Quick Definition
φονεύω v. I murder
Strong's Definition
from 5406; to be a murderer (of)
KJV Usage: kill, do murder, slay
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φονεύω phoneuō 12x
to put to death, kill, stay, Mt. 23:31, 35; absol. to commit murder, Mt. 5:21
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φονεύω
(< φονεύς), [in LXX chiefly for רָצַח ;]
to kill, murder. absol., Mt 5:21, Ja 4:2; μὴ (οὐ) φονεύσῃς (-εις), Mt 5:21 19:18, Mk 10:19, Lk 18:20, Ro 13:9, Ja 2:11 (all from Ex 20:13, 14); c. acc., Mt 23:31, 35, Ja 5:6.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φονεύω, “murder.” The document just cited s.v. φονεύς, BGU IV. 1024, shows the corr. verb several times, e.g. Y 76 οὖν Διόδημος ἐφόνευσεν τὴν πόρνην. Other exx. are P Grenf II. 3611 (B.C. 95) μὴ λυπεῖσθε ἐπὶ τοῖς χωρισθεῖσι. ὑπελαμβάνοσαν φονευθήσεσθαι, ‘do not grieve over the departed. They expected to be killed” (Edd.), 2. 84% (v/vi A.D.) vids τὸν εἴδιον πατέραν φωνεύσας Kal τοὺς νόμους φοβηθεὶς ἔφυγεν εἰς ἐρημίαν, P Oxy XVI. 1885" (Α.Ὁ. 509) ἐπιθεωρῆσαι [τὸν σχεδὸν φο]νευθέντα Σουροῦς, ‘to inspect the nearly murdered Sourous” (Edd.), and the hyperbolical use in P Lond 113. 12 (¢)* (vi/vii a.D.), where a petitioner for redress of injuries complains that he has been murdered— ὃ χρεώστης ἐφ[ό]νευσέν pe. See also στ. σφάζω and φαρμακός. [Is it possible that the above use of φονεύω throws light on the difficult Jas 4? 7] In Ἐν. Petr. 2 γέγραπται γὰρ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ ἥλιον μὴ δῦναι ἐπὶ πεφονευμένῳ, “' πεφονευμένῳ is strangely attributed to Herod, from whom we should have expected κεκρεμασμένῳ or the like: but it agrees with the anti-Judaic tone of the fragment ’’ (Swete).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
φονεύω (phoneuō) — to murder. φον-εύω, murder, kill, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with double accusative, [φόνον] φ. τινά [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be slain, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. of an animal, ἐὰν.. ζῷον.. τι φονεύσῃ τινά [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. stain with blood, φασγάνῳ δέρην [Refs 5th c.BC+]
