φωνή

Vocabulary form:

fwnhv, -h:V, hJ

Definition:

sound, noise; voice

Erasmian:

Modern:

Frequency:

139

GK:

5889

Root:

fwnh

Cognates:

A phonograph is literally a "writer of sounds."

Mnemonics:

I heard the sound of a voice on the phone.

Mnemonic Singing:

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound,
that saved a wretch like me.

Verse:

“The wind blows wherever it chooses, and you hear its φωνή.” (John 3:8)

“And a φωνή from heaven said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved.’” (Matt 3:17)

Notes:

The double meaning of "sound" and "voice," along with the double meaning of pneu:ma as "wind" and "spirit," creates the pun in John 3:8. "The wind/spirit blows wherever it wishes, and you do not hear its sound/voice."

Biblical Concordance

Acts 9:7	The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice (phōnēs \| φωνῆς \| gen sg fem) but seeing no one.
Acts 10:13	Then a voice (phōnē \| φωνή \| nom sg fem) came to him, “Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!”
Acts 10:15	And a voice (phōnē \| φωνή \| nom sg fem) came again, a second time, to him, “What God has made clean, you must not consider common.”
Acts 11:7	I also heard a voice (phōnēs \| φωνῆς \| gen sg fem) saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!’
Acts 11:9	But the voice (phōnē \| φωνή \| nom sg fem) replied a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, you must not consider common.’
Acts 12:14	When she recognized Peter’s voice (phōnēn \| φωνήν \| acc sg fem), because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran back inside and reported that Peter was standing at the gate.
Acts 12:22	But the crowd began to shout, “It is the voice (phōnē \| φωνή \| nom sg fem) of a god, and not of a man!”
Acts 13:27	For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances (phōnas \| φωνάς \| acc pl fem) of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
Acts 14:10	and said in a loud voice (phōnē \| φωνῇ \| dat sg fem), “Stand upright on your feet.” And he jumped up and began to walk.
Acts 14:11	And the crowds, seeing what Paul had done, lifted up their voices (phōnēn \| φωνήν \| acc sg fem), saying in the dialect of Lycaonia, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”
Acts 16:28	But Paul called out in a loud voice (phōnē \| φωνῇ \| dat sg fem), saying, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.”
Acts 19:34	But when they recognized that he was a Jew, a single cry (phōnē \| φωνή \| nom sg fem) went up from them all as they cried out for about two hours, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
Acts 22:7	I fell to the ground and heard a voice (phōnēs \| φωνῆς \| gen sg fem) saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
Acts 22:9	Now those who were with me saw the light but did not understand the voice (phōnēn \| φωνήν \| acc sg fem) of the one who was speaking to me.
Acts 22:14	And he said, ‘The God of our fathers has chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One and to hear a voice (phōnēn \| φωνήν \| acc sg fem) from his mouth.
Acts 22:22	They listened to him until this word, but then they raised their voices (phōnēn \| φωνήν \| acc sg fem) saying, saying “Away with such a fellow from the earth, for it is not right for him to live!”
Acts 24:21	other than this one utterance (phōnēs \| φωνῆς \| gen sg fem) that I cried out while standing among them: ‘It is regarding a resurrection for the dead that I am on trial before you this day.’”
Acts 26:14	And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice (phōnēn \| φωνήν \| acc sg fem) saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
Acts 26:24	As Paul was saying these things in his defense, Festus said in a loud voice (phōnē \| φωνῇ \| dat sg fem), “You are out of your mind, Paul! Much learning is driving you insane!”
1 Corinthians 14:7	It is the same with lifeless things that produce sound (phōnēn \| φωνήν \| acc sg fem), whether flute or harp; if they do not make a difference between notes, how will what is being played on the flute or the harp be understood?
1 Corinthians 14:8	Again, if the bugle gives an uncertain call (phōnēn \| φωνήν \| acc sg fem), who will get ready for battle?
1 Corinthians 14:10	There are who-knows-how-many kinds of languages (phōnōn \| φωνῶν \| gen pl fem) in the world, and none is without meaning.
1 Corinthians 14:11	But if I do not grasp the meaning of the language (phōnēs \| φωνῆς \| gen sg fem), I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.
Galatians 4:20	I wish I could be with you now and change my tone (phōnēn \| φωνήν \| acc sg fem), for I am perplexed about you.
