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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

φονεύς

Lemmaφονεύς
Citation formφονεύς, έως, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa murderer
Strong’sG5406
Transliterationphoneús
Definitiona murderer (always of criminal (or at least intentional) homicide; which does not necessarily imply; while is a special term for a public bandit)
KJV glosses:--murderer.
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences7

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
φονέα
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Acts 3:14
φονεῖς
noun, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-)Matthew 22:7
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-)Acts 7:52
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-)Revelation 22:15
φονεύς
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-)Acts 28:4
φονεὺς
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-)1 Peter 4:15
φονεῦσι
noun, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----DPM-)Revelation 21:8

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: φονευς.