Murder <1,,5408, phonos>
is used (a) of a special act, Mar 15:7, Luk 23:19, Luk 23:25; (b) in the plural, of "murders" in general, Mat 15:19, Mar 7:21 (Gal 5:21, in some inferior mss.); Rev 9:21; in the singular, Rom 1:29; (c) in the sense of "slaughter," Heb 11:37, "they were slain with the sword," lit., "(they died by) slaughter (of the sword);" in Act 9:1, "slaughter." See SLAUGHTER.
Note: In Mat 19:18, AV, phoneuo, "to kill" (akin to phoneus, see below), is translated "thou shalt do (no) murder" (RV, "thou shalt (not) kill"). See KILL, SLAY.
