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In the New Testament, it is used to describe individuals who take life in violation of God's commandments, particularly the sixth commandment, "You shall not murder" (Exodus 20:13).<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, murder was considered a grave offense, both legally and morally. Jewish law, rooted in the Torah, also condemned murder as a serious sin against God and humanity. The act of murder was seen not only as a crime against the individual but also as an affront to the divine order established by God. In the New Testament context, murder is often associated with spiritual and moral corruption, reflecting a heart turned away from God.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 5406</b> <i>phoneús</i> – a murderer, committing unjustified, intentional homicide. <a href="/greek/5407.htm">See 5407</a> (<i>phoneuō</i>).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/5408.htm">phonos</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a murderer<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>murderer (3), murderers (4).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 5406: φονεύς</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">φονεύς</span></span>, <span class="greek2">φονεως</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> (<span class="greek2">φόνος</span>), from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down, <span class="accented">a murderer, a homicide</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/22-7.htm">Matthew 22:7</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/28-4.htm">Acts 28:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/4-15.htm">1 Peter 4:15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/21-8.htm">Revelation 21:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/22-15.htm">Revelation 22:15</a>; <span class="greek2">ἀνήρ</span> <span class="greek2">φονεύς</span> (cf. <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἀνήρ</span></span>, 3), <a href="/interlinear/acts/3-14.htm">Acts 3:14</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> [<span class="arttitle">SYNONYMS:</span> <span class="greek2">φονεύς</span> any <span class="accented">murderer</span> — the genus of which <span class="greek2">σικάριος</span> the <span class="accented">assassin</span> is a species; while <span class="greek2">ἀνθρωποκτόνος</span> (which see) has in the N. T. a special emphasis. <span class="abbreviation">Trench</span>, § lxxxiii.] <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>murderer. <p>From <a href="/greek/5408.htm">phonos</a>; a murderer (always of criminal (or at least intentional) homicide; which <a href="/greek/443.htm">anthropoktonos</a> does not necessarily imply; while <a href="/greek/4607.htm">sikarios</a> is a special term for a public bandit) -- murderer. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/5408.htm">phonos</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/443.htm">anthropoktonos</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4607.htm">sikarios</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>φονεα φονέα φονεις φονείς φονεῖς φονευς φονεύς φονεὺς φονευσι φονεύσι φονεῦσι φονεῦσιν φονευταί φονευτή φονευτήν φονευτής φονευτου φονευτού phonea phonéa phoneis phoneîs phoneus phoneús phoneùs phoneusin phoneûsin<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/22-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 22:7</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural">N-AMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/22.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀπώλεσεν τοὺς <b>φονεῖς</b> ἐκείνους καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> those <span class="itali">murderers</span> and set<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> those <span class="itali">murderers,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/22-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> he destroyed the <span class="itali">murderers</span> those and<p><b><a href="/text/acts/3-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 3:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ᾐτήσασθε ἄνδρα <b>φονέα</b> χαρισθῆναι ὑμῖν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and asked <span class="itali">for a murderer</span> to be granted<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> desired <span class="itali">a murderer</span> to be granted<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/3-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> requested a man <span class="itali">a murderer</span> to be granted to you<p><b><a href="/text/acts/7-52.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 7:52</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural">N-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">προδόται καὶ <b>φονεῖς</b> ἐγένεσθε </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> betrayers <span class="itali">and murderers</span> you have now<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the betrayers and <span class="itali">murderers:</span><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/7-52.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> betrayers and <span class="itali">murderers</span> have become<p><b><a href="/text/acts/28-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 28:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/28.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔλεγον Πάντως <b>φονεύς</b> ἐστιν ὁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> man <span class="itali">is a murderer,</span> and though he has been saved<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> is <span class="itali">a murderer,</span> whom,<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/28-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> they said By all means <span class="itali">a murderer</span> is the<p><b><a href="/text/1_peter/4-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Peter 4:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πασχέτω ὡς <b>φονεὺς</b> ἢ κλέπτης</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_peter/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of you suffers <span class="itali">as a murderer,</span> or<br><a href="/kjvs/1_peter/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> suffer as <span class="itali">a murderer,</span> or [as] a thief,<br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/4-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> let suffer as <span class="itali">a murderer</span> or thief<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/21-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 21:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Masculine Plural">N-DMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/21.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐβδελυγμένοις καὶ <b>φονεῦσιν</b> καὶ πόρνοις</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and abominable <span class="itali">and murderers</span> and immoral persons<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">murderers,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/21-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> abominable and <span class="itali">murderers</span> and the sexually immoral<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/22-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 22:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural">N-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/22.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ οἱ <b>φονεῖς</b> καὶ οἱ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and the immoral persons <span class="itali">and the murderers</span> and the idolaters,<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">murderers,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/22-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the <span class="itali">murderers</span> and the<p><b><a href="/greek/5406.htm">Strong's Greek 5406</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_5406.htm">7 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/phonea_5406.htm">φονέα — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/phoneis_5406.htm">φονεῖς — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/phoneus_5406.htm">φονεύς — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/phoneusin_5406.htm">φονεῦσιν — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/5405.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="5405"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="5405" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/5407.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="5407"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="5407" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>