Strong's Greek · G5401

φόβος

phóbos

be afraid, + exceedingly, fear, terror

Definition

alarm or fright

Derivation

from a primary (to be put in fear);

Appears 47 times in Scripture

Luke 1:12

When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.

Matthew 28:8

So they hurried away from the tomb in fear and great joy, and ran to tell His disciples.

Luke 7:16

A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”

John 7:13

Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.

Luke 5:26

Everyone was taken with amazement and glorified God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”

Luke 1:65

All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.

Mark 4:41

Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”

Luke 2:9

Just then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

Luke 8:37

Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, because great fear had taken hold of them. So He got into the boat and started back.

John 19:38

Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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