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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 ὁ τρόμοσ καὶ ὁ φόβοσ ὑμῶν ἔσται ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ θηρίοισ τῆσ γῆσ, ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ κινούμενα ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ ἐπὶ πάντασ τοὺσ ἰχθύασ τῆσ θαλάσσησ. ὑπὸ χεῖρασ ὑμῖν δέδωκα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 9:2)
  • περὶ δὲ ἡλίου δυσμὰσ ἔκστασισ ἐπέπεσε τῷ Ἅβραμ, καὶ ἰδοὺ φόβοσ σκοτεινὸσ μέγασ ἐπιπίπτει αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 15:12)
  • εἰ μὴ ὁ Θεὸσ τοῦ πατρόσ μου Ἁβραὰμ καὶ ὁ φόβοσ Ἰσαὰκ ἦν μοι, νῦν ἂν κενόν με ἐξαπέστειλασ. τὴν ταπείνωσίν μου καὶ τὸν κόπον τῶν χειρῶν μου εἶδεν ὁ Θεὸσ καὶ ἤλεγξέ σε ἐχθέσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:42)
  • 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)
  • καὶ ἐξῇρεν Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ Σικίμων, καὶ ἐγένετο φόβοσ Θεοῦ ἐπὶ τὰσ πόλεισ τὰσ κύκλῳ αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ κατεδίωξαν ὀπίσω τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 35:5)
  • ἐπιπέσοι ἐπ̓ αὐτοὺσ τρόμοσ καὶ φόβοσ, μεγέθει βραχίονόσ σου ἀπολιθωθήτωσαν, ἕωσ ἂν παρέλθῃ ὁ λαόσ σου, Κύριε, ἕωσ ἂν παρέλθῃ ὁ λαόσ σου οὗτοσ, ὃν ἐκτήσω. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 15:16)

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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