Greek adjective · G5398
φοβερός
phoberosfob-er-os'
act., = δεινός, causing fear, terrible (LXX); Pass., = δειλός, feeling fear, timid (cl. in both senses).†
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: phoberós
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5398is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5398
frightful, i.e. (objectively) formidable
The King James renders it: fearful, terrible.
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
phoberos is rendered "act., = δεινός, causing fear, terrible (LXX); Pass., = δειλός, feeling fear, timid (cl. in both senses).†". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Three of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "act., = δεινός, causing fear, terrible (LXX)".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Hebrews 10:27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.
Hebrews 10:27φοβερὰ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's three uses are in Hebrews.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: act., = δεινός, causing fear, terrible (LXX), and Pass., = δειλός, feeling fear, timid (cl. in both senses).†.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| act., = δεινός, causing fear, terrible (LXX) | Tagged as
| WhereHebrews 10:27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries. |
| Pass., = δειλός, feeling fear, timid (cl. in both senses).† | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| φοβέω | phobeo | to fear | Uses95 |
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 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
- φοβερὸν2
- φοβερὰ1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singular2A-NSN
- adjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1A-NSF
Hebrews
three uses
but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.
- φοβερὰphoberaadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: terrifying
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
- φοβερὸνphoberonadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: a fearful thing
The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”
- φοβερὸνphoberonadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: fearful
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.