UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: φωνή; -ῆς

Related lemmas: φωνέω

Sense 1: sound

Semantic entry: 14.74

Semantic domains: Physical Events and States

Subdomains: Sound

Definition: any type of sound, including human speech, but normally a distinctive type of sound as opposed to confused noise

Notes: In many languages an important distinction is made between verbal sounds, that is to say, the sounds of speech, and non-verbal sounds. In some languages musical sounds also require a very special type of terminology, often with distinctions made depending upon the type of instrument involved.

LUK 1:44: RV LUK 1:44 · LV LUK 1:44 · Read together LUK 1:44

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OET-RV LUK 1:44

44 You see, as soon as I heard your greeting, the baby in my womb kicked with excitement,

OET-LV LUK 1:44

44 For/Because see, as the voice of _the greeting of _you became into the ears of _me, the baby in the womb of _me kicked in.
exultation.

JHN 3:8: RV JHN 3:8 · LV JHN 3:8 · Read together JHN 3:8

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OET-RV JHN 3:8

8 The wind blows wherever it wants, and you can hear its sound but you can’t actually see where it’s coming from or where it’s going to. So too with everyone who’s born from God’s spirit.”

OET-LV JHN 3:8

8 The spirit it _is _blowing where is _wanting, and you _are _hearing the sound of _it, but you _have_ not _known from _where it _is _coming, and where it _is _going, thus is everyone which having _been _born of the spirit.

All 17 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 1:44 · LV LUK 1:44 · Read together LUK 1:44

JHN: RV JHN 3:8 · LV JHN 3:8 · Read together JHN 3:8

ACT: RV ACT 2:6 · LV ACT 2:6 · Read together ACT 2:6

CO1: RV CO1 14:7–8 · LV CO1 14:7–8 · Read together CO1 14:7–8

GAL: RV GAL 4:20 · LV GAL 4:20 · Read together GAL 4:20

HEB: RV HEB 12:19 · LV HEB 12:19 · Read together HEB 12:19

REV: RV REV 1:15 · RV REV 4:5 · RV REV 8:5 · RV REV 9:9 · RV REV 10:7 · RV REV 11:19 · RV REV 14:2 · RV REV 16:18 · RV REV 18:22 · RV REV 19:6 · LV REV 1:15 · LV REV 4:5 · LV REV 8:5 · LV REV 9:9 · LV REV 10:7 · LV REV 11:19 · LV REV 14:2 · LV REV 16:18 · LV REV 18:22 · LV REV 19:6 · Read together REV 1:15 · Read together REV 4:5 · Read together REV 8:5 · Read together REV 9:9 · Read together REV 10:7 · Read together REV 11:19 · Read together REV 14:2 · Read together REV 16:18 · Read together REV 18:22 · Read together REV 19:6

Sense 2: voice

Semantic entry: 33.103

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Speak, Talk

Definition: the human voice as an instrument of communication

Notes: In a number of languages one cannot speak of a voice without identifying who is speaking, and since the context indicates clearly that this is God, one can only say ‘God’s voice came from the cloud’ or ‘God spoke from a cloud.’

MAT 3:3: RV MAT 3:3 · LV MAT 3:3 · Read together MAT 3:3

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OET-RV MAT 3:3