Lexical Definition

‎φονεύς‎ phoneús (fon-yooce') murderer ^G:N-M
from ‎φόνος‎

murderer.

• a murderer (always of criminal (or at least intentional) homicide
• which ‎ἀνθρωποκτόνος‎ does not necessarily imply
• while ‎σικάριος‎ is a special term for a public bandit)

Abbott-Smith

* φονεύς, -έως, ὁ (φόνος) [in LXX: Wi 12:5 * ;]
a murderer: Mt 22:7 Ac 7:52 28:4, I Pe 4:15, Re 21:8 22:15; ἀνὴρ φ., Ac 3:14.†
SYN.: ἀνθρωποκτόνος

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

φονεύς-εύς, ὁ,

genitive έως, Epic dialect ῆος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; accusative φονεύςέα (in first foot of trimeter) [φονεύςέᾰ, “Hec.” 882 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]: nominative plural φονεύςέες [Refs 2nd c.AD+], Attic dialect φονεύςῆς [φονεύςέας [prev. author] 2.3.8, 4.3.1, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.96, Callias Epigrammaticus in “PSI” 11.1218a32, etc.">Refs 5th c.BC+]; but contraction φονεύςεῖς [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—slayer, [φονεύςῆος Pisander Epicus 10; τῷ φονεύςεῖ τἀδελφοῦ τὴν δεξιὰν δέδωκε 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 18.6.; αὐτόχειρας καὶ φονεύςέας 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.111 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; φονεύςέας αὑτῶν self-murderers, [Refs 5th c.BC+] [same place]; τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον φονεύςεύς ἐστιν is so much more justly accounted a murderer, [φονεύςέα νομίζων χεῖρα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 586; ἀκουσίως τινὸς φ. γενέσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 451a ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the sword on which Ajax had thrown himself, [φονεύςέα οὖσαν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.3 (ὁ φ., even of a woman, [prev. work]20). ">Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 σοῦ φονεύςέως μεμνημένος you, my destroyer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically, τῆς ὑμετέρας εὐσεβείας φονεύςῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]