Murder - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Murder

[ 1,,G5408, phonos ]
is used
(a) of a special act, Mark 15:7; Luke 23:19, Luke 23:25;
(b) in the plural, of murders" in general, Matthew 15:19; Mark 7:21 (Galatians 5:21, in some inferior mss.); Revelation 9:21; in the singular, Romans 1:29;
(c) in the sense of "slaughter," Hebrews 11:37, "they were slain with the sword," lit., "(they died by) slaughter (of the sword);" in Acts 9:1, "slaughter." See SLAUGHTER.

Note: In Matthew 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.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words