Lexicon :: Strong's G5401 - phobos

“The fear and terror of you will be in every living creature on the earth, every bird of the sky, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are placed under your authority.

As the sun was setting, a deep sleep came over Abram, and suddenly great terror and darkness descended on him.

“If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, certainly now you would have sent me off empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and my hard work,[fn] and he issued his verdict last night.”

“The God of Abraham, and the gods of Nahor ​— ​the gods of their father[fn] ​— ​will judge between us.” And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

When they set out, a terror from God came over the cities around them, and they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

terror and dread will fall on them.

They will be as still[fn] as a stone

because of your powerful arm

until your people pass by, LORD,

until the people whom you purchased[fn] pass by.

Moses responded to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, so that you will fear him and will not[fn] sin.”

“I will cause the people ahead of you to feel terror[fn] and will throw into confusion all the nations you come to. I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you in retreat.[fn]

“Today I will begin to put the fear and dread of you on the peoples everywhere under heaven. They will hear the report about you, tremble, and be in anguish because of you.’

“No one will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put fear and dread of you in all the land where you set foot, as he has promised you.

“In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening! ’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning! ’ ​— ​because of the dread you will have in your heart and because of what you will see.

“Outside, the sword will take their children,

and inside, there will be terror;

the young man and the young woman will be killed,

the infant and the gray-haired man.

and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and everyone who lives in the land is panicking because of you.[fn]

The God of Israel spoke;

the Rock of Israel said to me,

“The one who rules the people with justice,

who rules in the fear of God,

Then David’s fame spread throughout the lands, and the LORD caused all the nations to be terrified of him.

“And now, may the terror of the LORD be on you. Watch what you do, for there is no injustice or partiality or taking bribes with the LORD our God.”

He commanded them, saying, “In the fear of the LORD, with integrity, and wholeheartedly, you are to do the following:

He sought God throughout the lifetime of Zechariah, the teacher of the fear[fn] of God. During the time that he sought the LORD, God gave him success.

Then I said, “What you are doing isn’t right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God and not invite the reproach of our foreign enemies?

The governors who preceded me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them food and wine as well as a pound[fn] of silver. Their subordinates also oppressed the people, but because of the fear of God, I didn’t do this.

When all our enemies heard this, all the surrounding nations were intimidated and lost their confidence,[fn] for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.

He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to each province in its own script and to each ethnic group in its own language, that every man should be master of his own house and speak in the language of his own people.

On the third day, Esther dressed in her royal clothing and stood in the inner courtyard of the palace facing it. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom,[fn] facing its entrance.

In every province and every city where the king’s command and edict reached, gladness and joy took place among the Jews. There was a celebration and a holiday.[fn] And many of the ethnic groups of the land professed themselves to be Jews because fear of the Jews had overcome them.

All the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the royal civil administrators[fn] aided the Jews because they feared Mordecai.

I sigh when food is put before me,[fn]

and my groans pour out like water.

Isn’t your piety your confidence,

and the integrity of your life[fn] your hope?

Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night,

when deep sleep comes over men,

Let him take his rod away from me

so his terror will no longer frighten me.

Would God’s majesty not terrify you?

Would his dread not fall on you?

remove your hand from me,

and do not let your terror frighten me.

But you even undermine the fear of God

and hinder meditation before him.

Dreadful sounds fill his ears;

when he is at peace, a robber attacks him.

He pulls it out of his back,

the flashing tip out of his liver.[fn]

Terrors come over him.

Their homes are secure and free of fear;

no rod from God strikes them.

Dominion and dread belong to him,

the one who establishes harmony in his heights.

For disaster from God terrifies me,

and because of his majesty I could not do these things.

Fear of me should not terrify you;

no pressure from me should weigh you down.

In a dream, a vision in the night,

when deep sleep comes over people

as they slumber on their beds,

Have the gates of death been revealed to you?

Have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

They crouch down to give birth to their young;

they deliver their newborn.[fn]

She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,

with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.

Do you give strength to the horse?

Do you adorn his neck with a mane?[fn]

Who can open his jaws,[fn]

surrounded by those terrifying teeth?

When Leviathan rises, the mighty[fn] are terrified;

they withdraw because of his thrashing.

Serve the LORD with reverential awe

and rejoice with trembling.

But I enter your house

by the abundance of your faithful love;

I bow down toward your holy temple

in reverential awe of you.