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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative φόβος φόβω φόβοι
Genitive φόβου φόβοιν φόβων
Dative φόβῳ φόβοιν φόβοις
Accusative φόβον φόβω φόβους
Vocative φόβε φόβω φόβοι

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 ἐνετείλατο πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ λέγων. οὕτω ποιήσετε ἐν φόβῳ Κυρίου, ἐν ἀληθείᾳ καὶ ἐν πλήρει καρδίᾳ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 19:9)
  • καὶ ἦν ἐκζητῶν τὸν Κύριον ἐν ταῖσ ἡμέραισ Ζαχαρίου τοῦ συνιόντοσ ἐν φόβῳ Κυρίου. καὶ ἐν ταῖσ ἡμέραισ αὐτοῦ ἐζήτησε τὸν Κύριον, καὶ εὐώδωσεν αὐτῷ Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 26:5)
  • καὶ εἶπα. οὐκ ἀγαθὸσ ὁ λόγοσ, ὃν ὑμεῖσ ποιεῖτε. οὐχ οὕτωσ ἐν φόβῳ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἀπελεύσεσθε ἀπὸ ὀνειδισμοῦ τῶν ἐθνῶν τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 5:9)
  • ὅθεν οἵ τε φίλοι καὶ οἱ σωματοφύλακεσ αὐτοῦ ταχεῖαν καὶ ὀξεῖαν ἰδόντεσ τὴν καταλαβοῦσαν αὐτὸν εὔθυναν, φοβούμενοι μὴ καὶ τὸ ζῆν ἐκλείπῃ, ταχέωσ αὐτὸν ἐξείλκυσαν ὑπερβάλλοντι καταπεπληγμένοι φόβῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 2:23)
  • δουλεύσατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν φόβῳ καὶ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε αὐτῷ ἐν τρόμῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 2:11)

Synonyms

  1. fear

  2. The act of fleeing

  3. awe

  4. That which causes fear

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