φωνέω
phōneō
to call
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBased on the given data, the Greek word φωνέω (phōneō), with a Strong's number of G5455, means "to call." It is used 43 times in the Bible, indicating a significant range of usage across various contexts. The meaning of φωνέω can be applied in different situations, such as calling out for help, making a demand, or proclaiming a message. This versatility suggests that the concept of calling is fundamental to human communication and interaction. Understanding φωνέω helps us comprehend the diverse ways people engage with one another, from expressing needs to conveying important information. Given its frequent occurrence in the Bible, φωνέω's significance lies in its representation of a fundamental aspect of human nature: our need to communicate, interact, and connect with others. By analyzing this word, we gain insight into the ways people navigate social relationships and convey meaning through language, which is essential to building and maintaining community.
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Occurrences in Scripture
43 total occurrences across the text
Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”
Matthew 26:34Jesus said to him, “Most certainly I tell you that tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”
Matthew 26:74Then he began to curse and to swear, “I don’t know the man!” Immediately the rooster crowed.
Matthew 26:75Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” Then he went out and wept bitterly.
Matthew 27:47Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.”
Mark 1:26The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
Mark 9:35He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.”
Mark 10:49Jesus stood still, and said, “Call him.” They called the blind man, saying to him, “Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!”
Mark 10:49Jesus stood still, and said, “Call him.” They called the blind man, saying to him, “Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!”
Mark 10:49Jesus stood still, and said, “Call him.” They called the blind man, saying to him, “Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!”
Mark 14:30Jesus said to him, “Most certainly I tell you, that you today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”
Mark 14:68But he denied it, saying, “I neither know, nor understand what you are saying.” He went out on the porch, and the rooster crowed.
Mark 14:72The rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the word, how that Jesus said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” When he thought about that, he wept.
Mark 14:72The rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the word, how that Jesus said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” When he thought about that, he wept.
Mark 15:35Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.”
Luke 8:8Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and produced one hundred times as much fruit.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
Luke 8:54But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying, “Child, arise!”
Luke 14:12He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
Luke 16:2He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’
Luke 16:24He cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.’
Luke 19:15“When he had come back again, having received the kingdom, he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.
John 9:24So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”
Luke 22:34He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means crow today until you deny that you know me three times.”
Luke 22:60But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you are talking about!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.
Luke 22:61The Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the Lord’s word, how he said to him, “Before the rooster crows you will deny me three times.”
Luke 23:46Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.
John 1:48Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
John 2:9When the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and didn’t know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast called the bridegroom
John 4:16Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”
John 9:18The Jews therefore didn’t believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,
John 10:3The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
John 11:28When she had said this, she went away and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, “The Teacher is here and is calling you.”
John 11:28When she had said this, she went away and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, “The Teacher is here and is calling you.”
John 12:17The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead was testifying about it.
John 13:13You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’ You say so correctly, for so I am.
John 13:38Jesus answered him, “Will you lay down your life for me? Most certainly I tell you, the rooster won’t crow until you have denied me three times.
John 18:27Peter therefore denied it again, and immediately the rooster crowed.
John 18:33Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”
Acts 9:41He gave her his hand, and raised her up. Calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.
Acts 10:7When the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those who waited on him continually.
Acts 10:18and called and asked whether Simon, who was also called Peter, was lodging there.
Acts 16:28But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, “Don’t harm yourself, for we are all here!”
Revelation 14:18Another angel came out from the altar, he who has power over fire, and he called with a great voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Send your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for the earth’s grapes are fully ripe!”