Echos means “fame” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2279 — chobereth (“which coupleth”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2279 ἦχος (echos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. echos (ay'-khos) n. 1. a loud or confused noise ("echo"), i.e. roar 2. (figuratively) a rumor It has 23 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include sound and fame. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
echos (ay'-khos) n. 1. a loud or confused noise ("echo"), i.e. roar 2. (figuratively) a rumor [of uncertain affinity] KJV: fame, sound
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2279. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
sound
Usage: ἦχος, -ου, ὁ (also in late and MGr., -εος, τό, Luk.21:25), [in LXX for הָמוֹן, etc. ;] __1. a noise, sound: Act.2:2; ἦ. θαλάσσης, Luk.21:25; σάλπιγγος, Heb.12:19 __2. a report: before πεφί, Luk.4:37.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render echos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2279 (ἦχος) appears 20 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
3 indexed usages in New Testament.
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:
14 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Now Eli was ninety years old, and his eyes were fixed, and he saw not.
And it came to pass while Saul was speaking to the priest, that the sound in the camp of the Philistines continued to increase greatly; and Saul said to the priest, Withdraw thy hands.
The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and thou hast destroyed cities: Their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,
5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
For neither might the corner that held them keep them from fear: But noises as of waters falling down sounded about them, And sad visions appeared unto them with heavy countenances.
For whether he were husbandman, or shepherd, Or a laborer in the field, He was overtaken, and endured that necessity, which could not be avoided: For they were all bound with one chain of darkness.
For the elements were changed in themselves by a kind of harmony, Like as in a psaltery notes change the name of the tune, And yet are always sounds; Which may well be perceived by the sight of the things that have been done.
1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.
And all the luminaries shall be affrighted with great fear, And all the earth shall be affrighted and tremble and be alarmed.
First 23 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2279.
Now Eli was ninety years old, and his eyes were fixed, and he saw not.
And it came to pass while Saul was speaking to the priest, that the sound in the camp of the Philistines continued to increase greatly; and Saul said to the priest, Withdraw thy hands.
The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and thou hast destroyed cities: Their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,
I remembered these things, and poured out my soul in me, For I will go to the place of thy wondrous tabernacle, even to the house of God, With a voice of exultation and thanksgiving and of the sound of those who keep festival.
Who troublest the depth of the sea, The sounds of its waves.
The waters saw thee, O God, The waters saw thee, and feared; And the depths were troubled.
Praise him with the sound of a trumpet: Praise him with psaltery and harp.
A bad man does harm wherever he meets a just man: And he hates the sound of safety.
But wild beasts shall rest there; and the houses shall be filled with howling; and monsters shall rest there, and devils shall dance there,
At his voice he makes a sound of water in the heaven, and brings up clouds from the extremity of the earth; he makes lightnings for rain, and brings light out of his treasures.
The sea has come up upon Babylon with the sound of its waves, and she is covered.
at the sound of his rushing, at the sound of his hoofs, and at the rattling of his chariots, at the noise of his wheels: the fathers turned not to their children because of the weakness of their hands,
Noises have resounded in the valley of judgment: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of judgment.
Remove from me the sound of thy songs, and I will not hear the music of thine instruments.
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:
For neither might the corner that held them keep them from fear: But noises as of waters falling down sounded about them, And sad visions appeared unto them with heavy countenances.
For whether he were husbandman, or shepherd, Or a laborer in the field, He was overtaken, and endured that necessity, which could not be avoided: For they were all bound with one chain of darkness.
For the elements were changed in themselves by a kind of harmony, Like as in a psaltery notes change the name of the tune, And yet are always sounds; Which may well be perceived by the sight of the things that have been done.
And the Lord thundered from heaven, And with a great noise made his voice to be heard.
The singers also sang praises with their voices, With great variety of sounds was there made sweet melody.
And all the luminaries shall be affrighted with great fear, And all the earth shall be affrighted and tremble and be alarmed.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2279, grouped by book.
Echos (Strong's G2279) is a Greek word most simply glossed "fame". echos (ay'-khos) n. 1. a loud or confused noise ("echo"), i.e. roar 2. (figuratively) a rumor
This page currently indexes 23 linked usages for Strong's G2279 across 13 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2279 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sound and fame. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 14 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G2279, with linked reader references where each row is available.