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Strong's #5456 - φωνή
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- a sound, a tone
- of inanimate things, as musical instruments
- a voice
- of the sound of uttered words
- speech
- of a language, tongue
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φων-ή, ἡ,
sound, tone, prop., the sound of the voice, whether of men or animals with lungs and throat (ἡ φωνὴ ψόφος τίς ἐστιν ἐμψύχου Arist. de An. 420b5, cf. 29, HA 535a27, PA 664b1); opp. φθόγγος (v. φθόγγος 11):
I mostly of human beings, speech, voice, utterance, φ. ἄρρηκτος Il. 2.490; ἀτειρέα φ. 17.555; φ. δέ οἱ αἰθέρ' ἵκανεν, of Ajax' battle- cry, 15.686; of the battle- cry of an army, Τρώων καὶ Ἀχαιῶν.. φ. δεινὸν ἀϋσάντων 14.400: pl., of the cries of market-people, X. Cyr. 1.2.3; ὁ τόνος τῆς φ. Id. Cyn. 6.20, D. 18.280, Aeschin. 3.209; ὀξεῖα, βαρυτέρα, λεία, τραχεῖα φ., Pl. Ti. 67b; φ. μαλακή Ar. Nu. 979 (anap.); μιαρά, ἀναιδής, Id. Eq. 218, 638: with Verbs, φωνὴν ῥῆξαι Hdt. 1.85, Ar. Nu. 357 (anap.); φ. ἱέναι Hdt. 2.2, 4.23, Pl. Phdr. 259d, etc.; φ. ἥσει E. HF 1295; προΐεσθαι Aeschin. 2.23; ἀρθροῦν X. Mem. 1.4.12; διαρθρώσασθαι Pl. Prt. 322a; ἐντείνασθαι Aeschin. 2.157; φ. ἐπαρεῖ D. 19.336; φωνῇ with his voice, aloud, Il. 3.161, Pi. P. 9.29; εἶπε τῇ φωνῇ τὰ ἀπόρρητα Lys. 6.51; διὰ ζώσης φωνῆς Anon. Geog.Epit. 1p.488M.; μιᾷ φ. with one voice, Luc. Nigr. 14; ἀπὸ φωνῆς, c. gen., dictated by.., Choerob. in Thd. 1.103 tit., Marin. in Euc.Dat. p.234 M., Olymp. in Grg. p.1 N., Pall. in Hp. 2.1 D.: pl., αἱ φ. the notes of the voice, Pl. Grg. 474e; σχήμασι καὶ φωναῖς Arist. Rh. 1306a32: prov., φωνῇ ὁρᾶν, of a blind man, S. OC 138 (anap.); πᾶσαν, τὸ λεγόμενον, φ. ἱέντα, i.e. using every effort, Pl. Lg. 890d, cf. Euthd. 293a; πάσας ἀφιέναι φωνάς Id. R. 475a, D. 18.195; φωνὰς ἀπρεπεῖς προΐεντο PTeb. 802.15 (ii B. C.).
2. the cry of animals, as of swine, dogs, oxen, Od. 10.239, 12.86, 396; of asses, Hdt. 4.129; of the nightingale, song, Od. 19.521; ἄνθρωπος πολλὰς φωνὰς ἀφίησι, τὰ δὲ ἄλλα μίαν Arist. Pr. 895a4.
3. any articulate sound, opp. inarticulate noise (ψόφος), φ. κωκυμάτων S. Ant. 1206; ὥσπερ φωνῆς οὔσης κατὰ τὸν ἀέρα πολλάκις καὶ λόγου ἐν τῇ φωνῇ Plot. 6.4.12: στοιχεῖόν ἐστι φ. ἀδιαίρετος Arist. Po. 1456b22; also esp. of vowelsound, opp. to that of consonants, Pl. Tht. 203b, Arist. HA 535a32; in literary criticism, of sound, opp. meaning, Phld. Po. 5.20 (pl.), 21.
4. of sounds made by inanimate objects, mostly Poet., κερκίδος φ. S. Fr. 595; συρίγγων E. Tr. 127 (lyr.); αὐλῶν Mnesim. 4.56 (anap.); rare in early Prose, ὀργάνων φωναί Pl. R. 397a; freq. in LXX, ἡ φ. τῆς σάλπιγγος LXX Exodus 20:18; φ. βροντῆς ib. Psalms 104:7(103).7; ἡ φ. αὐτοῦ ὡς φ. ὑδάτων πολλῶν Revelation 1:15.
5. generally, sound, defined as ἀὴρ πεπληγμένος, πληγὴ ἀέρος, Zeno Stoic. 1.21, Chrysipp.ib.2.43.
