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phōnē G5456

φωνή (phōnē) means “voice/sound: voice” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

φωνή Greek · G5456 139 tagged occurrences in 128 verses

Pronunciation guide: fo-nay' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G5456G

φωνή · phōnē · voice/sound: voice

φωνή, -ῆς, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for קוֹל ;] a voice; (a) prop., of persons, Mat.2:18 (LXX), al.; φ. αἴρειν (ἐπαίρειν), Luk.17:13, Act.2:14, al.; φ. μεγάλῃ εἰπεῖν (λέγειν, φωνεῖν, etc.), Luk.8:28, Act.7:57, Rev.5:12, al.; γίνεται (ἔρχεται) φ. ἐκ τ. οὐρανῶν (ἐξ οὐρανοῦ), Mrk.1:11, Luk.3:22, Jhn.12:28, al. (cf. DCG, ii, 810a; Dalman, Words, 204f.); ἀκούειν φωνήν (-ῆς; see: ἀκούω), Act.9:4, 7 al.; φ. βοῶντος, Mat.3:3, Mrk.1:3, Luk.3:4, Jhn.1:23" (LXX) ; τ. θεοῦ, Jhn.5:37, Heb.3:7, al. By meton., (α) of the speaker, βλέπειν τὴν φ., Rev.1:12; (β) speech, language ( Gen.11:1, 4Ma.12:7, al.): 1Co.14:10; (b) of inanimate things: Mat.24:31, Jhn.3:8, Act.2:6, Rev.1:15b 9:9 14:2, al. (cf. Tr., Syn., §lxxxix). (AS)

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TBESG · G5456H

φωνή · phōnē · voice/sound: noise

φωνή, -ῆς, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for קוֹל ;] a voice; (a) prop., of persons, Mat.2:18 (LXX), al.; φ. αἴρειν (ἐπαίρειν), Luk.17:13, Act.2:14, al.; φ. μεγάλῃ εἰπεῖν (λέγειν, φωνεῖν, etc.), Luk.8:28, Act.7:57, Rev.5:12, al.; γίνεται (ἔρχεται) φ. ἐκ τ. οὐρανῶν (ἐξ οὐρανοῦ), Mrk.1:11, Luk.3:22, Jhn.12:28, al. (cf. DCG, ii, 810a; Dalman, Words, 204f.); ἀκούειν φωνήν (-ῆς; see: ἀκούω), Act.9:4, 7 al.; φ. βοῶντος, Mat.3:3, Mrk.1:3, Luk.3:4, Jhn.1:23" (LXX) ; τ. θεοῦ, Jhn.5:37, Heb.3:7, al. By meton., (α) of the speaker, βλέπειν τὴν φ., Rev.1:12; (β) speech, language ( Gen.11:1, 4Ma.12:7, al.): 1Co.14:10; (b) of inanimate things: Mat.24:31, Jhn.3:8, Act.2:6, Rev.1:15b 9:9 14:2, al. (cf. Tr., Syn., §lxxxix). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

a sound, noise, voice, language, dialect.

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How translators render G5456

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
voice 50
a voice 22
in a loud voice 13
sound 5
the voice 5
rumblings 4
the roar 4
voices 4
his voice 2
rumbling 2
the sound 2
the voices 2
their voices 2
a loud cry 1
a sound 1
blasts 1
call 1
clamor 1
her voice 1
language 1
languages 1
shouting in a loud voice 1
the rushing 1
they all shouted in unison 1
this is the voice 1
to a voice 1
tone 1
when the voice 1
with a loud shriek 1
with loud shrieks 1
with loud voices 1
words 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
voice 64
the voice 28
a voice 19
voices 12
the sound 5
with a 5
a 4
sound 3
of the voice 2
the voices 2
her voice 1
noised abroad 1
of the 1
of voices 1
the noise 1
their voice 1
with 1

Verses containing G5456

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  1. Acts 9:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless. They heard the voice but did not see anyone.

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  2. Acts 10:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”

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  3. Acts 10:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

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  4. Acts 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’

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  5. Acts 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’

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  6. Acts 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”

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  7. Acts 12:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”

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  8. Acts 13:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.

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  9. Acts 14:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.

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  10. Acts 14:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”

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  11. Acts 16:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Paul called out in a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself! We are all here!”

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  12. Acts 19:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

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  13. Acts 22:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’

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  14. Acts 22:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.

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  15. Acts 22:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear His voice.

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  16. Acts 22:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”

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  17. Acts 24:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    unless it was this one thing I called out as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’”

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  18. Acts 26:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

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  19. Acts 26:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At this stage of Paul’s defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! Your great learning is driving you to madness!”

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  20. 1 Corinthians 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even in the case of lifeless instruments, such as the flute or harp, how will anyone recognize the tune they are playing unless the notes are distinct?

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  21. 1 Corinthians 14:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Again, if the trumpet sounds a muffled call, who will prepare for battle?

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  22. 1 Corinthians 14:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Assuredly, there are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.

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  23. 1 Corinthians 14:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If, then, I do not know the meaning of someone’s language, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.

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  24. Galatians 4:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.

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  25. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.

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  26. Hebrews 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,

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  27. Hebrews 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”

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  28. Hebrews 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”

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  29. Hebrews 12:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.

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  30. Hebrews 12:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”

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  31. 2 Peter 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

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  32. 2 Peter 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

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  33. 2 Peter 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

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  34. Revelation 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

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  35. Revelation 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands,

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  36. Revelation 1:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.

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  37. Revelation 3:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.

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  38. Revelation 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”

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  39. Revelation 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God.

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  40. Revelation 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”

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  41. Revelation 5:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels encircling the throne, and the living creatures and the elders. And their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.

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  42. Revelation 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

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  43. Revelation 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!”

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  44. Revelation 6:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”

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  45. Revelation 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”

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  46. Revelation 6:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?”

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  47. Revelation 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:

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  48. Revelation 7:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

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  49. Revelation 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

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  50. Revelation 8:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the remaining three angels!”

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