"sound, noise, Lk. 21:25*"
Definition and meaning
sound, noise, Lk. 21:25*
In the original Greek the word is written: ἦχος
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of echos (G2279) across the King James Bible.
And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
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Common questions
Strong's G2279 (echos) is a Greek word that means: sound, noise, Lk. 21:25* It appears 3 times in the King James Bible.
The word echos (G2279) appears 3 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2279 is echos, a Greek word defined as: sound, noise, Lk. 21:25*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
echos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.