Senses
1. murderer, killer — A person who unlawfully kills another; used of literal murderers (Matt 22:7 the king's retribution on murderers; Acts 7:52 murderers of the Righteous One; Acts 28:4 Paul presumed a murderer; 1 Pet 4:15 suffering as a murderer; Rev 21:8, 22:15 murderers excluded from the holy city). Singular and plural forms are purely inflectional. Multilingual evidence is consistent: Spanish 'asesino(s)/homicida', Arabic 'قَاتِل(ون)', Korean '살인자(들)', Swahili 'muuaji/wauaji', Hindi 'हत्यारा/हत्यारों'. 7×
AR["القَتَلَةَ","القَتَلَةُ","قاتِلٌ","قاتِلٍ","قَاتِلًا","قَاتِلُونَ"]·ben["খুনি","ঘাতক","ঘাতকদের","হত্যাকারী","হত্যাকারীদের","হত্যাকারীরা"]·DE["Moerder","φονέα","φονεύς","φονεῖς"]·EN["a-murderer","murderer","murderers"]·FR["meurtrier"]·heb["אֶת-","הָ-רוֹצְחִים","רוֹצְחִים","רוֹצֵחַ"]·HI["तुम्हें","हत्यारा","हत्यारे","हत्यारों","हर"]·ID["pembunuh","pembunuh-pembunuh"]·IT["assassino","phoneis","phoneus","phoneusin"]·jav["ingkang-mejahi","pembunuh,","tiyang-mejahi","tukang-mrajaya","tukang-pejah","tukang-raja-pèjah"]·KO["살인자","살인자-를","살인자들","살인자들-이","살인자들과"]·PT["assassino","assassinos","homicida","homicida,","homicidas"]·RU["убийц","убийца","убийца,","убийцам","убийцами","убийцу","убийцы"]·ES["asesino","asesinos","asesinos,","homicida"]·SW["muuaji","mwuaji","wale","wauaji","wauaji,"]·TR["hangi","katil","katiller","katilleri","katillerin","ve"]·urd["قاتل","قاتل،","قاتلوں","قاتلوں-کو"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
φον-εύς, ὁ, genitive έως, Epic dialect ῆος Refs 8th c.BC+; accusative φονέα (in first foot of trimeter) Refs 5th c.BC+: nominative plural φονέες Refs 2nd c.AD+, Attic dialect φονῆς Refs 5th c.BC+; but contraction φονεῖς Refs 1st c.AD+:—slayer, Refs 8th c.BC+; φονέας αὑτῶν self-murderers, Refs 5th c.BC+ [same place]; τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον φονεύς ἐστιν is so much more justly accounted a murderer, Refs 5th…