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Lexicon :: Strong's G5401 - phobos

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φόβος
Transliteration
phobos (Key)
Pronunciation
fob'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a primary phebomai (to be put in fear)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:189,1272

Trench's Synonyms: x. δειλία, φόβος, εὐλάβεια.

Strong’s Definitions

φόβος phóbos, fob'-os; from a primary φέβομαι phébomai (to be put in fear); alarm or fright:—be afraid, + exceedingly, fear, terror.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

The KJV translates Strong's G5401 in the following manner: fear (41x), terror (3x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x
The KJV translates Strong's G5401 in the following manner: fear (41x), terror (3x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. fear, dread, terror

    1. that which strikes terror

  2. reverence for one's husband

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φόβος phóbos, fob'-os; from a primary φέβομαι phébomai (to be put in fear); alarm or fright:—be afraid, + exceedingly, fear, terror.
STRONGS G5401:
φόβος, φοβοῦ, ὁ (φέβομαι; like φόρος, τρόμος, πόνος, from φέρω, τρέμω, πένομαι), from Homer down, the Sept. for יִרְאָה, פַּחַד, אֵימָה (terror), חִתִּית (terror);
1. fear, dread, terror; in a subjective sense (οὐδέν ἐστι φόβος εἰ μή προδοσία τῶν ἀπό λογισμοῦ βοηθημάτων, Wis. 17:11; προσδοκίαν λέγω κακοῦ τοῦτο, εἴτε φόβον, εἴτε δέος καλεῖτε, Plato, Protag., p. 358 d.): universally, 1 John 4:18; φόβος ἐπί τινα πίπτει (Acts 19:17 L Tr); Revelation 11:11 Rec.; ἐπιπίπτει, Luke 1:12; Acts 19:17 (R G T WH; Revelation 11:11 L T Tr WH); ἐγένετο, Luke 1:65; Acts 5:5, 11; λαμβάνει τινα, Luke 7:16 (Homer Iliad 11, 402); γίνεται τίνι, Acts 2:43; πλησθῆναι φοβοῦ, Luke 5:26; συνέχεσθαι φόβῳ, Luke 8:37; ἔχειν φόβον, 1 Timothy 5:20 (Herodotus 8, 12); κατεργάζεσθαι; τίνι φόβον, 2 Corinthians 7:11; φοβεῖσθαι φόβον (see φοβέω, 2), Mark 9:41; Luke 2:9; with a genitive of the object added, 1 Peter 3:14 (so Winer's Grammar, § 32, 2; others subject. genitive); ἀπό φοβοῦ, for fear, Luke 21:26; ἀπό τοῦ φοβοῦ, for the fear, with which they were struck, Matthew 14:26; with a genitive of the object added, Matthew 28:4; εἰς φόβον, unto (that ye may) fear, Romans 8:15; μετά φοβοῦ, Matthew 28:8; with καί τρόμου added, 2 Corinthians 7:15; Ephesians 6:5; Philippians 2:12; ἐν φόβῳ καί ἐν τρόμῳ (see τρόμος), 1 Corinthians 2:3; τινα ἐν φόβῳ σῴζειν (Rec.), ἐλεαν (L T Tr WH), with anxious heed lest ye be defiled by the wickedness of those whom ye are rescuing, Jude 1:23; plural φόβοι, feelings of fear, fears (Winer's Grammar, 176 (166)), 2 Corinthians 7:5; φόβος τίνος, genitive of the object (our fear of one): τῶν Ἰουδαίων, John 7:13; John 19:38; John 20:19; βασανισμοῦ, Revelation 18:10, 15; θανάτου, Hebrews 2:15 (Xenophon, mem. l, 4, 7). In an objective sense, that which strikes terror: φόβος ἀγαθῶν ἔργων, or more correctly (with L T Tr WH) τῷ ἀγαθῷ ἔργῳ, a terror to (or for), Romans 13:3.
2. reverence, respect (for authority, rank, dignity): Romans 13:7; 1 Peter 2:18; 1 Peter 3:16 (15); ἡ ἐν φόβῳ ἀναστροφή, behavior coupled with (cf. ἐν, I. 5 e.) reverence for one's husband, 1 Peter 3:2; φόβος with a genitive of the object: τοῦ κυρίου, Acts 9:31; 2 Corinthians 5:11; Χριστοῦ, Ephesians 5:21 (not Rec.); Θεοῦ, Romans 3:18; 2 Corinthians 7:1; (Ephesians 5:21 Rec.); Θεοῦ is omitted as suggested by the context, 1 Peter 1:17; (often in the O. T. יְהוָה יִרְאַת and אֱלֹהִים יִרְאַת). (Synonyms: see δειλία, δέος, at the end; cf. φοβέω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5401 matches the Greek φόβος (phobos),
which occurs 23 times in 22 verses in 'Job' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:24 - For my sighing comes instead of[fn] my bread,
and my groanings are poured out like water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:25 - For the thing that I fear comes upon me,
and what I dread befalls me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:6 - Is not your fear of God[fn] your confidence,
and the integrity of your ways your hope?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:13 - Amid thoughts from visions of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:34 - Let him take his rod away from me,
and let not dread of him terrify me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:11 - Will not his majesty terrify you,
and the dread of him fall upon you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:21 - withdraw your hand far from me,
and let not dread of you terrify me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:4 - But you are doing away with the fear of God[fn]
and hindering meditation before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:21 - Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:25 - It is drawn forth and comes out of his body;
the glittering point comes out of his gallbladder;
terrors come upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:9 - Their houses are safe from fear,
and no rod of God is upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:2 - “Dominion and fear are with God;[fn]
he makes peace in his high heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:23 - For I was in terror of calamity from God,
and I could not have faced his majesty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:7 - Behold, no fear of me need terrify you;
my pressure will not be heavy upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:15 - In a dream, in a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men,
while they slumber on their beds,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:16 - then he opens the ears of men
and terrifies[fn] them with warnings,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:17 - Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:3 - when they crouch, bring forth their offspring,
and are delivered of their young?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:16 - She deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers;
though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:19 - “Do you give the horse his might?
Do you clothe his neck with a mane?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:14 - Who can open the doors of his face?
Around his teeth is terror.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:25 - When he raises himself up, the mighty[fn] are afraid;
at the crashing they are beside themselves.
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