ΦΟΒΟΥΝΤΕΣ, φοβουντες
PHOBOUNTES, phobountes
Sounds Like: fo-BOO-n-tes
Translations: fearing, being afraid, those who fear, a fearing
From the root: ΦΟΒΟΥΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present participle, meaning 'fearing' or 'being afraid'. It describes an ongoing action of fear. As a participle, it can function like an adjective, modifying a noun, or like an adverb, describing how an action is performed. It is derived from the deponent verb 'φοβέομαι' (phobeomai), which means 'to fear' or 'to be afraid'.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive (deponent active meaning), Nominative, Plural, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G5399 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 14:304
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΟΒΟΥΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΦΟΒΟΥΜΕΝΗ — fearing, being afraid, revering, respecting, a fearing one, a revering one
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