What does φθόγγος (phthóngos) mean in the Bible?
φθόγγος (phthóngos) is a Greek word meaning "sound".
Greek · G5353
φθόγγος
Sound
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φθόγγοςG5353
Pronunciationphthóngos
What does φθόγγος (phthóngos) mean in the Bible?
φθόγγος (phthóngos) is a Greek word meaning "sound".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5353?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include notes (1), voice (1).
Where does φθόγγος (phthóngos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 10:18. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itnotes1×1 Corinthians 14:7
voice1×Romans 10:18
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowRomans 10:18
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Romans11 Corinthians1
Source forms
φθόγγοις1xphthongois1 Corinthians 14:7
φθόγγος1xphthongosRomans 10:18
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural1x1 Corinthians 14:7
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular1xRomans 10:18
Evidence Summary
Greek word. sound
Strong'sG5353
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
sound
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 10:18Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
φθόγγοςfqoggov
a sound
Read verse1 Corinthians 14:7Noun Dative Plural Masculine
φθόγγοιςfqoggoiv
a sound
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternDative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineRom 10:181×
Dative · Plural · Masculine1 Cor 14:71×
Word Origins
φθόγγος is built from this root: