Strong's G5406

φονεύς(phoneús)

Language:: Greek (New Testament)

Definition

a murderer (always of criminal (or at least intentional) homicide; which G443 (ἀνθρωποκτόνος) does not necessarily imply; while G4607 (σικάριος) is a special term for a public bandit)

Derivation

from G5408 (φόνος);

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, φονεύς is translated as: murderer.

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.