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φόβος phobos · G5401

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fear

φόβος, -ου, ὁ ; [in LXX chiefly for יִרְאָה, also for פַּחַד, אֵימָה, etc. ; ] ; 1. in Hom., flight. ; 2. That which causes flight, fear, dread, terror: Luk.1:12, Act.5:5, 1Ti.5:20. 1Jn.4:18, al.; cogn. accusative, φοβεῖσθαι φ., Mrk.4:41, Luk.2:9; with genitive obj., Jhn.7:13 19:33 20:19, Heb.2:5, 1Pe.3:14 (but cf. ICC, in l); ἀπὸ (τοῦ) φ., Mat.14:26, Luk.21:26; εἰς φ., Rom.8:15; μετὰ φόβου, Mat.28:8; φ. καὶ τρόμος (Lft., Notes, 172), 1Co.2:3, 2Co.7:15, Eph.6:5, Php.2:12; by meton., of that which causes fear, Rom.13:3; of reverential fear, Rom.13:7, 1Pe.1:17 2:18 3:2 3:15; τ. κυρίου, Act.9:31, 2Co.5:11 (see Field, Notes, 183); Χριστοῦ, Eph.5:21; θεοῦ, Rom.3:18, 2Co.7:1 ; SYN.: see: δειλία …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

φόβος, ὁ, ; (φέβομαι) panic flight, the usual sense in []; φόβονδ᾽ ἔχε μώνυχας ἵππους []; μή τι φόβονδ᾽ ἀγόρευε counsel not to flight,[]; 2 Φόβος personified, as son of Ares, []; worshipped at Selinus, []; II panic fear, [στρατῷ] φ. ἐμβάλλειν []; generally, fear, terror (distinguished from δέος (which see)), τορὸς ὀρθόθριξ φ. []; joined with δέος and δεῖμα, (see entry).; opposed to θάρρος, []; sometimes in milder sense, doubt, scruple, []; ἔχει πολλὴν ὑποψίαν καὶ φ. ὡς.. []: also, awe, …

Where it's used 46 times

Matthew 14:26 · Matthew 28:4 · Matthew 28:8 · Mark 4:41 · Luke 1:12 · Luke 1:65 · Luke 2:9 · Luke 5:26 · Luke 7:16 · Luke 8:37 · Luke 21:26 · John 7:13 · John 19:38 · John 20:19 · Acts 2:43 · Acts 5:5 · Acts 5:11 · Acts 9:31 · Acts 19:17 · Romans 3:18 · Romans 8:15 · Romans 13:3 · Romans 13:7 · 1 Corinthians 2:3 · 2 Corinthians 5:11 · 2 Corinthians 7:1 · 2 Corinthians 7:5 · 2 Corinthians 7:11 · 2 Corinthians 7:15 · Ephesians 5:21 · Ephesians 6:5 · Philippians 2:12 · 1 Timothy 5:20 · Hebrews 2:15 · 1 Peter 1:17 · 1 Peter 2:18 · 1 Peter 3:2 · 1 Peter 3:14 · 1 John 4:18 · Jude 1:23 · Revelation 11:11 · Revelation 18:10 · Revelation 18:15 … and 3 more

Source: TBESG G5401; TFLSJ G5401

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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