.
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Greek dictionary
φθόγγος phthongos · sound
φθόγγος, -ου, ὁ (φθέγγομαι), [in LXX: Psa.19:4 (קַו), Wis.19:18 * ;] a sound: Rom.10:18 (LXX) 1Co.14:7.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sound” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SOUND, adjective
[Latin sanus.]
- Entire; unbroken; not shaky, split or defective; as sound timber.
- Undecayed; whole; perfect, or not defective; as sound fruit; a sound apple or melon.
- Unbroken; not bruised or defective; not lacerated or decayed; as a sound limb.
- Not carious; not decaying; as a sound tooth.
All definitions and other forms of “sound”
- Not broken or decayed; not defective; as a sound ship.
- Whole; entire; unhurt; unmutilated; as a sound body.
- Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; having all the organs complete and in perfect action; as a sound body; sound health; a sound constitution; a sound man; a sound horse.
- Founded in truth; firm; strong; valid; solid; that cannot be overthrown or refuted; as sound reasoning; a sound argument; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles.
- Right; correct; well founded; free form error; orthodox. Psalms 119:80“II Tim 1. Let my heart be sound in thy statutes” Psalms 119:80
- Heavy; laid on with force; as sound strokes; a sound beating.
- Founded in right and law; legal; valid; not defective; that cannot be overthrown; as a sound title to land; sound justice.
- Fast; profound; undisturbed; as sound sleep.
- Perfect, as intellect; not broken or defective; not enfeebled by age or accident; not wild or wandering; not deranged; as a sound mind; a sound understanding or reason.
SOUND, adverb
Soundly; heartily. So sound he slept that nought might him awake.
SOUND, noun
The air bladder of a fish.
SOUND, noun
[Latin natatio. can this name be given to a narrow sea because wild beasts were accustomed to pass it by swimming, like Bosporus; or is the word from the root of sound whole, denoting a stretch, or narrowness, from stretching, like straight?]
A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the main land and an isle; or a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as the sound which connect the Baltic with the ocean, between Denmark and Sweden; the sound that separates Long Island from the main land of New York and Connecticut.
SOUND, noun
[See the following verb.]
An instrument which surgeons introduce into the bladder, in order to discover whether there is a stone in the viscus or not.
SOUND, verb transitive
[Latin sonus, Eng. sound the primary sense of which is to stretch or reach.]
- To try, as the depth of water and the quality of the ground, by sinking a plummet or lead, attached to a line on which are marked the number of fathoms.
- To introduce a sound into the bladder of a patient, in order to ascertain whether a stone is there or not.
- To try; to examine; to discover or endeavor to discover that which lies concealed in another's breast; to search out the intention, opinion, will or desires.
SOUND, verb intransitive
To use the line and lead in searching the depth of water. The shipmen sounded, and found it twenty fathoms.
SOUND, noun
The cuttle fish.
SOUND, noun
[Latin sonus, from sonom to sound sing, rattle, beat, etc. This may be a dialectical variation of Latin tonus, tono, which seems to be allied to Latin teneo.]
- Noise; report; the object of hearing; that which strikes the ear; or more philosophically, an impression of the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing by an impulse or vibration of the air, caused by a collision of bodies or by other means; as the sound of a trumpet or drum; the sound of a human voice; a horrid sound; a charming sound; a sharp sound; a high sound
- A vibration of air caused by a collision of bodies or other means, sufficient to affect the auditory nerves when perfect.
- Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else.
SOUND, verb intransitive
- To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a particular effect.
- To exhibit by sound or likeness of sound This relation sounds rather like a fiction that a truth.
- To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published.
SOUND, verb transitive
- To cause to make a noise; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn.
- To utter audibly; as, to sound a note with the voice.
- To play on; as, to sound an instrument.
- To order or direct by a sound; as, to sound a retreat.
- To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to reported; as, to sound one's praise.
- To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported; as, to sound one's praise.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.