Lexical Definition

‎φωνή‎ phōnḗ (fo-nay') voice/sound: voice ^G:N-F
probably akin to ‎φαίνω‎ through the idea of disclosure

noise, sound, voice.

• a tone (articulate, bestial or artificial)
• by implication, an address (for any purpose), saying or language

Abbott-Smith

φωνή, -ῆς, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly and very freq. for קוֺל ;]
a voice;
(a) prop., of persons, Mt 2:18 (LXX), al.; φ. αἴρειν (ἐπαίρειν), Lk 17:13, Ac 2:14, al.; φ. μεγάλῃ εἰπεῖν (λέγειν, φωνεῖν, etc.), Lk 8:28, Ac 7:57, Re 5:12, al.; γίνεται (ἔρχεται) φ. ἐκ τ. οὐρανῶν (ἐξ οὐρανοῦ), Mk 1:11, Lk 3:22, Jo 12:28, al. (cf. DCG, ii, 810a; Dalman, Words, 204 f.); ἀκούειν φωνήν (-ῆς; v.s. ἀκούω), Ac 9:4, 7 al.; φ. βοῶντος, Mt 3:3, Mk 1:3, Lk 3:4, Jo 1:23 (LXX); τ. θεοῦ, Jo 5:37, He 3:7, al. By meton.,
(α) of the speaker, βλέπειν τὴν φ., Re 1:12;
(β) speech, language ( Ge 11:1, IV Mac 12:7, al.): I Co 14:10;
(b) of inanimate things: Mt 24:31, Jo 3:8, Ac 2:6, Re 1:15b 9:9 14:2, al. (cf. Tr., Syn., § lxxxix).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

meaning of: φωνή

φωνή-ή, ἡ,

sound, tone, properly, the sound of the voice, whether of men or animals with lungs and throat (ἡ φωνήὴ ψόφος τίς ἐστιν ἐμψύχου [Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to φθόγγος (see. φθόγγος [Refs]

__I mostly of human beings, speech, voice, utterance, φ. ἄρρηκτος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φ. δέ οἱ αἰθέρ᾽ ἵκανεν, of Ajax' battle-cry, [Refs]; of the battle-cry of an army, Τρώων καὶ Ἀχαιῶν.. φ. δεινὸν ἀϋσάντων [Refs]: plural, of the cries of market-people, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀξεῖα, βαρυτέρα, λεία, τραχεῖα φ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μιαρά, ἀναιδής, [φωνήὴν ῥῆξαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.85, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 357 (\_anapaest meter\_); φ. ἱέναι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.2, 4.23, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 259d, etc.; φ. ἥσει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1295; προΐεσθαι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.23; ἀρθροῦν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.12; διαρθρώσασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 322a; ἐντείνασθαι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.157; φ. ἐπαρεῖ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.336; φωνήῇ ">Refs 5th c.BC+]with his voice, aloud, [φωνήῇ τὰ ἀπόρρητα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.51; διὰ ζώσης φωνήῆς Anonymus “Geog.Epit.” 1p.488M. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; μιᾷ φ. with one voice, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἀπὸ φωνήῆς, with genitive, dictated by.., [Refs 4th c.AD+] in Euc.Dat.p.234 M., [Refs 4th c.BC+] the notes of the voice, [φωνήαῖς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1306a32: proverbial, φωνήῇ ὁρᾶν, of a blind man, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 138 (\_anapaest meter\_)">Refs 5th c.BC+]; πᾶσαν, τὸ λεγόμενον, φ. ἱέντα, i.e. using every effort, [φωνήάς [prev. author] “R.” 475a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.195; φωνήὰς ἀπρεπεῖς προΐεντο “PTeb.” 802.15 (2nd c.BC). ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 the cry of animals, as of swine, dogs, oxen, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of asses, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the nightingale, song, [φωνήὰς ἀφίησι, τὰ δὲ ἄλλα μίαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 895a4. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.3 any articulate sound, opposed to inarticulate noise (ψόφος), φ. κωκυμάτων [φωνήῆς οὔσης κατὰ τὸν ἀέρα πολλάκις καὶ λόγου ἐν τῇ φωνήῇ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.4.12: στοιχεῖόν ἐστι φ. ἀδιαίρετος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1456b22 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; also especially of vowelsound, opposed to to that of consonants, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in literary criticism, of sound, opposed to meaning, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__I.4 of sounds made by inanimate objects, mostly poetical, κερκίδος φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; rare in early Prose, ὀργάνων φωνήαί [LXX+5th c.BC+]; φ. βροντῆς[LXX+NT]
__I.5 generally, sound, defined as ἀὴρ πεπληγμένος, πληγὴ ἀέρος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II faculty of speech, discourse, εἰ φωνήὴν λάβοι [φωνήὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήήτοις τινά [prev. author] “OC” 1283. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 language, hdt.[φωνήὴν ἥσομεν Παρνησίδα [prev. author] “Ch.” 563, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1397 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.5, 7.57, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 2.3, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 17d, etc.; τῶν βαρβάρων πρὶν μαθεῖν τὴν φ. [prev. author] “Tht.” 163b; κατὰ τὴν Ἀττικὴν τὴν παλαιὰν φ. [prev. author] “Cra.” 398d, compare 409e. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III phrase, saying, τὴν Σιμωνίδου φ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of formulae, στοιχειώματα καὶ φ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV report, rumour, [LXX]
__IV.b message, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__V loud talk, bragging, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Exod.20.18 ☩ LXX.Ps.103.7* ☩ Rev.1.15 ☩ LXX.Gen.45.16}