ΦΟΒΕΡΑ, φοβερα
PHOBERA, phobera
Sounds Like: fo-BEH-ra
Translations: terrible, dreadful, fearful, formidable, awful, a terrible thing, a dreadful thing
From the root: ΦΟΒΕΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that inspires fear, awe, or dread. It can refer to things that are terrible or formidable, often in a way that commands respect or causes apprehension. It is used to describe situations, events, or even beings that evoke a strong sense of fear or reverence.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter; or Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5402 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 2:201
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:178
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:12
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 12 — 1:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Hebrews — 10:27
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΟΒΕΡΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΟΒΕΡΟΣ — terrible, dreadful, fearful, formidable, awe-inspiring
- ΦΟΒΕΡ — terrible, dreadful, fearful, awe-inspiring, formidable
- ΦΟΒΕΡΑΙ — terrible, dreadful, fearful, formidable
- ΦΟΒΕΡΑΝ — terrible, dreadful, fearful, awe-inspiring, a terrible (one)
- ΦΟΒΕΡΑΣ — terrible, dreadful, fearful, awe-inspiring, a terrible, a dreadful
- ΦΟΒΕΡΟΙ — terrible, fearsome, dreadful, formidable, awe-inspiring
- ΦΟΒΕΡΟΙΣ — to terrible, to dreadful, to fearful, to awe-inspiring
- ΦΟΒΕΡΟΝ — terrible, dreadful, fearful, formidable, awe-inspiring
- ΦΟΒΕΡΟΣ — terrible, dreadful, fearful, formidable, awe-inspiring
- ΦΟΒΕΡΟΥ — of fearful, of terrible, of dreadful, of awesome
- ΦΟΒΕΡΟΥΣ — terrible, fearsome, dreadful, awesome, formidable
- ΦΟΒΕΡΩ — (to) terrible, (to) dreadful, (to) fearful, (to) awesome, (to) formidable
- ΦΟΒΕΡΩΝ — terrible, dreadful, fearful, formidable, awe-inspiring, of terrible things
- ΦΟΒΕΡΩΤΕΡΑ — more terrible, more dreadful, more fearful, a more terrible one
- ΦΟΒΕΡΩΤΕΡΑΝ — more terrible, more fearful, more dreadful, more formidable
- ΦΟΒΕΡΩΤΕΡΟΙ — more terrible, more fearful, more formidable, more dreadful
- ΦΟΒΕΡΩΤΕΡΟΝ — more terrible, more fearful, more dreadful, more formidable
- ΦΟΒΕΡΩΤΕΡΟΣ — more terrible, more fearful, more dreadful, more formidable
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