What does φθόγγος (phthóngos) mean in the Bible?
φθόγγος (phthóngos) is a Greek word meaning "sound".
Greek · G5353
φθόγγος
Sound
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φθόγγος G5353
Pronunciation phthóngos
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 It notes 1× 1 Corinthians 14:7
voice 1× Romans 10:18
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 10:18
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Romans 1 1 Corinthians 1
Source forms
φθόγγοις 1x phthongois 1 Corinthians 14:7
φθόγγος 1x phthongos Romans 10:18
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Corinthians 14:7
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Romans 10:18
Evidence Summary
Greek word. sound
Strong's G5353
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
sound
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 10:18 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
φθόγγος fqoggov
a sound
Read verse 1 Corinthians 14:7 Noun Dative Plural Masculine
φθόγγοις fqoggoiv
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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Dative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Rom 10:18 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 14:7 1×
Word Origins
φθόγγος is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain