φονεύς
phoneus
“murderer”
Definition
a murderer (always of criminal (or at least intentional) homicide; which G443 (ἀνθρωποκτόνος) does not necessarily imply; while G4607 (σικάριος) is a special term for a public bandit)
from G5408 (φόνος);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
G:N-M
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
φονεύς appears 7 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.
When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.