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φόβος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φόβος φόβου

Structure: φοβ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/bomai

Sense

  1. fear, terror, alarm, fright, panic
  2. The act of fleeing: flight, retreat
  3. awe, reverence
  4. That which causes fear: terror

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ὤμοσεν Ἰακὼβ κατὰ τοῦ φόβου τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτοῦ Ἰσαάκ, καὶ ἔθυσε θυσίαν ἐν τῷ ὄρει καὶ ἐκάλεσε τοὺσ ἀδελφοὺσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον καὶ ἐκοιμήθησαν ἐν τῷ ὄρει. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:54)
  • τὸ πρωί̈ ἐρεῖσ.πῶσ ἂν γένοιτο ἑσπέρα̣ καὶ τὸ ἑσπέρασ ἐρεῖσ. πῶσ ἂν γένοιτο πρωί̣̈ ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου τῆσ καρδίασ σου, ἃ φοβηθήση, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ὁραμάτων τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν σου, ὧν ὄψῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 28:67)
  • καὶ τὰσ βίασ τὰσ πρώτασ, ἃσ πρὸ ἐμοῦ ἐβάρυναν ἐπ’ αὐτούσ, καὶ ἐλάβοσαν παρ’ αὐτῶν ἐν ἄρτοισ καὶ ἐν οἴνῳ ἔσχατον ἀργύριον, δίδραχμα τεσσαράκοντα, καὶ οἱ ἐκτετιναγμένοι αὐτῶν ἐξουσιάζονται ἐπὶ τὸν λαόν. κἀγὼ οὐκ ἐποίησα οὕτωσ ἀπὸ προσώπου φόβου Θεοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 5:15)
  • ω ὁ Θεὸσ ὁ ἰσχύων ἐπὶ πάντασ, εἰσάκουσον φωνὴν ἀπηλπισμένων καὶ ρῦσαι ἡμᾶσ ἐκ χειρὸσ τῶν πονηρευομένων, καὶ ρῦσαί με ἐκ τοῦ φόβου μου. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 4:40)
  • β καὶ αὐτὴ ἐρυθριῶσα ἀκμῇ κάλλουσ αὐτῆσ, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆσ ἱλαρὸν ὡσ προσφιλέσ, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῆσ ἀπεστενωμένη ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 5:3)
  • ΜΕΤΑ δὲ τὰ ρήματα ταῦτα ἐγενήθη ρῆμα Κυρίου πρὸσ Ἅβραμ ἐν ὁράματι, λέγων. μὴ φοβοῦ Ἅβραμ, ἐγὼ ὑπερασπίζω σου. ὁ μισθόσ σου πολὺσ ἔσται σφόδρα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 15:1)
  • εἰσήκουσε δὲ ὁ Θεὸσ τῆσ φωνῆσ τοῦ παιδίου ἐκ τοῦ τόπου, οὗ ἦν, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ἄγγελοσ Θεοῦ τὴν Ἄγαρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ. τί ἐστιν Ἄγαρ̣ μὴ φοβοῦ. ἐπακήκοε γὰρ ὁ Θεὸσ τῆσ φωνῆσ τοῦ παιδίου ἐκ τοῦ τόπου, οὗ ἐστιν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 21:17)
  • καὶ ὤφθη αὐτῷ Κύριοσ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ καὶ εἶπεν. ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ Θεὸσ Ἁβραὰμ τοῦ πατρόσ σου. μὴ φοβοῦ. μετὰ σοῦ γάρ εἰμι καὶ εὐλογήσω σε καὶ πληθυνῶ τὸ σπέρμα σου δἰ Ἁβραὰμ τὸν πατέρα σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 26:24)
  • ὁ δὲ Κύριοσ ἐπεστήρικτο ἐπ̓ αὐτῆσ καὶ εἶπεν. ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ Θεὸσ Ἁβραὰμ τοῦ πατρόσ σου, καὶ ὁ Θεὸσ Ἰσαάκ. μὴ φοβοῦ. ἡ γῆ, ἐφ̓ ἧσ σὺ καθεύδεισ ἐπ̓ αὐτῆσ, σοὶ δώσω αὐτήν, καὶ τῷ σπέρματί σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 28:13)

Synonyms

  1. fear

  2. The act of fleeing

  3. awe

  4. That which causes fear

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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