Quick Definition
φωνέω v. I crow, shout, summon
Strong's Definition
from 5456; to emit a sound (animal, human or instrumental); by implication, to address in words or by name, also in imitation
KJV Usage: call (for), crow, cry
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀλεκτοροφωνία · ἀναφωνέω · ἀσύμφωνος · ἄφωνος · ἐπιφωνέω · κενοφωνία · προσφωνέω · συμφωνέω · συμφώνησις · συμφωνία · σύμφωνον · φωνή
33.307 · Communication · Call
to call, to summon to communicate directly or indirectly to someone who is presumably at a distance, in order to tell such a person to come
MAT 20:32 · MAT 27:47 · MRK 9:35 · MRK 10:49 · MRK 10:49 · MRK 10:49 · MRK 15:35 · LUK 16:2 · LUK 19:15 · JHN 1:48 · JHN 2:9 · JHN 4:16 · JHN 9:18 · JHN 9:24 · JHN 10:3 · JHN 11:28 · JHN 11:28 · JHN 12:17 · JHN 18:33 · ACT 9:41 · ACT 10:7
33.77 · Communication · Speak, Talk
to cry out, to shout, to call out, to speak loudly to speak with considerable volume or loudness
MRK 1:26 · LUK 8:8 · LUK 8:54 · LUK 16:24 · LUK 23:46 · ACT 10:18 · ACT 16:28 · REV 14:18
33.131 · Communication · Name
to call, to name to use an attribution in speaking of a person It is not always possible to determine from the context whether the act involved is an initial naming of a person or simply calling a person by a particular name. Likewise in the case of attributions or titles, it is not always possible to determine whether it is a matter of giving an attribution or title to a person or simply a matter of speaking of or to a person by means of such an attribution or title. In some instances the giving of a title may be made indirect. For example, in MAT 1:23 the statement ‘and they will call his name Emmanuel’ suggests the giving of a title, but the process is stated in terms of how people will speak of this person.
14.76 · Physical Events and States · Sound
to sound to produce a sound Though in MAT 26:75 one may wish to use a more specific term such as ‘crows,’ the meaning of φωνέω[e] is simply ‘to produce a sound.’
MAT 26:34 · MAT 26:74 · MAT 26:75 · MRK 14:30 · MRK 14:68 · MRK 14:72 · MRK 14:72 · LUK 22:34 · LUK 22:60 · LUK 22:61 · JHN 13:38 · JHN 18:27
1 It is possible that φωνέω[a] differs from καλέω[c] in focusing somewhat more upon the loudness of voice, but this cannot be determined from existing contexts. 2 It is possible that ἀναφωνέω implies somewhat greater volume of sound than φωνέω[b] and that ἐπιφωνέω focuses more upon the content or upon the person or persons to whom a message is directed, but these distinctions cannot be readily determined on the basis of available contexts. 3 It is possible that παρακαλέω[b] differs somewhat in meaning from καλέω[e] and φωνέω[d] in implying some greater degree of urging.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φωνέω, -4; impf. 3 pers. sing. ἐφώνει; fut. φωνήσω ; 1 aor. ἐφώνησα; 1 aor. inf. pass. φωνηθῆναι ; (φωνή); 1. -as fr. Hom. down, intrans. to sound, emit a sound, to speak: of a cock, to crow, Mt. xxvi. 84, 74 sq.; Mk. xiv. 30, 68 [L br. WH om. the el. (see the latter’s App. ad loe.)], 72; Lk. xxii. 34, 60 sq.; Jn. xiii. 838; xviii. 27, (of the cries of other animals, Is. xxxviii. 14; Jer. xvii. 11; Zeph. ii. 14 ; rarely so in prof. auth. as [ Aristot. (see L. and S. s. v. I. 2)], Aesop. fab. 36 [225 ed. Halm]); of men, to ery, cry out, cry aloud, speak with a loud voice: foll. by the words uttered, Lk. viii. 8; with φωνῇ μεγάλῃ added [(cf. W. § 32, 2 fin.), Mk. i. 26 T Tr WH]; Acts xvi. 28; ἐφώνησε λέγων, Lk. viii. 54; φωνήσας εἶπεν, Lk. xvi. 24; φωνήσας φωνῇ pey. εἶπεν, Lk. xxiii. 46; ἐφών. κραυγῇ [LT Tr WH φωνῇ] pey. λέγων, Rev. xiv. 18; Ἰφωνήσαντες ἐπυνθάνοντο (WH txt. ἐπύθοντο), Acts x. 18]. 2. as fr. [Hom. Od. 24, 5851 Soph. down, pwvn trans. a. to call, call to one’s self: twa, —either by one’s own voice, Mt. xx. 32; xxvii. 47; Mk. ix. 35; x. 49 [cf. B.§ 141, 5 fin.]; xv. 35; Jn. i. 48 (49); ii. 9; iv. 16; x.3 LT Tr WH; xi. 28"; xviii. 33; Acts ix. 41; x. 7;—or through another; to send for, summon: Mk. iil. 31 RG; Lk. xvi. 2; Jn. ix. 18, 24; xi. 28>; εἶπε φωνη: θῆναι αὐτῷ τούς κτλ. LK. xix. 15; hav. τινα ἐκ, with ἃ gen of the place, to call out of (i.e. bid one to quit a place and come to one), Jn. xii. 17. b. to invite: Lk. xiv 128 c. i. q. to address, accost, call by a name: τινά, foll. by a nom. of the title (see W. § 29,1; [B.§131, 87), ὅπ. xiii. 18. [Comp.: ἀνα-, ἐπι-, προσ-, συμ-φωνέω.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φωνέω phōneō 43x
to sound, utter a sound; of the cock, to crow, Mt. 26:34, 74, 75; to call, or cry out, exclaim, Lk. 8:8, 54; 16:24; 23:46; to call to, Mt. 27:47; Mk. 3:31; to call, Jn. 13:13; to call, summon, Mt. 20:32; to invite to a feast, Lk. 14:12
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φωνέω, -ῶ
(< φωνή), [in LXX for קרא (Je 17:11, al.), etc. ;]
Intrans.
