Definition:
φωνή, -ῆς, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for קוֹל;] a voice; (a) prop, of persons, Mat.2:18 (LXX), al; φ. αἴρειν (ἐπαίρειν), Luk.17:13, Act.2:14, al; φ. μεγάλῃ εἰπεῖν (λέγειν, φωνεῖν, etc.), Luk.8:28, Act.7:57, Rev.5:12, al; γίνεται (ἔρχεται) φ. ἐκ τ. οὐρανῶν (ἐξ οὐρανοῦ), Mrk.1:11, Luk.3:22, Jhn.12:28, al. (cf. DCG, ii, 810a; Dalman, Words, 204f.); ἀκούειν φωνήν (-ῆς; see: ἀκούω), Act.9:4, 7 al; φ. βοῶντος, Mat.3:3, Mrk.1:3, Luk.3:4, Jhn.1:23 " (LXX); τ. θεοῦ, Jhn.5:37, Heb.3:7, al. By meton, (α) of the speaker, βλέπειν τὴν φ, Rev.1:12; (β) speech, language (Gen.11:1, 4Ma.12:7, al.): 1Co.14:10; (b) of inanimate things: Mat.24:31, Jhn.3:8, Act.2:6, Rev.1:15 b 9:9 14:2, al. (cf. Tr, Syn., §lxxxix). (AS)
Definition:
φων-ή, ἡ,
sound, tone, properly,
the sound of the voice, whether of men or animals with lungs and throat (ἡ φωνὴ ψόφος τίς ἐστιν ἐμψύχου [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to φθόγγος (see. φθόγγος [
Refs]
I) mostly of human beings,
speech, voice, utterance, φ. ἄρρηκτος [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; φ. δέ οἱ αἰθέρ᾽ ἵκανεν, of Ajax' battle-
cry, [
Refs]; of the battle-
cry of an army, Τρώων καὶ Ἀχαιῶν. φ. δεινὸν ἀϋσάντων [
Refs]:
plural, of the
cries of market-people, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀξεῖα, βαρυτέρα, λεία, τραχεῖα φ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μιαρά, ἀναιδής, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
with his voice, aloud, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; μιᾷ φ.
with one
voice, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἀπὸ φωνῆς, with
genitive,
dictated by, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
in Euc.Dat.p.234 M, [
Refs 4th c.BC+] the
notes of the voice, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πᾶσαν, τὸ λεγόμενον, φ. ἱέντα, i.e. using every effort, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2) the
cry of animals, as of swine, dogs, oxen, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of asses, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the nightingale,
song, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.3)
any articulate sound, opposed to inarticulate noise (ψόφος), φ. κωκυμάτων [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also especially of
vowelsound, opposed to to that of consonants, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; in literary criticism, of
sound, opposed to meaning, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
I.4) of
sounds made by inanimate objects, mostly poetical, κερκίδος φ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; rare in early Prose, ὀργάνων φωναί [
LXX+5th c.BC+]; φ. βροντῆς[
LXX+NT]
I.5) generally,
sound, defined as ἀὴρ πεπληγμένος, πληγὴ ἀέρος, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II)
faculty of speech, discourse, εἰ φωνὴν λάβοι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2)
language, hdt.[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
phrase, saying, τὴν Σιμωνίδου φ. [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; of
formulae, στοιχειώματα καὶ φ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV)
report, rumour, [
LXX]
IV.b)
message, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
V)
loud talk, bragging, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]