Greek verb · G5407
φονεύω
phoneuofon-yoo'-o
to murder
12 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: phoneúō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5407is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5407
to be a murderer (of)
The King James renders it: kill, do murder, slay.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
phoneuo is rendered "to murder". It stands 12 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Five of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:21You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’
Matthew 5:21φονεύσεις
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- shall you murder2
- you will murder2
- do commit murder1
- have put to death1
- having murdered1
- may murder1
- will you murder1
- you kill1
- you may murder1
- you murdered1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| φονεύς | phoneus | murderer | Uses7 |
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- φονεύσεις3
- φονεύσῃς3
- ἐφονεύσατε2
- φονεύεις1
- φονεύετε1
- φονευσάντων1
- φονεύσῃ1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singular3V-AAS-2S
- verb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singular3V-FAI-2S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person plural2V-AAI-2P
- verb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1V-AAP-GPM
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-AAS-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-PAI-2P
- verb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-PAI-2S
Matthew
five uses
You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’
- φονεύσειςphoneuseisverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you will murder
- φονεύσῃphoneuseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may murder
“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,
- φονεύσειςphoneuseisverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: will you murder
So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
- φονευσάντωνphoneusantonverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: having murdered
And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
- ἐφονεύσατεephoneusateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you murdered
Mark
one use
You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”
- φονεύσῃςphoneusesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: shall you murder
Luke
one use
You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”
- φονεύσῃςphoneusesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: shall you murder
Romans
one use
The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- φονεύσειςphoneuseisverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you will murder
James
four uses
For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
- φονεύσῃςphoneusesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: you may murder
- φονεύειςphoneueisverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: do commit murder
You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.
- φονεύετεphoneueteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you kill
You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
- ἐφονεύσατεephoneusateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: have put to death
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.