Of persons, to call out, cry out, speak aloud: Lk 8:8; φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, Mk 1:26, Ac 16:28; ἐφώνησε (φωνῇ μεγάλῇ) λέγων, Lk 8:54, Re 14:18; φωνήσαντες ἐπύθοντο, Ac 10:18.
Of the cries of animals (rarely in cl.; Is 38:14, Je, l.c.): of a cock, to crow, Mt 263, Mk 14, Lk 223, Jo 13:38 18:27.
Trans. (in cl. chiefly poët.), c. acc. pers., to call, summon, invite: Mt 20:32 27:47, Mk 9:35 10:49 15:35, Lk 14:12 16:2 19:15, Jo 1:49 2:9 4:16 10:3 11:28 12:17 18:33, Ac 9:41 10:7; to address, call by name (Soph.), Jo 13:13 (cf. ἀνα-, ἐπι-, προσ-, συν-φωνέω).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φωνέω, ‘ery out,” ‘‘shout”: cf. BGU III. 9258 (iii/a.p.) μετὰ τὴ (ν») [ἀ]ν[ἀγ]νίωσιν] ἡ βουλὴ ἐφώνησεν: "Εἰλλειμμά éomw ..., and P Oxy XVII. 2rio® (Α.}. 370) οἱ βουλευταὶ ἐφώνησαν’ κύριον τὸ κατὰ κῆραν, ** The senators cried, ‘ What is on the tablet is valid’” (Ed.). The word, which is used of the ‘‘crowing” of a cock in Mt 268 αλ., gives place to κοκκύζω in the new Rainer frag(Atitthetlungen aus der Sammlung der Papyrus ment
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
φωνέω (phōneō) — to call. φων-έω, (φωνή) produce a sound or tone:
I. properly of men, speak loud or clearly, or simply, speak, give utterance, [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist (present and imperfect only in compounds); ὣς ἄρα φωνήσας ἀπέβη [Refs 8th c.BC+]; καί μιν φωνήσας ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα addressed him with a loud voice in winged words, [Refs]; φωνοῦντος ἢ ἠχοῦντος ἢ ψοφοῦντος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; followed by the words spoken, φώνησε (φώνασε codices) δ᾽, εὕδεις, βασιλεῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ βουλευταὶ ἐφώνησαν.. the Senators exclaimed.., [Refs 4th c.AD+]; “βέκος φ. utter the word βέκος, [Refs 5th c.BC+] having made her voice sound, [Refs 8th c.BC+] adjective, φ. μέγιστον ἀνθρώπων to have the loudest voice, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεινὸν φ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, cry aloud, as in joy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a singer, ἀοιδὸς.. αἰόλα φωνέων [Refs 3rd c.BC+] —passive, τὰ φωνηθέντα sounds or words uttered, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2. of animals, utter their cries, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of birds,[Refs]; [τὰ σελάχη] φωνεῖν οὐκ ὀρθῶς ἔχει φάναι, ψοφεῖν δέ[LXX]; of the cock, crow, [NT]
I.3. as law-term, affirm, testify in court, [Refs]
I.4. of a musical instrument, sound, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of sounds, ἡδὺ φωνεῖν sound sweetly, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; but βροντὴ φ. it has a voice, is significant, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.5. ἄφωνα καὶ φωνοῦντα consonants and vowels, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. with accusative person, call by name, call, Αἴαντα φωνῶ I call 'Ajax' [NT+5th c.BC+]; call by a name, ὑμεῖς φωνεῖτέ με ὁ διδάσκαλος [NT]:—passive, to be called, τὰ ἀρχαῖα ἐκπώματα κισσύβια φωνέεται [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.2. φ. τινα with infinitive, command, σὲ φωνῶ νεκρὸν.. μὴ συγκομίζειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. invite, τοὺς φίλους [NT]
II.4. with dative person, call to, cry to, Ζεῦ ἄνα, σοὶ φωνῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. with accusative of things, speak or tell of, προσβολὰς Ἐρινύων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁδοῦ τέλος.. οἷον οὐδὲ φωνῆσαί τινι ἔξεσθ᾽ tell to any one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. τὸ Ἐπιχάρμειον recite it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]