Word Summary
phthongos: a sound
Original Word: φθόγγοςTransliteration: phthongos
Phonetic Spelling: (ftong'-gos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a sound
Meaning: a sound
Strong's Concordance
sound.
From phtheggomai; utterance, i.e. A musical note (vocal or instrumental) -- sound.
see GREEK phtheggomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5353: φθόγγοςφθόγγος,
φθογγου,
ὁ (
φθέγγομαι, which see),
a musical sound, whether vocal or instrumental (Wis. 19:17):
1 Corinthians 14:7;
Romans 10:18, in this latter passive, Paul transfers what is said in
Psalm 18:5 () to the voices of the preachers of the gospel. (Homer, Tragg., Xenophon, Plato, others.)