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

Hebrews 3:7 Therefore just as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice (phōnēs | φωνῆς | gen sg fem),
Hebrews 3:15 As it is said, “Today, if you hear his voice (phōnēs | φωνῆς | gen sg fem), do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.”
Hebrews 4:7 God again ordains a certain day — “today” — saying through David, after so long a time, just as it has been said before, “Today, if you hear his voice (phōnēs | φωνῆς | gen sg fem), do not harden your hearts.”
Hebrews 12:19 to the blast of a trumpet and a sound (phōnē | φωνῇ | dat sg fem) of words which made those who heard it beg that no further message be given to them,
Hebrews 12:26 At that time his voice (phōnē | φωνή | nom sg fem) shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more will I shake not only the earth but also the heaven.”
2 Peter 1:17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father when a voice (phōnēs | φωνῆς | gen sg fem) borne to him by the Majestic Glory proclaimed: “This is my Son, my Beloved, on whom my favor rests.”
2 Peter 1:18 We ourselves heard this voice (phōnēn | φωνήν | acc sg fem) borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain.
2 Peter 2:16 But he was rebuked for his own transgression — a dumb donkey, speaking with the voice (phōnē | φωνῇ | dat sg fem) of a man, restrained the madness of the prophet.
Revelation 1:10 I was in the spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice (phōnēn | φωνήν | acc sg fem) like a trumpet,
Revelation 1:12 And I turned to see the voice (phōnēn | φωνήν | acc sg fem) that was speaking to me, and when I had turned I saw seven golden lampstands,
Revelation 1:15 His feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice (phōnē | φωνή | nom sg fem) was like the roar (phōnē | φωνή | nom sg fem) of many waters.
Revelation 3:20 Take note! I am standing at the door and knocking. If anyone hears my voice (phōnēs | φωνῆς | gen sg fem) and opens the door, I will enter his house and eat with him, and he with me.
Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice (phōnē | φωνή | nom sg fem), which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”
Revelation 4:5 Out from the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings (phōnai | φωναί | nom pl fem), and peals of thunder. Seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God, were burning before the throne,
Revelation 5:2 And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming in a loud voice (phōnē | φωνῇ | dat sg fem), “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”
Revelation 5:11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice (phōnēn | φωνήν | acc sg fem) of many angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and their number was ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands,
Revelation 5:12 saying with a loud voice (phōnē | φωνῇ | dat sg fem), “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and praise!”
Revelation 6:1 Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with (phōnē | φωνή | dat sg fem) a voice (phōnē | φωνή | dat sg fem) like thunder, “Come!”
Revelation 6:6 And I heard what seemed to be a voice (phōnēn | φωνήν | acc sg fem) in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, but do not harm the oil and the wine!”
Revelation 6:7 And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice (phōnēn | φωνήν | acc sg fem) of the fourth living creature saying, “Come!”
Revelation 6:10 And they cried out with a loud voice (phōnē | φωνῇ | dat sg fem), saying, “How long, O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, before you bring judgment and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
Revelation 7:2 Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice (phōnē | φωνῇ | dat sg fem) to the four angels who had been given power to harm the earth and the sea,
Revelation 7:10 and they cried out in a loud voice (phōnē | φωνῇ | dat sg fem), saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb!”
Revelation 8:5 Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it down on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings (phōnai | φωναί | nom pl fem), flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
Revelation 8:13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with (phōnē | φωνῇ | dat sg fem) a loud voice (phōnē | φωνῇ | dat sg fem) as it flew directly overhead, “Woe, woe, woe to those who live on the earth because of the blasts (phōnōn | φωνῶν | gen pl fem) of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”