Vocabulary Form
φωνή, -ῆς, ἡ
Definition

sound, noise; voice

Erasmian
Modern
Root
φωνη
Frequency
139
GK
5889
Cognates

A phonograph is literally a "writer of sounds."

Mnemonics

I heard the sound of a voice on the phone.

Mnemonic Singing

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound,
that saved a wretch like me.

Song
Verse

“The wind blows wherever it chooses, and you hear its φωνή.” (John 3:8)

“And a φωνή from heaven said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved.’” (Matt 3:17)

Notes

The double meaning of "sound" and "voice," along with the double meaning of pneu:ma as "wind" and "spirit," creates the pun in John 3:8. "The wind/spirit blows wherever it wishes, and you do not hear its sound/voice."

Biblical Concordance

Acts 9:7 The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice (phōnēs | φωνῆς | gen sg fem) but seeing no one.
Acts 10:13 Then a voice (phōnē | φωνή | nom sg fem) came to him, “Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!”
Acts 10:15 And a voice (phōnē | φωνή | nom sg fem) came again, a second time, to him, “What God has made clean, you must not consider common.”
Acts 11:7 I also heard a voice (phōnēs | φωνῆς | gen sg fem) saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!’
Acts 11:9 But the voice (phōnē | φωνή | nom sg fem) replied a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, you must not consider common.’
Acts 12:14 When she recognized Peter’s voice (phōnēn | φωνήν | acc sg fem), because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran back inside and reported that Peter was standing at the gate.
Acts 12:22 But the crowd began to shout, “It is the voice (phōnē | φωνή | nom sg fem) of a god, and not of a man!”
Acts 13:27 For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances (phōnas | φωνάς | acc pl fem) of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
Acts 14:10 and said in a loud voice (phōnē | φωνῇ | dat sg fem), “Stand upright on your feet.” And he jumped up and began to walk.
Acts 14:11 And the crowds, seeing what Paul had done, lifted up their voices (phōnēn | φωνήν | acc sg fem), saying in the dialect of Lycaonia, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”
Acts 16:28 But Paul called out in a loud voice (phōnē | φωνῇ | dat sg fem), saying, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.”
Acts 19:34 But when they recognized that he was a Jew, a single cry (phōnē | φωνή | nom sg fem) went up from them all as they cried out for about two hours, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
Acts 22:7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice (phōnēs | φωνῆς | gen sg fem) saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
Acts 22:9 Now those who were with me saw the light but did not understand the voice (phōnēn | φωνήν | acc sg fem) of the one who was speaking to me.
Acts 22:14 And he said, ‘The God of our fathers has chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One and to hear a voice (phōnēn | φωνήν | acc sg fem) from his mouth.
Acts 22:22 They listened to him until this word, but then they raised their voices (phōnēn | φωνήν | acc sg fem) saying, saying “Away with such a fellow from the earth, for it is not right for him to live!”
Acts 24:21 other than this one utterance (phōnēs | φωνῆς | gen sg fem) that I cried out while standing among them: ‘It is regarding a resurrection for the dead that I am on trial before you this day.’”
Acts 26:14 And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice (phōnēn | φωνήν | acc sg fem) saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
Acts 26:24 As Paul was saying these things in his defense, Festus said in a loud voice (phōnē | φωνῇ | dat sg fem), “You are out of your mind, Paul! Much learning is driving you insane!”
1 Corinthians 14:7 It is the same with lifeless things that produce sound (phōnēn | φωνήν | acc sg fem), whether flute or harp; if they do not make a difference between notes, how will what is being played on the flute or the harp be understood?
1 Corinthians 14:8 Again, if the bugle gives an uncertain call (phōnēn | φωνήν | acc sg fem), who will get ready for battle?
1 Corinthians 14:10 There are who-knows-how-many kinds of languages (phōnōn | φωνῶν | gen pl fem) in the world, and none is without meaning.
1 Corinthians 14:11 But if I do not grasp the meaning of the language (phōnēs | φωνῆς | gen sg fem), I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.
Galatians 4:20 I wish I could be with you now and change my tone (phōnēn | φωνήν | acc sg fem), for I am perplexed about you.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 because the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice (phōnē | φωνῇ | dat sg fem) of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.