GreekG4423Noun (Feminine)
πτόησις
ptoēsis
“fear”
1Occurrences
G4423Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
alarm
from G4422 (πτοέω);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a fluttering, excitement, caused by any emotion, but esp. by fear, hence, terror: φοβεῖσθαι πτόησιν, to be afraid with (cogn. accusative) or of any terror (see ICC, in l).
LXX: (פַּחַד), א1, R *
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Feminine)
Morphology Code
G:N-F
Full Description
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
πτόησις appears 1 time in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
1 Peter
1
Key Passages
1 Peter 3:6BSB
just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.