G5399 – phobeo – φοβέω – to fear; fig. to revere, respect, venerate

Strong’s ID:
G5399
Greek Word:
φοβέω
Transliteration:
phobeo
Pronunciation:
fob-eh’-o
Part of Speech:
verb
Etymology:
from
Usage Count:
93
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Find “phobeo” in the Bible (New Testament)

Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon

1) to fear
2) figuratively: to revere, respect, venerate

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Strong’s Greek Lexicon

from ; to frighten, i.e. (passively) to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e. revere:—be (+ sore) afraid, fear (exceedingly), reverence.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

1) to put to flight by terrifying (to scare away)
1a) to put to flight, to flee
1b) to fear, be afraid
1b1) to be struck with fear, to be seized with alarm
1b1a) of those startled by strange sights or occurrences
1b1b) of those struck with amazement
1b2) to fear, be afraid of one
1b3) to fear (i.e. hesitate) to do something (for fear of harm)
1c) to reverence, venerate, to treat with deference or reverential obedience

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.