Murder
φόνοςStrong’s G5408phonos
Appears in 10 verses of the New Testament
In short
Phonos is the Greek word usually translated “murder”, “murders” and “slaughter”. It appears in 10 verses of the New Testament.
“For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:”
Meaning
Usually translated “murder”, “murders” and “slaughter”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- murder 5
- murders 4
- slaughter 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 2
- Luke 2
- Matthew 1
- Acts 1
- Romans 1
- Galatians 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
- Mark 15:7And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
- Luke 23:19(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
- Luke 23:25And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
- Acts 9:1And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
- Romans 1:29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Greek dictionary
φόνος phonos · murder
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.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “murder” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MUR'DER, noun
[Latin mors.]
- The act of unlawfully killing a human being with premeditated malice, by a person of sound mind.
- An outcry, when life is in danger.
All definitions and other forms of “murder”
MUR'DER, verb transitive
- To kill a human being with premeditated malice. [See the Noun.]
- To destroy; to put an end to.
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.