φωνέω

phōnéō · Greek · Strong's G5455 · 43 occurrences

The KJV renders 18 different Hebrew and Greek words as “cry”

What it means

to emit a sound (animal, human or instrumental); by implication, to address in words or by name, also in imitation

from G5456 (φωνή);

How the KJV renders it

call, crow, cry

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“cry”

also renders epiphōnéō (G2019), aphíēmi (G863), boḗ (G995), boáō (G994), krázō (G2896), kraugḗ (G2906), zᵉʻiq (H2200), zaʻaq (H2201), ʻârag (H6165), pâʻâh (H6463), tsᵉvâchâh (H6682), tsaʻăqâh (H6818), tsârach (H6873), qᵉrâʼ (H7123), rinnâh (H7440), shûwaʻ (H7769), shevaʻ (H7773)

“call”

also renders onomázō (G3687), epilégomai (G1951), kaléō (G2564), eréō (G2046), eponomázō (G2028), prosagoreúō (G4316), légō (G3004), qᵉrâʼ (H7123)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

43 occurrences in the Greek text, first 39 verses shown.

Acts 9:41 V-AAP-NSMActs 10:7 V-AAP-NSMActs 10:18 V-AAP-NPMActs 16:28 V-AAI-3SJohn 1:49 V-AANJohn 2:9 V-PAI-3SJohn 4:16 V-AAM-2SJohn 9:18 V-AAI-3PJohn 9:24 V-AAI-3PJohn 10:3 V-PAI-3SJohn 11:28 V-AAI-3SJohn 12:17 V-AAI-3SJohn 13:13 V-PAI-2PJohn 13:38 V-AAS-3SJohn 18:27 V-AAI-3SJohn 18:33 V-AAI-3SLuke 8:8 V-IAI-3SLuke 8:54 V-AAI-3SLuke 14:12 V-PAM-2SLuke 16:2 V-AAP-NSMLuke 16:24 V-AAP-NSMLuke 19:15 V-APNLuke 22:34 V-FAI-3SLuke 22:60 V-AAI-3SLuke 22:61 V-AANLuke 23:46 V-AAP-NSMMatthew 20:32 V-AAI-3SMatthew 26:34 V-AANMatthew 26:74 V-AAI-3SMatthew 26:75 V-AANMatthew 27:47 V-PAI-3SMark 1:26 V-AAP-NSNMark 9:35 V-AAI-3SMark 10:49 V-AAM-2PMark 14:30 V-AANMark 14:68 V-AAI-3SMark 14:72 V-AAI-3SMark 15:35 V-PAI-3SRevelation 14:18 V-AAI-3S

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.