II faculty of speech, discourse, εἰ φωνὴν λάβοι S. El. 548; παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά Id. OC 1283.
2. language, hdt. 4.114, 117; φ. ἀνθρωπηΐη Id. 2.55; ἀγνῶτα φ. βάρβαρον A. Ag. 1051; φωνὴν ἥσομεν Παρνησίδα Id. Ch. 563, cf. E. Or. 1397 (lyr.), Th. 6.5, 7.57, X. Cyn. 2.3, Pl. Revelation 17:1-18 d, etc.; τῶν βαρβάρων πρὶν μαθεῖν τὴν φ. Id. Tht. 163b; κατὰ τὴν Ἀττικὴν τὴν παλαιὰν φ. Id. Cra. 398d, cf. 409e.
III phrase, saying, τὴν Σιμωνίδου φ. Id. Prt. 341b; ἡ τοῦ Σωκράτους φ. Plu. 2.106b, cf. 330f, etc.; of formulae, στοιχειώματα καὶ φ. Epicur. Ephesians 1 p.4U., cf. Sent.Vat. 41 (= Metrod. Fr. 59); αἱ σκεπτικαὶ φ. S.E. P. 1.14, cf. Jul. Or. 5.162b, etc. report, rumour, LXX Genesis 45:16. message, Sammelb. 7252.21 (iii/iv A. D.). loud talk, bragging, Epicur. Sent.Vat. 45.
φωνή, φωνῆς, ἡ (φάω) to shine, make clear (cf. Curtius, § 407; Liddell and Scott, under the word φάω)), from Homer down, Hebrew קול:
1. a sound, tone: of inanimate things, as of musical instruments, Matthew 24:31 (T omits φωνῆς, WH give it only in marginal reading; cf. Buttmann, § 132, 10); 1 Corinthians 14:7; Revelation 14:2; Revelation 18:22 (Isaiah 18:3; Isaiah 24:8; Sir. 50:16; 1 Macc. 5:31; ὀργάνων, Plato, de rep. 3, p. 397a; συριγγων, Euripides, Tro. 127; ψαλτηρίου καί αὐλοῦ, Plutarch, mor., p. 713 c.); of wind, John 3:8; Acts 2:6; of thunder, Revelation 6:1; Revelation 14:2; Revelation 19:6, cf.
2. a voice, i. e. the sound of uttered words: λαλεῖν φωνάς, Revelation 10:3; those who begin to cry out or call to anyone are said τήν φωνήν αἴρειν, Luke 17:13; πρός τινα, Acts 4:24; φωνήν ἐπαίρειν, Luke 11:27; Acts 2:14; Acts 14:11; Acts 22:22; (φωνῆς ... ἐκέκραξα (or ἐκκράζειν), Acts 24:21 (cf. Buttmann, § 143, 11)); φωνή μεγάλη added to verbs: to λέγειν, Revelation 5:12; Revelation 8:13; (ἐν φωνή μεγάλη Revelation 14:7 (Lachmann omits ἐν;
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φωνή , -ῆς , ἡ ,
[in LXX chiefly and very freq. for H6963;]
a voice;
(a) prop., of persons, Matthew 2:18 (LXX), al.; φ . αἴρειν (ἐπαίρειν ), Luke 17:13, Acts 2:14, al.; φ . μεγάλῃ εἰπεῖν (λέγειω , φωνεῖν , etc.), Luke 8:28, Acts 7:57, Revelation 5:12, al.; γίνεται (ἔρχεται ) φ . ἐκ τ . οὐρανῶν (ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ), Mark 1:11, Luke 3:22, John 12:28, al. (cf. DCG, ii, 810a; Dalman, Words, 204 f.);ἀκούειν φωνήν (-ῆς ; vs. ἀκούω ), Acts 9:4; Acts 9:7, al.; φ . βοῶντος , Matthew 3:3, Mark 1:3, Luke 3:4, John 1:23 (LXX); τ . θεοῦ , John 5:37, Hebrews 3:7, al.
By meton.,
(α ) of the speaker, βλέπειν τὴν φ ., Revelation 1:12;
(β ) speech, language (Genesis 11:1, 4 Maccabees 12:7, al.): 1 Corinthians 14:10;
(b) of inanimate things: Matthew 24:31, John 3:8, Acts 2:6, Revelation 1:15 b, Revelation 9:9; Revelation 14:2, al. (cf. Tr., Syn., § LXXxix).
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a leek-coloured gem, akin to the beryl (Rev. 21:20) : cf. Pliny H.N. xxxvii. 32 ";vicinum genus huic est pallidius, et a quibusdam proprii generis existimatur vocaturque chrysoprasus.";
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