2001 Translation

PHOBOS, phobos

Sounds Like: FOH-bos

Translations: fear, a fear, terror, dread, reverence, respect

From the root: ΦΟΒΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the emotion of fear, dread, or terror. It can also denote reverence or respect, especially in a religious context, such as the 'fear of God'. It is a masculine noun and can be used in various grammatical cases depending on its role in a sentence.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G5401 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 1:5, 13:3, 14:13, 100:8

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:36

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 2:2

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 12:5, 21:8

Codex Sinaiticus

• 2 Esdras — 16:16
• Esther — 9:3
• Judith — 2:28, 14:3, 15:2
• 1 Maccabees — 3:25, 7:18
• 4 Maccabees — 1:23
• Psalms — 13:3, 13:5, 18:10, 30:12, 35:2, 52:6, 54:6, 104:38, 110:10
• Proverbs — 1:7, 8:13, 9:10, 10:27, 10:29, 15:33, 18:8, 19:23, 22:4
• Job — 3:25, 4:6, 4:13, 9:34, 13:21, 15:21, 21:9, 25:2, 31:23, 33:7, 33:15, 41:6, 41:17
• Wisdom — 17:11, 17:14
• Sirach — 1:11, 1:12, 1:18, 1:27, 10:22, 16:2, 19:20, 23:19, 25:6, 25:11, 40:4, 40:26, 40:27
• Isaiah — 7:25, 10:27, 10:29, 24:17, 33:8
• Jeremiah — 31:43, 37:5
• Malachi — 1:6
• Luke — 1:12, 1:65, 7:16
• Acts of the Apostles — 2:43, 5:5, 5:11, 19:17
• Romans — 3:18, 13:3
• 1 John — 4:18
• Revelation — 11:11
• Epistle of Barnabas — 2:2
• Shepherd of Hermas — 25:4

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 28:259, 38:271
• Book Two — 38:271

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 10:176
• Book 2 — 4:50, 6:120
• Book 6 — 12:247, 12:259
• Book 9 — 9:199
• Book 11 — 6:287
• Book 13 — 6:187, 6:198
• Book 14 — 15:427
• Book 19 — 1:97
• Book 20 — 2:47

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 22:28, 32:9, 32:14, 33:12
• Book Two — 12:4, 13:7, 21:48
• Book Three — 10:20
• Book Six — 1:69, 2:51
• Book Seven — 6:22

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 5:22, 30:148

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 11:6

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 9:2, 15:12, 31:42, 35:5
• Exodus — 15:16, 20:20
• Deuteronomy — 32:25
• Joshua — 2:9
• 2 Chronicles — 19:7
• Nehemiah — 6:16
• Esther — 9:3
• Judith — 2:28, 14:3, 15:2
• 1 Maccabees — 3:25, 7:18
• 2 Maccabees — 15:18
• 4 Maccabees — 1:23
• Psalms — 13:3, 13:5, 18:10, 30:12, 35:2, 52:6, 104:38, 110:10
• Odes — 1:16, 2:25
• Proverbs — 1:7, 8:13, 9:10, 10:27, 10:29, 16:4, 18:8, 19:20, 22:4
• Job — 3:25, 4:6, 4:13, 9:34, 13:11, 13:21, 15:21, 21:9, 25:2, 31:23, 33:7, 33:15, 41:5, 41:16
• Wisdom — 17:12, 17:15
• Sirach — 1:11, 1:12, 1:18, 1:27, 10:22, 16:2, 19:20, 23:19, 25:6, 25:11, 40:5, 40:26, 40:27
• Isaiah — 7:25, 8:13, 10:27, 10:29, 24:17, 33:8
• Jeremiah — 31:43, 37:5
• Lamentations — 3:47
• Letter of Jeremiah — 1:4
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 4:2, 7:7, 10:7
• Malachi — 1:6
• Enoch — 1:5, 13:3, 14:13

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 7 — 1:1, 1:2, 1:4
• Mandate 8 — 1:9
• Mandate 12 — 2:4, 4:7

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 5 — 1:4

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 1:12, 1:65, 7:16
• Acts — 2:43, 5:5, 5:11, 19:17
• Romans — 3:18, 13:3
• 1 John — 4:18
• Revelation — 11:11

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΟΒΟΣ.

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.

• ἈΦΟΒΩΣ — fearlessly, without fear, boldly, safely
• ΕΜΦΟΒΟΙ — fearful, terrified, afraid
• ΦΟΒΕ — fear, be afraid, be terrified, be awestruck, reverence
• ΦΟΒΗ — fear, terror, reverence, respect, awe
• ΦΟΒΟ — fear, terror, reverence, respect, awe, dread
• ΦΟΒΟΙ — fears, terrors, panics
• ΦΟΒΟΙΣ — fears, terrors, dreads, reverences, respects
• ΦΟΒΟΝ — fear, a fear, dread, terror, reverence, awe
• ΦΟΒΟΥ — of fear, of reverence, of respect, of terror, of awe
• ΦΟΒΟΥΣ — fears, a fear
• ΦΟΒΩ — (to) fear, (to) dread, (to) reverence, (to) awe, fear, dread, reverence, awe, a fear, a dread

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