phōneō · call, call out

What it means

phōneō (φωνέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “call, call out”.

Crow (of a rooster).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To call someone, or shout.
2. For the rooster to crow.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• called ×16
• calling ×6
• call ×5
• crowed ×5
• crows ×5
• calls ×2
• crow ×2
• crying out ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×5
• Mark×10
• Luke×10
• John×13
• Acts×4
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 20:32

  And Jesus stopped, called them, and said, “What do you want me to do for you?”

• Matthew 26:34

  Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you that on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”

• Matthew 26:74

  Then he began to call down curses and to swear: “I do not know the man.” And at once a rooster crowed.

• Matthew 26:75

  And Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.

• Matthew 27:47

  And some of those standing there, when they heard it, were saying, “This man is calling Elijah.”

• Mark 1:26

  And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him.

• Mark 9:35

  And sitting down, he called the Twelve and says to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.”

• Mark 10:49

  And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” And they call the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart; get up, he is calling you.”

• Mark 14:30

  And Jesus says to him, “Truly I tell you that you today, this night, before the rooster crows twice, will deny me three times.”

• Mark 14:68

  But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are saying.” And he went outside into the forecourt; and a rooster crowed.

• Mark 14:72

  And at once a second time a rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the word, how Jesus had said to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And breaking down, he was weeping.

• Mark 15:35

  And some of those standing by, hearing it, were saying, “Look, he is calling Elijah.”

• Luke 8:8

  And other seed fell into the good soil, and when it had grown, it produced fruit a hundredfold.” As he said these things, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”

• Luke 8:54

  But he, taking her hand, called out, saying, “Girl, get up.”

• Luke 14:12

  And he was also saying to the one who had invited him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not call your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid.

• Luke 16:2

  And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

• Luke 16:24

  And he called out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame.’

• Luke 19:15

  And it happened, when he returned, having received the kingdom, that he ordered these slaves, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, so that he might know what they had gained by doing business.

• Luke 22:34

  And he said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know me.”

• Luke 22:60

  But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are saying.” And immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

• Luke 22:61

  And the Lord turned and looked at Peter; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.”

• Luke 23:46

  And crying out with a loud voice, Jesus said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this, he breathed his last.

• John 1:48

  Nathanael says to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

• John 2:9

  When the master of the feast tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast calls the bridegroom

• John 4:16

  He says to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”

• John 9:18

  So the Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight

• John 9:24

  So for a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, “Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner.”

• John 10:3

  To him the gatekeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

• John 11:28

  And having said this, she went away and called her sister Mary privately, saying, “The Teacher is here and is calling you.”

• John 12:17

  So the crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead kept testifying.

• John 13:13

  You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and you are right, for so I am.

• John 13:38

  Jesus answers, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I tell you, the rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times.”

• John 18:27

  So Peter denied it again, and at once a rooster crowed.

• John 18:33

  So Pilate entered the praetorium again and called Jesus and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”

• Acts 9:41

  And giving her his hand, he raised her up; and calling the saints and the widows, he presented her alive.

• Acts 10:7

  And when the angel who was speaking to him had gone away, he called two of the household servants and a devout soldier from among those who were in constant attendance on him,

• Acts 10:18

  And calling out, they were asking whether Simon, who is called Peter, was staying as a guest there.

• Acts 16:28

  But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, “Do no harm to yourself, for we are all here!”

• Revelation 14:18

  And another angel came out from the altar, the one who has authority over the fire, and he called out with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Send in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”

And 4 more times.