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φωνέω

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Definition

φωνέω, -ῶ

(φωνή), [in LXX for קָרָא (Jeremiah 17:11, al.), etc. ;]

I. Intrans.

1. Of persons, to call out, cry out, speak aloud: Luke 8:8; φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, Mark 1:26, Acts 16:28; ἐφώνησε (φωνῇ μεγάλῇ) λέγων, Luke 8:54, Revelation 14:18; φωνήσαντες ἐπύθοντο, Acts 10:18.

2. Of the cries of animals (rarely in cl.; Isaiah 38:14, Je, l.with): of a cock, to crow, Matthew 26:34, Mark 14:30, Luke 22:3, John 13:38; 18:27.

II. Trans. (in cl. chiefly poët.), with accusative of person(s), to call, summon, invite: Matthew 20:32; 27:47, Mark 9:35; 10:49; 15:35, Luke 14:12; 16:2; 19:15, John 1:49; 2:9; 4:16; 10:3; 11:28; 12:17; 18:33, Acts 9:41; 10:7; to address, call by name (Soph.), John 13:13 (cf. ἀνα-, ἐπι-, προσ-, συν-φωνέω).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as φωνέω:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

43 total
  1. Matthew 20:32ἐφώνησεν · [and] called
    Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want Me to do for you?” He asked.
  2. Matthew 26:34φωνῆσαι · crows
    “Truly I tell you,” Jesus declared, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”
  3. Matthew 26:74ἐφώνησεν · crowed
    At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.
  4. Matthew 26:75φωνῆσαι · crows
    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.
  5. Matthew 27:47φωνεῖ · is calling
    When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He is calling Elijah.”
  6. Mark 1:26φωνῆσαν
    At this, the unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions and came out with a loud shriek.
  7. Mark 9:35ἐφώνησεν · [Jesus] called
    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.”
  8. Mark 10:49Φωνήσατε · Call; φωνοῦσιν · they called; φωνεῖ · He is calling for
    Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man. “Take courage!” they said. “Get up! He is calling for you.”
  9. Mark 14:30φωνῆσαι · crows
    “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”
  10. Mark 14:68ἐφώνησεν · crowed
    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.
  11. Mark 14:72ἐφώνησεν · crowed; φωνῆσαι · crows
    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.
  12. Mark 15:35φωνεῖ · He is calling
    When some of those standing nearby heard this, they said, “Behold, He is calling Elijah.”
  13. Luke 8:8ἐφώνει · He called out
    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.”
  14. Luke 8:54ἐφώνησεν · [and] called out
    But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!”
  15. Luke 14:12φώνει · invite
    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.
  16. Luke 16:2φωνήσας · he called
    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.’
  17. Luke 16:24φωνήσας · cried out
    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.’
  18. Luke 19:15φωνηθῆναι
    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.
  19. Luke 22:34φωνήσει · crow
    But Jesus replied, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”
  20. Luke 22:60ἐφώνησεν · crowed
    “Man, I do not know what you are talking about,” Peter replied. And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.
  21. Luke 22:61φωνῆσαι · crows
    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.”
  22. Luke 23:46φωνήσας · called out
    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.
  23. John 1:48φωνῆσαι · called
    “How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”
  24. John 2:9φωνεῖ · called
    …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
  25. John 4:16φώνησον · call
    Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
  26. John 9:18ἐφώνησαν · they summoned
    The Jews still did not believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they summoned his parents
  27. John 9:24Ἐφώνησαν · 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.”
  28. John 10:3φωνεῖ · He calls
    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.
  29. John 11:28ἐφώνησεν · called; φωνεῖ · is asking for
    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.”
  30. John 12:17ἐφώνησεν · He called
    Meanwhile, many people who had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify.
  31. John 13:13φωνεῖτέ · call
    You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.
  32. John 13:38φωνήσῃ · crows
    “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.
  33. John 18:27ἐφώνησεν · crowed
    Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.
  34. John 18:33ἐφώνησεν · summoned
    Pilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned Jesus, and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
  35. Acts 9:41φωνήσας · he called
    Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.
  36. Acts 10:7φωνήσας · [Cornelius] called
    When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.
  37. Acts 10:18φωνήσαντες · They called out
    They called out to ask if Simon called Peter was staying there.
  38. Acts 16:28ἐφώνησεν · called out
    But Paul called out in a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself! We are all here!”
  39. Revelation 14:18ἐφώνησεν · called out
    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.”