Quick Definition
φόνος, ου, ὁ n.m. murder, slaughter
Strong's Definition
from an obsolete primary pheno (to slay); murder
KJV Usage: murder, + be slain with, slaughter
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φόνος, -ov, ὁ, (ΦΕΝΩ ; cf. φόβος, init.), fr. Hom. down, murder, slaughter: Mk. xv. 7; Lk. xxiii. 19, 25; Acts ix. 1; Ro.i. 29; ἐν φόνῳ μαχαίρας, Heb. xi. 37 (Ex. xvii. 13; Num. xxi. 24; Deut. xiii.15; xx.13); plur. φόνοι, murders: Mt.xv.19; Mk. vii. 21; Gal. v. 21 [T WH om. L Tr br. gov.]; Rev. ix. 21.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φόνος phonos 9x
a killing, slaughter, murder, Mt. 15:19; Mk. 7:21; 15:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φόνος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX for דָּם, פֶּה, etc. ;]
murder, slaughter: Mk 15:7, Lk 23:19, 25, Ac 9:1, Ro 1:29; φ. μαχαίρης (cf. Ex 17:13, al.), He 11:37; pl., Mt 15:19, Mk 7:21, Re 9:21.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φόνος, ““murder”’: cf. P Tebt I. 5° (B.c. 118), where an amnesty is granted by Ptolemy and Cleopatra to all their subjects π]λὴν τ[ῶν φόν]ους ἑκουσίοις Kal ἱεροσυλίαις ἐνεχομ[ένων, ‘except to persons guilty of wilful murder or sacrilege” (Edd.). In 26. 144 (B.c. 114) notice is sent to a certain Heras εὐθυνομένωι (“arraigned”). . . φόνωι kal ἄλλαις ait(a<t>s, where the reference may be to ‘manslaughter ” rather than to actual ‘‘ murder”: see Archév ii. p- 498 f. Add P Amh II. 66%4 (a.D. 124) Στοτοήτιος λέγοντος evkekA[n κέναι τοῖς [π]Ἰερὶ Σαταβοῦν φόνου ἐπί] τῷ ἀδελφῶι αὐτοῦ, “᾿ Stotoétis stated that he had accused Satabous and his friends of murder committed against his brother” (Edd.), and Gnomon 36 (¢c. A.D. 150) (= BGU V. p. 20) τῶν ἐπὶ φόνοις ἢ μίζοσιν ἁμαρτήμασιν κολαζομένων.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
φόνος (phonos) — murder. φόνος, ὁ, (θείνω) murder, slaughter, τεύξασα πόσει φόνον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of arrows, φ. προπέμπειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν Δωριέος πρὸς Ἐγεσταίων φόνον ἐκπρήξασθαι exact vengeance for the killing.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ ζῴων φόνου καὶ μὴ φόνου ὧδε ἔχει killing or not-killing, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; in poetry phrases, φ. συρίζειν, κινύρεσθαι, πνεῖν, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; φ. τινός the murder of.., [Refs]; φ. Ἑλληνικὸς μέγιστος slaughter of Greeks, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολύκερως, ἄρνειος φ., [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. in law, murder, homicide, δικάζειν τοὺς βασιλέας αἰτιῶν φόνου Legal Dracontis cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+] fleeing from.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔνοχοι τῷ φόνῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φόνου καθαρός, ἁγνός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαγχάνονται αἱ τοῦ φ. δίκαι πρὸς [τὸν βασιλέα] [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. death as a punishment, φ. προκεῖσθαι δημόλευστον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. blood when shed, gore, ἂμ φόνον, ἂν νέκυας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a sacrifice, ταυρείου φόνου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; rarely in Prose of blood, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. corpse, πρὶν ἴδω τὸν Ἑλένας φόνον.. κείμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
6. rascal that deserves death, gallowsbird, a Dorian phrase, [Refs]
II. of the agent or instrument of slaughter, φόνον ἔμμεναι ἡρώεσσι to be a death to heroes, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of poison, [LXX]; without ἐν, [LXX]
III. ={ἀτρακτυλίς}, [Refs 4th c.BC+]