φοβέω,
φόβῳ: passive, present
φοβοῦμαι; imperfect
ἐφοβούμην; 1 aorist
ἐφοβήθην; future
φοβηθήσομαι; (
φόβος); from
Homer down;
to terrify, frighten, Wis. 17:9;
to put to flight by terrifying (to scare away). Passive:
1. to be put to flight, to flee (
Homer).
2. to fear, be afraid; the
Sept. very often for
יָרֵא; absolutely
to be struck with fear, to be seized with alarm: of those who fear harm or injury,
Matthew 10:31;
Matthew 14:30;
Matthew 25:25;
Mark 5:33,
36;
Mark 10:32;
Mark 16:8;
Luke 8:50;
Luke 12:7,
32;
John 12:15;
John 19:8;
Acts 16:38;
Acts 22:29; (
Romans 13:4);
Hebrews 13:6;
1 John 4:18; opposed to
ὑψηλοφρονεῖν,
Romans 11:20; of those startled by strange sights or occurrences,
Matthew 14:27;
Matthew 17:7;
Matthew 28:5,
10;
Mark 6:50;
Luke 1:13,
30;
Luke 2:10;
Luke 9:34; (
Luke 24:36 L in brackets);
John 6:19,
20;
Acts 18:9;
Acts 27:24 (but in the last two passages perhaps the exhortation has a wider reference);
Revelation 1:17; with
σφόδρα added,
Matthew 17:6;
Matthew 27:54; of those struck with amazement, (
Matthew 9:8 L T Tr WH);
Mark 5:15;
Luke 5:10;
Luke 8:25,
35. with an accusative of the contents (cognate accusative) (see
ἀγαπάω, under the end):
φόβον μέγαν, literally, to 'fear a great fear,' fear exceedingly,
Mark 4:41;
Luke 2:9 (1 Macc. 10:8);
φόβον αὐτῶν, the fear which they inspire (see
φόβος, 1),
1 Peter 3:14 (
Isaiah 8:12;
τοῦ Τανταλου, to be filled with the same fear as Tantalus, Schol. ad
Euripides, Or. 6); with the synonymous
πτόησιν (which see),
1 Peter 3:6.
τινα,
to fear one, be afraid of one, lest he do harm, be displeased, etc.:
Matthew 10:26;
Matthew 14:5;
Matthew 21:26,
46;
Mark 11:18,
32 (cf.
Buttmann, § 151, 11);
Mark 12:12;
Luke 19:21;
Luke 20:19;
Luke 22:2;
John 9:22;
Acts 5:26 (cf.
Buttmann, § 139, 48;
Winer's Grammar, 505 (471));
Acts 9:26;
Romans 13:3;
Galatians 2:12;
τόν Θεόν, God, the judge and avenger,
Matthew 10:28;
Luke 12:5;
Luke 23:40 (
Exodus 1:17,
21;
1 Samuel 12:18);
τί, to fear danger from something,
Hebrews 11:23,
27; to fear (dread to undergo) some suffering,
Revelation 2:10. in imitation of the Hebrew (
מִן יָרֵא), followed by
ἀπό τίνος (cf.
Buttmann, § 147, 3):
Matthew 10:28;
Luke 12:4 (
Jeremiah 1:8,
17;
Jeremiah 10:2;
Leviticus 26:2;
1 Macc. 2:62 1 Macc. 8:12;
Judges 5:23), as in the Greek writings,
φοβοῦμαι μή,
to fear lest, with the subjunctive aorist: Acts (
Acts 23:10 L T Tr WH);
Acts 27:17;
μήπως, lest perchance,
Acts 27:29 (here
L μήπω (which see 2), others
μήπου (which see));
2 Corinthians 11:3;
2 Corinthians 12:20;
φοβηθῶμεν (equivalent to let us take anxious care)
μήποτε τίς δοκῇ, lest anyone may seem (see
δοκέω, 2 at the end),
Hebrews 4:1;
φοβοῦμαι ὑμᾶς,
μήπως κεκοπίακα,
Galatians 4:11 (see
μήπως, 1 b.);
φοβοῦμαι with an infinitive
to fear (i. e. hesitate)
to do something (for fear of harm),
Matthew 1:20;
Matthew 2:22;
Mark 9:32;
Luke 9:45 (for numerous examples in the Greek writings from
Aeschylus down see
Passow, under the word, 2, vol. ii., p. 2315{a}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word,
Buttmann, II. 4)).
3. to reverence, venerate, to treat with deference or reverential obedience:
τινα,
Mark 6:20;
Ephesians 5:33;
τόν Θεόν, used of his devout worshippers,
Luke 1:50;
Luke 18:2,
4;
Acts 10:2,
22,
35; (
Colossians 3:22 Rec.);
1 Peter 2:17;
Revelation 14:7;
Revelation 19:5; also
τόν κύριον,
Colossians 3:22 (
G L T Tr WH);
Revelation 15:4;
τό ὄνομα τοῦ Θεοῦ,
Revelation 11:18 (
Deuteronomy 4:10;
Deuteronomy 5:29;
Deuteronomy 6:2,
13,
14;
Deuteronomy 13:4;
Deuteronomy 14:22(23);
Proverbs 3:7;
Psalm 33:10 (
Ps. 34:10), and many other passages; very often in Sir., cf. Wahl, Clavis Apocr. V. T., under the word, at the end);
οἱ φοβούμενοι τόν Θεόν specifically, of proselytes:
Acts 13:16,
26 (see
σέβω). Compare:
ἐκφοβέω.
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