G5401 – phobos – φόβος – a fear; fig. a reverence, respect, veneration
- Strong’s ID:
- G5401
- Greek Word:
- φόβος
- Transliteration:
- phobos
- Pronunciation:
- fob’-os
- Part of Speech:
- noun masculine
- Etymology:
- from a primary φεβομαι phebomai (to be put in fear)
- Usage Count:
- 47
- Search:
- Find “phobos” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) a fear
2) figuratively: a reverence, veneration
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from a primary φεβομαι phebomai (to be put in fear); alarm or fright:—be afraid, + exceedingly, fear, terror.
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) fear, dread, terror
1a) that which strikes terror
2) reverence for one’s husband
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.