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(G5889) Synonyms for Murderer: phoneus (φονεύς G5406), anthropoktonos (ἀνθρωποκτόνος G443), sikarios (σικάριος G4607).

Both in derivation and usage, phoneus and anthropoktonos are distinguished from each other just as the English murderer from manslayer or homicide. sikarios, used only in Act 21:38, is the Latin sicarius, and means an assassin, usually hired for the work, who furtively stabbed his enemy with a short sword, the Latin sica. phoneus is a generic word and may denote a murderer of any kind, sikarios being one of the specific varieties which it includes.