5401. phobos
Strong's Concordance
phobos: panic flight, fear, the causing of fear, terror
Original Word: φόβος, ου, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: phobos
Phonetic Spelling: (fob'-os)
Short Definition: fear, terror, reverence
Definition: (a) fear, terror, alarm, (b) the object or cause of fear, (c) reverence, respect.
HELPS Word-studies

5401 phóbos (from phebomai, "to flee, withdraw") – fear (from Homer about 900 bc on) 5401 (phóbos) meant withdrawal, fleeing because feeling inadequate (without sufficient resources, Abbott-Smith).

Fear (5401 /phóbos) is commonly used in Scripture – sometimes positively (in relation to God) but more often negatively of withdrawing from the Lord (His will).

[Fundamentally, 5401 /phóbos ("fear") means withdraw (separate from), i.e. flee (remove oneself) and hence to avoid because of dread (fright).]

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5401: φόβος

φόβος, φοβοῦ, (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); 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.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
fear, terror.

From a primary phebomai (to be put in fear); alarm or fright -- be afraid, + exceedingly, fear, terror.

Forms and Transliterations
φοβοι φόβοι φοβον φόβον φοβος φόβος φοβου φόβου φοβω φόβω φόβῳ phobo phobō phoboi phóboi phóbōi phobon phóbon phobos phóbos phobou phóbou
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Strong's Greek 5401
47 Occurrences


φόβῳ — 10 Occ.
φόβοι — 1 Occ.
φόβον — 15 Occ.
φόβος — 12 Occ.
φόβου — 9 Occ.

Matthew 14:26 N-GMS
GRK: ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου ἔκραξαν
NAS: And they cried out in fear.
KJV: they cried out for fear.
INT: in fear they cried out

Matthew 28:4 N-GMS
GRK: δὲ τοῦ φόβου αὐτοῦ ἐσείσθησαν
NAS: shook for fear of him and became
KJV: And for fear of him the keepers
INT: moreover the fear of him trembled

Matthew 28:8 N-GMS
GRK: μνημείου μετὰ φόβου καὶ χαρᾶς
NAS: quickly with fear and great
KJV: the sepulchre with fear and great
INT: tomb with fear and joy

Mark 4:41 N-AMS
GRK: καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν φόβον μέγαν καὶ
KJV: And they feared exceedingly, and said
INT: And they feared [with] fear great and

Luke 1:12 N-NMS
GRK: ἰδών καὶ φόβος ἐπέπεσεν ἐπ'
NAS: when he saw [the angel], and fear gripped
KJV: and fear fell
INT: having seen [him] and fear fell upon

Luke 1:65 N-NMS
GRK: ἐπὶ πάντας φόβος τοὺς περιοικοῦντας
NAS: Fear came on all
KJV: And fear came on
INT: upon all fear those who dwelt around

Luke 2:9 N-AMS
GRK: καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν φόβον μέγαν
INT: and they feared [with] fear great

Luke 5:26 N-GMS
GRK: καὶ ἐπλήσθησαν φόβου λέγοντες ὅτι
NAS: and they were filled with fear, saying,
KJV: and were filled with fear, saying,
INT: and were filled with fear saying

Luke 7:16 N-NMS
GRK: Ἔλαβεν δὲ φόβος πάντας καὶ
NAS: Fear gripped them all,
KJV: And there came a fear on all: and
INT: Seized moreover fear all and

Luke 8:37 N-DMS
GRK: αὐτῶν ὅτι φόβῳ μεγάλῳ συνείχοντο
NAS: with great fear; and He got
KJV: with great fear: and
INT: them for with fear great they were seized

Luke 21:26 N-GMS
GRK: ἀνθρώπων ἀπὸ φόβου καὶ προσδοκίας
NAS: fainting from fear and the expectation
KJV: for fear, and
INT: men from fear and expectation

John 7:13 N-AMS
GRK: διὰ τὸν φόβον τῶν Ἰουδαίων
NAS: openly of Him for fear of the Jews.
KJV: him for fear of the Jews.
INT: because of the fear of the Jews

John 19:38 N-AMS
GRK: διὰ τὸν φόβον τῶν Ἰουδαίων
NAS: but a secret [one] for fear of the Jews,
KJV: for fear of the Jews,
INT: through the fear of the Jews

John 20:19 N-AMS
GRK: διὰ τὸν φόβον τῶν Ἰουδαίων
NAS: the disciples were, for fear of the Jews,
KJV: assembled for fear of the Jews, came
INT: through the fear of the Jews

Acts 2:43 N-NMS
GRK: πάσῃ ψυχῇ φόβος πολλὰ τε
NAS: kept feeling a sense of awe; and many
KJV: And fear came upon every
INT: upon every soul awe many and with

Acts 5:5 N-NMS
GRK: καὶ ἐγένετο φόβος μέγας ἐπὶ
NAS: and great fear came
KJV: and great fear came on
INT: And came fear great upon

Acts 5:11 N-NMS
GRK: Καὶ ἐγένετο φόβος μέγας ἐφ'
NAS: And great fear came over
KJV: And great fear came upon
INT: And came fear great upon

Acts 9:31 N-DMS
GRK: πορευομένη τῷ φόβῳ τοῦ κυρίου
NAS: up; and going on in the fear of the Lord
KJV: walking in the fear of the Lord,
INT: going on in the fear of the Lord

Acts 19:17 N-NMS
GRK: καὶ ἐπέπεσεν φόβος ἐπὶ πάντας
NAS: in Ephesus; and fear fell
KJV: at Ephesus; and fear fell on
INT: and fell fear upon all

Romans 3:18 N-NMS
GRK: οὐκ ἔστιν φόβος θεοῦ ἀπέναντι
NAS: THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE
KJV: There is no fear of God before
INT: not there is fear of God before

Romans 8:15 N-AMS
GRK: πάλιν εἰς φόβον ἀλλὰ ἐλάβετε
NAS: leading to fear again,
KJV: again to fear; but ye have received
INT: again unto fear but you received

Romans 13:3 N-NMS
GRK: οὐκ εἰσὶν φόβος τῷ ἀγαθῷ
NAS: For rulers are not a cause of fear for good
KJV: are not a terror to good works,
INT: not are a terror to good

Romans 13:7 N-AMS
GRK: τῷ τὸν φόβον τὸν φόβον
NAS: to whom custom; fear to whom fear;
KJV: to whom custom; fear to whom fear;
INT: to whom the respect the respect

Romans 13:7 N-AMS
GRK: φόβον τὸν φόβον τῷ τὴν
NAS: fear to whom fear; honor to whom
KJV: fear to whom fear; honour to whom
INT: respect the respect to whom the

1 Corinthians 2:3 N-DMS
GRK: καὶ ἐν φόβῳ καὶ ἐν
NAS: I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much
KJV: and in fear, and in
INT: and in fear and in

47 Occurrences

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