Lexical Definition

‎φόνος‎ phónos (fon'-os) murder ^G:N-M
from an obsolete primary (to slay)

murder, + be slain with, slaughter.

Abbott-Smith

φόνος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX for דָּם, פֶּה, etc. ;]
murder, slaughter: Mk 15:7, Lk 23:19, 25, Ac 9:1, Ro 1:29; φ. μαχαίρης (cf. Ex 17:13, al.), He 11:37; pl., Mt 15:19, Mk 7:21, Re 9:21.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

φόνος, ὁ,

(θείνω) murder, slaughter, τεύξασα πόσει φόνον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of arrows, φ. προπέμπειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν Δωριέος πρὸς Ἐγεσταίων φόνον ἐκπρήξασθαι exact vengeance for the killing.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ ζῴων φόνου καὶ μὴ φόνου ὧδε ἔχει killing or not-killing, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; in poetry phrases, φ. συρίζειν, κινύρεσθαι, πνεῖν, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; φ. τινός the murder of.., [Refs]; φ. Ἑλληνικὸς μέγιστος slaughter of Greeks, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολύκερως, ἄρνειος φ., [Refs 8th c.BC+]

__2 in law, murder, homicide, δικάζειν τοὺς βασιλέας αἰτιῶν φόνου Legal Dracontis cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+] fleeing from.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔνοχοι τῷ φόνῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φόνου καθαρός, ἁγνός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαγχάνονται αἱ τοῦ φ. δίκαι πρὸς [τὸν βασιλέα] [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 death as a punishment, φ. προκεῖσθαι δημόλευστον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 blood when shed, gore, ἂμ φόνον, ἂν νέκυας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a sacrifice, ταυρείου φόνου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; rarely in Prose of blood, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 corpse, πρὶν ἴδω τὸν Ἑλένας φόνον.. κείμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__6 rascal that deserves death, gallowsbird, a Dorian phrase, [Refs]
__II of the agent or instrument of slaughter, φόνον ἔμμεναι ἡρώεσσι to be a death to heroes, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of poison, [LXX]; without ἐν, [LXX]
__III ={ἀτρακτυλίς}, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Exod.17.13 ☩ LXX.Deut.13.15 ☩ LXX.Num.21.24}