ΦΟΒΟΥΣ, φοβους
PHOBOUS, phobous
Sounds Like: FOH-boos
Translations: fears, a fear
From the root: ΦΟΒΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a state of fear, dread, or terror. It can also denote reverence or awe, particularly in a religious context. In the provided examples, it is used in the sense of human fears or anxieties. It is typically used to describe an emotion or a feeling of apprehension.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5401 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 20 — 2:48
Josephus' The Jewish War
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 10:3
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
- ΦΟΒΟΣ — fear, a fear, terror, dread, reverence, respect
- ΦΟΒΟΥ — of fear, of reverence, of respect, of terror, of awe
- ΦΟΒΩ — (to) fear, (to) dread, (to) reverence, (to) awe, fear, dread, reverence, awe, a fear, a dread
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