Greek adjective · G1719
ἔμφοβος
emphobosem'-fob-os
terrible.; in fear (of Godly fear
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: émphobos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1719is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1719
in fear, i.e. alarmed
The King James renders it: affrighted, afraid, tremble.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
emphobos is rendered "terrible.; in fear (of Godly fear". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "terrible.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 24:5As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?
Luke 24:5ἐμφόβων
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's five uses are in Luke.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: terrible., and in fear (of Godly fear.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| terrible. | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 24:5As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them… |
| in fear (of Godly fearSir.19:24) | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 24:5As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἔμφοβοι2
- ἔμφοβος2
- ἐμφόβων1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2A-NPM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2A-NSM
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural1A-GPF
Luke
two uses
As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?
- ἐμφόβωνemphobonadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: Terrified
But they were startled and frightened, thinking they had seen a spirit.
- ἔμφοβοιemphoboiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: filled with fear
Acts
two uses
Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.
- ἔμφοβοςemphobosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: afraid
As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”
- ἔμφοβοςemphobosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: frightened
Revelation
one use
And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
- ἔμφοβοιemphoboiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: terrified
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.