Word Study · Strong's G5455 · Greek
φωνέω
phoneo
fo-neh'-o
Strong's 1890 spelling: phōnéō
“to emit a sound (animal, human or instrumental)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to emit a sound (animal, human or instrumental); by implication, to address in words or by name, also in imitation
Rendered in the KJV as
call (for), crow, cry.
- 43occurrencesin the New Testament
- 6 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 22inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 43 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 22
- ἐφώνησεν8
- φωνῆσαι6
- φωνεῖ5
- φωνήσας5
- ἐφώνησεν.2
- ἐφώνει·1
- ἐφώνησαν1
- Ἐφώνησαν1
- Ἐφώνησεν1
- ἐφώνησεν,1
- ἐφώνησεν.¶1
- φώνει1
and 10 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 29
- crowing5
- crowed.3
- do call3
- calls2
- having called2
- having called out2
- he called2
- He called2
- He calls2
- call1
- called1
- called out1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 16
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular13
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)6
- verb · present active, statement · 3rd person singular6
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular5
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person plural2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, command · 2nd person plural1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, command · 2nd person singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) passive, infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · future active, statement · 3rd person singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-AAI-3S · 13
- V-AAN · 6
- V-PAI-3S · 6
- V-AAP-NSM · 5
- V-AAI-3P · 2
- V-AAM-2P · 1
- V-AAM-2S · 1
- V-AAP-NPM · 1
- V-AAP-NSN · 1
- V-AAS-3S · 1
- V-APN · 1
- V-FAI-3S · 1
All 43, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
John carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew5 occurrences
- Matthew 20:32ἐφώνησενephōnēsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularJesus stopped and called them. “What do you want Me to do for you?” He asked.here: called
- Matthew 26:34φωνῆσαιphōnēsaiverb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)“Truly I tell you,” Jesus declared, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”here: crowing
- Matthew 26:74ἐφώνησεν.ephōnēsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularAt that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.here: crowed.
- Matthew 26:75φωνῆσαιphōnēsaiverb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.here: crowing
- Matthew 27:47φωνεῖphōneiverb · present active, statement · 3rd person singularWhen some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He is calling Elijah.”here: calls
Mark10 occurrences
- Mark 1:26φωνῆσανphōnēsanverb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · neuter singularAt this, the unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions and came out with a loud shriek.here: having shouted
- Mark 9:35ἐφώνησενephōnēsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularSitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all.”here: He called
- Mark 10:49φωνήσατεphōnēsateverb · aorist (simple past) active, command · 2nd person pluralJesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man. “Take courage!” they said. “Get up! He is calling for you.”here: do call
- Mark 10:49φωνοῦσινphōnousinverb · present active, statement · 3rd person pluralJesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man. “Take courage!” they said. “Get up! He is calling for you.”here: they call
- Mark 10:49φωνεῖphōneiverb · present active, statement · 3rd person singularJesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man. “Take courage!” they said. “Get up! He is calling for you.”here: He calls
- Mark 14:30φωνῆσαιphōnēsaiverb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”here: crowing
- Mark 14:68ἐφώνησεν.ephōnēsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularBut he denied it. “I do not know or even understand what you are talking about,” he said. Then he went out to the gateway, and the rooster crowed.here: crowed.
- Mark 14:72ἐφώνησεν,ephōnēsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularAnd immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he broke down and wept.here: crowed,
- Mark 14:72φωνῆσαιphōnēsaiverb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he broke down and wept.here: crowing
- Mark 15:35φωνεῖ.phōneiverb · present active, statement · 3rd person singularWhen some of those standing nearby heard this, they said, “Behold, He is calling Elijah.”here: He calls.
Luke10 occurrences
- Luke 8:8ἐφώνει·ephōneiverb · imperfect active, statement · 3rd person singularStill other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced a crop—a hundredfold.” As Jesus said this, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”here: He was calling out;
- Luke 8:54ἐφώνησενephōnēsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularBut Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!”here: called out
- Luke 14:12φώνειphōneiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singularThen Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.here: do call
- Luke 16:2φωνήσαςphōnēsasverb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singularSo he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’here: having called
- Luke 16:24φωνήσαςphōnēsasverb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singularSo he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’here: having cried out
- Luke 19:15φωνηθῆναιphōnēthēnaiverb · aorist (simple past) passive, infinitive (“to…”)When he returned from procuring his kingship, he summoned the servants to whom he had given the money, to find out what each one had earned.here: to be called
- Luke 22:34φωνήσειphōnēseiverb · future active, statement · 3rd person singularBut Jesus replied, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”here: will crow
- Luke 22:60ἐφώνησενephōnēsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular“Man, I do not know what you are talking about,” Peter replied. While he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.here: crowed
- Luke 22:61φωνῆσαιphōnēsaiverb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word that the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”here: crowing
- Luke 23:46φωνήσαςphōnēsasverb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThen Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last.here: having called out
John13 occurrences
- John 1:48φωνῆσαιphōnēsaiverb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)“How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”here: calling
- John 2:9φωνεῖphōneiverb · present active, statement · 3rd person singularand the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where it was from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom asidehere: calls
- John 4:16φώνησονphōnēsonverb · aorist (simple past) active, command · 2nd person singularJesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”here: do call
- John 9:18ἐφώνησανephōnēsanverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person pluralThe Jews still did not believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they summoned his parentshere: they called
- John 9:24Ἐφώνησανephōnēsanverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person pluralSo a second time they called for the man who had been blind and said, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”here: They called
- John 10:3φωνεῖphōneiverb · present active, statement · 3rd person singularThe gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.here: he shouts to
- John 11:28ἐφώνησενephōnēsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularAfter Martha had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”here: she called
- John 11:28φωνεῖphōneiverb · present active, statement · 3rd person singularAfter Martha had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”here: He calls
- John 12:17ἐφώνησενephōnēsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularMeanwhile, many people continued to testify that they had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead.here: He called
- John 13:13φωνεῖτέphōneiteverb · present active, statement · 2nd person pluralYou call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.here: call
- John 13:38φωνήσῃphōnēsēverb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular“Will you lay down your life for Me?” Jesus replied. “Truly, truly, I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.here: may crow
- John 18:27ἐφώνησεν.¶ephōnēsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularPeter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.here: crowed.
- John 18:33ἐφώνησενephōnēsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularPilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned Jesus, and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”here: he called
Acts4 occurrences
- Acts 9:41φωνήσαςphōnēsasverb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singularPeter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.here: Having called
- Acts 10:7φωνήσαςphōnēsasverb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singularWhen the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.here: having called
- Acts 10:18φωνήσαντεςphōnēsantesverb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralThey called out to ask if Simon called Peter was staying there.here: having called out
- Acts 16:28Ἐφώνησενephōnēsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularBut Paul called out in a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself! We are all here!”here: Called out