φωνή, -ῆς, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly and very freq. for קוֺל;]
a voice;
(a) prop., of persons, Mt 2:18(LXX), al.; φ. αἴρειν (ἐπαίρειν), Lk 17:13, Ac 2:14, al.; φ. μεγάλῃ εἰπεῖν (λέγειν, φωνεῖν, etc.), Lk 8:28, Ac 7:57, Re 5:12, al.; γίνεται (ἔρχεται) φ. ἐκ τ. οὐρανῶν (ἐξ οὐρανοῦ), Mk 1:11, Lk 3:22, Jo 12:28, al. (cf. DCG, ii, 810a; Dalman, Words, 204 f.); ἀκούειν φωνήν (-ῆς; v.s. ἀκούω), Ac 9:4, 7 al.; φ. βοῶντος, Mt 3:3, Mk 1:3, Lk 3:4, Jo 1:23(LXX); τ. θεοῦ, Jo 5:37, He 3:7, al. By meton.,
(α) of the speaker, βλέπειν τὴν φ., Re 1:12;
(β) speech, language (Ge 11:1, IV Mac 12:7, al.): I Co 14:10;
(b) of inanimate things: Mt 24:31, Jo 3:8, Ac 2:6, Re 1:15b9:914:2, al. (cf. Tr., Syn., § lxxxix).