Greek verb · G5455
φωνέω
phoneofo-neh'-o
Of persons, to call out, cry out, speak aloud; Of the cries of animals (rarely in cl.
43 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: phōnéō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5455is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 17spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5455
to emit a sound (animal, human or instrumental); by implication, to address in words or by name, also in imitation
The King James renders it: call (for), crow, cry.
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
phoneo is rendered "Of persons, to call out, cry out, speak aloud; Of the cries of animals (rarely in cl.". It stands 43 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Thirteen of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "Of persons, to call out, cry out, speak aloud".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 20:32Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want Me to do for you?” He asked.
- The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.
The first use
Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want Me to do for you?” He asked.
Matthew 20:32ἐφώνησεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: Of persons, to call out, cry out, speak aloud, and Of the cries of animals (rarely in cl..
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Of persons, to call out, cry out, speak aloudLuk.8:8; φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, Mrk.1:26, Act.16:28; ἐφώνησε (φωνῇ μεγάλῇ) λέγων, Luk.8:54, Rev.14:18; φωνήσαντες ἐπύθοντο, Act.10:18. | Tagged as
and 11 more, 36 uses in all | WhereMark 1:26At this, the unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions and came out with a loud shriek. |
| Of the cries of animals (rarely in cl.Isa.38:14 | Tagged as
| WhereIsaiah 38:14I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord… |
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.
The words it stands beside
All 43, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
17 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
- ἐφώνησεν12
- φωνεῖ6
- φωνῆσαι6
- φωνήσας5
- ἐφώνησαν2
- ἐφώνει1
- ἐφώνησεν.¶1
- φώνει1
- φωνεῖτέ1
- φωνηθῆναι1
- φωνῆσαν1
- φωνήσαντες1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular13V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)6V-AAN
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular6V-PAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular5V-AAP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural1V-AAM-2P
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular1V-AAM-2S
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-AAP-NPM
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1V-AAP-NSN
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-AAS-3S
- verb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)1V-APN
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FAI-3S
Matthew
five uses
Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want Me to do for you?” He asked.
- ἐφώνησενephonesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: called
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus declared, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”
- φωνῆσαιphonesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: crowing
At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.
- ἐφώνησενephonesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: crowed
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.
- φωνῆσαιphonesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: crowing
When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He is calling Elijah.”
- φωνεῖphoneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: calls
Mark
ten uses
At this, the unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions and came out with a loud shriek.
- φωνῆσανphonesanverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: having shouted
Sitting 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.”
- ἐφώνησενephonesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He called
Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man. “Take courage!” they said. “Get up! He is calling for you.”
- φωνήσατεphonesateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do call
- φωνοῦσινphonousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they call
- φωνεῖphoneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He calls
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”
- φωνῆσαιphonesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: crowing
But 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.
- ἐφώνησενephonesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: crowed
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.
- ἐφώνησενephonesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: crowed
- φωνῆσαιphonesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: crowing
When some of those standing nearby heard this, they said, “Behold, He is calling Elijah.”
- φωνεῖphoneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He calls
Luke
ten uses
Still 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.”
- ἐφώνειephoneiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was calling out
But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!”
- ἐφώνησενephonesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: called out
Then 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.
- φώνειphoneiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do call
So 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.’
- φωνήσαςphonesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called
So 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.’
- φωνήσαςphonesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having cried out
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.
- φωνηθῆναιphonethenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be called
But Jesus replied, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”
- φωνήσειphoneseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will crow
“Man, I do not know what you are talking about,” Peter replied. While he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.
- ἐφώνησενephonesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: crowed
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.”
- φωνῆσαιphonesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: crowing
Then 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.
- φωνήσαςphonesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called out
John
thirteen uses
“How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”
- φωνῆσαιphonesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: calling
and 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 aside
- φωνεῖphoneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: calls
Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
- φώνησονphonesonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do call
The Jews still did not believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they summoned his parents
- ἐφώνησανephonesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they called
So 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.”
- Ἐφώνησανephonesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: They called
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
- φωνεῖphoneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he shouts to
After 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.”
- ἐφώνησενephonesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: she called
- φωνεῖphoneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He calls
Meanwhile, many people continued to testify that they had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead.
- ἐφώνησενephonesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He called
You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.
- φωνεῖτέphoneiteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: call
“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.
- φωνήσῃphoneseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may crow
Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.
- ἐφώνησεν.¶ephonesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: crowed
Pilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned Jesus, and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
- ἐφώνησενephonesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he called
Acts
four uses
Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.
- φωνήσαςphonesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having called
When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.
- φωνήσαςphonesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having called
They called out to ask if Simon called Peter was staying there.
- φωνήσαντεςphonesantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having called out
But Paul called out in a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself! We are all here!”
- Ἐφώνησενephonesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Called out
Revelation
one use
Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”
- ἐφώνησενephonesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he called
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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.