Lexical Definition

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

noise, sound, voice.

Usage: 10 forms in 123 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
φωνῶν of languages 1Cor.14.10
voices Rev.8.13
φωνῇ a voice Rev.5.2 • Rev.14.7 • Rev.14.9 • Rev.14.15 • Rev.19.17
in a voice Matt.27.46 • Matt.27.50 • Mark.1.26 • Mark.5.7 • Mark.15.34 • Luke.4.33 • Luke.8.28 • Luke.19.37 • Luke.23.46 • John.11.43 • Acts.7.57 • Acts.7.60 • Rev.5.12 • Rev.6.10 • Rev.7.2 • Rev.7.10 • Rev.8.13 • Rev.10.3 • Rev.14.18
to a voice Heb.12.19
voice Acts.8.7 • Acts.14.10 • Acts.16.28 • Acts.26.24 • 1Thess.4.16 • 2Pet.2.16 • Rev.18.2
φωνῆσ a voice Luke.17.15 • Acts.11.7 • Acts.22.7 • 2Pet.1.17 • Rev.11.12 • Rev.14.13 • Rev.21.3
sound 1Cor.14.11
voice John.5.25 • John.5.28 • John.10.3 • John.10.16 • John.10.27 • John.18.37 • Acts.9.7 • Acts.24.21 • Heb.3.7 • Heb.3.15 • Heb.4.7 • Rev.3.20 • Rev.16.1
φωνὴν a cry Mark.15.37
a sound Rev.19.6
a voice Luke.3.22 • Acts.9.4 • Acts.26.14 • Rev.6.6 • Rev.12.10 • Rev.14.2 • Rev.19.1
sound Rev.14.2 • Rev.14.2 • Rev.19.6
voice Matt.12.19 • Luke.9.36 • Luke.11.27 • Luke.17.13 • John.3.29 • John.5.37 • John.10.4 • Acts.2.14 • Acts.4.24 • Acts.12.14 • Acts.14.11 • Acts.22.9 • Acts.22.14 • Acts.22.22 • 2Pet.1.18 • Rev.1.12 • Rev.5.11 • Rev.6.7 • Rev.9.13 • Rev.18.4 • Rev.19.6
φωνὴ A voice Matt.2.18 • Matt.3.17 • Matt.17.5 • Mark.1.11 • Mark.9.7 • Luke.9.35 • John.1.23 • John.12.28 • Acts.10.13 • Acts.10.15 • Rev.6.1 • Rev.16.17 • Rev.19.5
a cry Acts.19.34
voice Matt.3.3 • Mark.1.3 • Luke.3.4 • John.12.30 • Acts.7.31 • Acts.11.9 • Acts.12.22 • Heb.12.26 • Rev.1.15 • Rev.1.15 • Rev.4.1 • Rev.10.8 • Rev.14.2 • Rev.18.23
φωνὰσ voices Acts.13.27
φωναῖσ with voices Luke.23.23
φωναὶ voices Luke.23.23 • Rev.11.15
φωνήν tone Gal.4.20
voice John.10.5
φωνάσ voice Rev.10.3

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

Book Refs
Genesis 11:1
Matthew 2:18 · 3:3 · 24:31
Mark 1:3 · 1:11
Luke 3:4 · 3:22 · 8:28 · 17:13
John 1:23 · 3:8 · 5:37 · 12:28
Acts 2:6 · 2:14 · 7:57 · 9:4 · 9:7
1 Corinthians 14:10
Hebrews 3:7
Revelation 1:12 · 1:15 · 5:12 · 9:9 · 14:2

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