2279. échos
Strong's Concordance
échos: a noise, sound
Original Word: ἦχος, ου, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: échos
Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-khos)
Short Definition: a sound, rumor
Definition: (a) a sound, noise, (b) a rumor, report.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2279: ἦχος

ἦχος (cf. Latinecho,vox, German sprechen, etc.; Vanicek, p. 858), ἤχου, , and (Luke 21:25 G L T Tr WH) τό ἦχος, ἐχους (cf. Winers Grammar, 65 (64); (Buttmann, 23 (20)); Delitzsch on Hebrews 12:19, p. 638; (or ἤχους may come from ἤχῳ, ἤχους, see especially WH's Appendix, p. 158b; Meyer on Luke as below));

1. a sound, noise: Acts 2:2; Hebrews 12:19; spoken of the roar of the sea's waves," Luke 21:25 G L T Tr WH.

2. rumor, report: περί τίνος, Luke 4:37.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
fame, sound.

Of uncertain affinity; a loud or confused noise ("echo"), i.e. Roar; figuratively, a rumor -- fame, sound.

Forms and Transliterations
ήχοι ήχον ηχος ήχος ἦχος ήχου ηχους ήχους ἠχοῦς ἤχους ηχω ήχω ἤχῳ echo ēchō ḗchoi ḗchōi echos êchos ēchos ē̂chos echous echoûs ēchous ēchoûs
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4 Occurrences


ἤχῳ — 1 Occ.
ἦχος — 2 Occ.
ἠχοῦς — 1 Occ.

Luke 4:37 N-NMS
GRK: Καὶ ἐξεπορεύετο ἦχος περὶ αὐτοῦ
NAS: And the report about Him was spreading
KJV: And the fame of him
INT: And went out the report concerning him

Luke 21:25 N-GNS
GRK: ἐν ἀπορίᾳ ἠχοῦς θαλάσσης καὶ
NAS: in perplexity at the roaring of the sea
INT: with perplexity roaring of [the] sea and

Acts 2:2 N-NMS
GRK: τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἦχος ὥσπερ φερομένης
NAS: from heaven a noise like
KJV: there came a sound from
INT: heaven a sound as rushing

Hebrews 12:19 N-DMS
GRK: καὶ σάλπιγγος ἤχῳ καὶ φωνῇ
NAS: and to the blast of a trumpet
KJV: And the sound of a trumpet, and
INT: and trumpet to sound and to voice

4 Occurrences

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