Lexical Summary phoneus: a murderer Original Word: φονεύςTransliteration: phoneus Phonetic Spelling: (fon-yooce') Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a murderer Meaning: a murderer Strong's Concordance murderer. From phonos; a murderer (always of criminal (or at least intentional) homicide; which anthropoktonos does not necessarily imply; while sikarios is a special term for a public bandit) -- murderer. see GREEK phonos see GREEK anthropoktonos see GREEK sikarios Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5406: φονεύςφονεύς, φονεως, ὁ (φόνος), from Homer down, a murderer, a homicide: Matthew 22:7; Acts 7:52; Acts 28:4; 1 Peter 4:15; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 22:15; ἀνήρ φονεύς (cf. ἀνήρ, 3), Acts 3:14. |