1 Thessalonians 4:16	because the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice (phōnē \| φωνῇ \| dat sg fem) of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
Hebrews 3:7	Therefore just as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice (phōnēs \| φωνῆς \| gen sg fem),
Hebrews 3:15	As it is said, “Today, if you hear his voice (phōnēs \| φωνῆς \| gen sg fem), do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.”
Hebrews 4:7	God again ordains a certain day — “today” — saying through David, after so long a time, just as it has been said before, “Today, if you hear his voice (phōnēs \| φωνῆς \| gen sg fem), do not harden your hearts.”
Hebrews 12:19	to the blast of a trumpet and a sound (phōnē \| φωνῇ \| dat sg fem) of words which made those who heard it beg that no further message be given to them,
Hebrews 12:26	At that time his voice (phōnē \| φωνή \| nom sg fem) shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more will I shake not only the earth but also the heaven.”
2 Peter 1:17	For he received honor and glory from God the Father when a voice (phōnēs \| φωνῆς \| gen sg fem) borne to him by the Majestic Glory proclaimed: “This is my Son, my Beloved, on whom my favor rests.”
2 Peter 1:18	We ourselves heard this voice (phōnēn \| φωνήν \| acc sg fem) borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain.
2 Peter 2:16	But he was rebuked for his own transgression — a dumb donkey, speaking with the voice (phōnē \| φωνῇ \| dat sg fem) of a man, restrained the madness of the prophet.
Revelation 1:10	I was in the spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice (phōnēn \| φωνήν \| acc sg fem) like a trumpet,
Revelation 1:12	And I turned to see the voice (phōnēn \| φωνήν \| acc sg fem) that was speaking to me, and when I had turned I saw seven golden lampstands,
Revelation 1:15	His feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice (phōnē \| φωνή \| nom sg fem) was like the roar (phōnē \| φωνή \| nom sg fem) of many waters.
Revelation 3:20	Take note! I am standing at the door and knocking. If anyone hears my voice (phōnēs \| φωνῆς \| gen sg fem) and opens the door, I will enter his house and eat with him, and he with me.
Revelation 4:1	After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice (phōnē \| φωνή \| nom sg fem), which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”
Revelation 4:5	Out from the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings (phōnai \| φωναί \| nom pl fem), and peals of thunder. Seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God, were burning before the throne,
Revelation 5:2	And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming in a loud voice (phōnē \| φωνῇ \| dat sg fem), “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”
Revelation 5:11	Then I looked, and I heard the voice (phōnēn \| φωνήν \| acc sg fem) of many angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and their number was ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands,
Revelation 5:12	saying with a loud voice (phōnē \| φωνῇ \| dat sg fem), “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and praise!”
Revelation 6:1	Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with (phōnē \| φωνή \| dat sg fem) a voice (phōnē \| φωνή \| dat sg fem) like thunder, “Come!”
Revelation 6:6	And I heard what seemed to be a voice (phōnēn \| φωνήν \| acc sg fem) in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, but do not harm the oil and the wine!”
Revelation 6:7	And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice (phōnēn \| φωνήν \| acc sg fem) of the fourth living creature saying, “Come!”
Revelation 6:10	And they cried out with a loud voice (phōnē \| φωνῇ \| dat sg fem), saying, “How long, O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, before you bring judgment and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
Revelation 7:2	Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice (phōnē \| φωνῇ \| dat sg fem) to the four angels who had been given power to harm the earth and the sea,
Revelation 7:10	and they cried out in a loud voice (phōnē \| φωνῇ \| dat sg fem), saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb!”
Revelation 8:5	Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it down on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings (phōnai \| φωναί \| nom pl fem), flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
Revelation 8:13	Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with (phōnē \| φωνῇ \| dat sg fem) a loud voice (phōnē \| φωνῇ \| dat sg fem) as it flew directly overhead, “Woe, woe, woe to those who live on the earth because of the blasts (phōnōn \| φωνῶν \| gen pl fem) of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”

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