DMS_my_tw/bible/other/voice.md

voice

Definition:

The term “voice” refers to audible sound that a person makes when speaking or communicating. In the Bible, the term can be used figuratively to refer to the concepts of sound, communication, and/or obedience.

Translation Suggestions

• The expression “to hear someone’s voice” can mean either “to hear someone speaking” or “to heed what someone says.”
• The Bible describes God as “speaking” and having a “voice,” even though God doesn’t have a physical body in the same way a human being does.
• The term “voice” sometimes implies the presence of a person, as in this statement: “A voice is heard in the desert saying, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord.’” This could be translated as “A person is heard calling out in the desert….” (See: synecdoche)
• However, sometimes the word “voice” is used for objects that cannot literally speak, such as when David exclaims in the psalms that the heavens have a “voice” that reaches the whole earth. This means that the objects in the sky communicate something to human beings about God the Creator. (See: metaphor)

(See also: call, proclaim, splendor.)

Bible References:

• John 05:36-38
• Luke 01:42
• Luke 09:35
• Matthew 03:17
• Matthew 12:19

Word Data:

• Strong’s: H6963, H7032, H7445, H8193, G2906, G5456