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ΦΩΝΈΩ

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ΦΩΝΈΩ: φωνέω, -ῶ [ (< φωνή), [in LXX for קרא (Je 17:11, al.), etc. ;] ] I. . Intrans.

1. . Of persons, to call out, cry out, speak aloud: Lk 8:8; φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, Mk 1:26, Ac 16:28; ἐφώνησε (φωνῇ μεγάλῇ) λέγων, Lk 8:54, Re 14:18; φωνήσαντες ἐπύθοντο, Ac 10:18.

2. . Of the cries of animals (rarely in cl.; Is 38:14, Je, l.c.): of a cock, to crow, Mt 263, Mk 14, Lk 223, Jo 13:38 18:27.

II. . Trans. (in cl. chiefly poët.), c. acc. pers., to call, summon, invite: Mt 20:32 27:47, Mk 9:35 10:49 15:35, Lk 14:12 16:2 19:15, Jo 1:49 2:9 4:16 10:3 11:28 12:17 18:33, Ac 9:41 10:7; to address, call by name (Soph.), Jo 13:13 (cf. ἀνα-, ἐπι-, προσ-, συν-φωνέω).†

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