φονεύω phoneuō

Greek word for “to murder” · Strong’s G5407 · used 12 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

φονεύω; (φονεύς); to kill, murder. absol.; μὴ (οὐ) φονεύσῃς (-εις), 19:18, (all from); with accusative.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for phoneuō in context, with how often each is used:

• will murder 2
• may murder 2
• shall you murder 2
• will you murder 1
• having murdered 1
• murdered 1
• do commit murder 1
• kill 1
• have put to death 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 23 (2), Matthew 5 (1), Matthew 19 (1), Mark 10 (1), Luke 18 (1), Romans 13 (1), James 2 (1), James 4 (1), James 5 (1)

Forms

• φονεύσεις 3
• φονεύσῃς 3
• ἐφονεύσατε 2
• φονεύσῃ 1
• φονευσάντων 1
• φονεύεις 1
• φονεύετε 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with phoneuō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• μοιχεύω moicheuō “to commit adultery” 5
• κλέπτω kleptō “to steal” 4
• ψευδομαρτυρέω pseudomartureō “to perjure” 3
• ἐντολή entolē “commandment” 3
• τιμάω timaō “to honor” 2
• ἐπιθυμέω epithumeō “to long for” 2
• δίκαιος dikaios “just” 2
• μήτηρ mētēr “mother” 2
• οἶδα oida “to know” 2
• υἱός uhios “son” 2
• πατήρ patēr “father” 2
• εἰ ei “if” 2

Key verses

The verses using phoneuō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:21 — Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
• Matthew 19:18 — He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
• Matthew 23:31 — Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
• Matthew 23:35 — That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew…
• Mark 10:19 — Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
• Luke 18:20 — Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
• Romans 13:9 — For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be…
• James 2:11 — For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
• James 4:2 — Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
• James 5:6 — Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.