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Strong's G5455 · Greek

φωνέω

phoneo · fo-neh'-o

from 5456; to emit a sound (animal, human or instrumental); by implication, to address in words or by name, also in imitation


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

φωνέω (G5455)

43 φωνέω , -ῶ ( φωνή ), [in LXX for קרא ( Je 17:11 , al.), etc. ;] Intrans. Of persons, to call out, cry out, speak aloud : Lk 8:8 ; φωνῇ μεγάλῃ , Mk 1:26 , Ac 16:28 ; ἐφώνησε ( φωνῇ μεγάλῇ ) λέγων , Lk 8:54 , Re 14:18 ; φωνήσαντες ἐπύθοντο , Ac 10:18 . Of the cries of animals (rarely in cl.; Is 38:14 , Je, l.c. ): of a cock, to crow , Mt 26 3 , Mk 1 4 , Lk 22 3 , Jo 13:38 18:27 . Trans. (in cl. chiefly poët.), c. acc. pers., to call, summon, invite : Mt 20:32 27:47 , Mk 9:35 10:49 15:35 , Lk 14:12 16:2 19:15 , Jo 1:49 2:9 4:16 10:3 11:28 12:17 18:33 , Ac 9:41 10:7 ; to address, call by name (Soph.), Jo 13:13 (cf. ἀνα- , ἐπι- , προσ- , συν-φωνέω ).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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