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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1629 - ἐκφοβέω

Transliteration

ekphobéō

Phonetics

ek-fob-eh'-o

Origin

from (G1537) and (G5399)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to frighten away, to terrify
to throw into violent flight

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2730 ‑ חָרֵד (khaw‑rade'); 2851 ‑ חִתִּית (khit‑teeth');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

2 Corinthians 1

BSB (1)

2 Corinthians 1

CSB (1)

2 Corinthians 1

ESV (1)

2 Corinthians 1

KJV (1)

2 Corinthians 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

2 Corinthians 1

N95 (1)

2 Corinthians 1

NAS (1)

2 Corinthians 1

NLT (1)

2 Corinthians 2

WEB (1)

2 Corinthians 1

YLT (1)

2 Corinthians 1

ASV (1)

i would terrify 1

BSB (1)

trying to frighten 1

CSB (1)

terrify 1

ESV (1)

frightening 1

KJV (1)

terrify 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

terrify 1

N95 (1)

terrify 1

NAS (1)

terrify 1

NLT (1)

frighten 1

WEB (1)

i desire to terrify 1

YLT (1)

terrify 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-PAN 1

ANT

V-PAN 1

BEZ

V-PAN- 1

BGB

V-PAN 1

BMT

V-PAN 1

BYZ

V-PAN 1

ELZ

V-PAN 1

NA26

V-PAN 1

SBL

V-PAN 1

SCV

V-PAN 1

STV

V-PAN 1

TIS

V-PAN 1

TRG

V-PAN 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐκφοβ-έω,

alarm, φρένας A. Pers. 606, cf. Pl. Grg. 483c, etc.; τὸ ἐκφοβῆσαι so as to cause alarm, Th. 2.87; ἐ. τινὰ ἐκ δεμνίων E. Or. 312; ἐ. τινά τι fright one with a thing, Th. 6.11: — Pass., fear greatly, c. acc., S. El. 276; ὡς.. ib. 1426; ὑπέρ τινος Id. OT 989.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐκφοβέω, ἐκφοβω; to frighten away, to terri; to throw into violent fright: τινα, 2 Corinthians 10:9. (Deuteronomy 28:26; Zephaniah 3:13, etc.; Thucydides, Plato, others.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐκ -φοβέω , -ῶ ,

[in LXX chiefly for H2730 hi.;]

to frighten away, terrify: c. acc pers., 2 Corinthians 10:9.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

P Lond 342.9 (A.D. 185) (= II. p. 174) καὶ ἐκφοβηθέντες ἀφανεῖς ἐγένοντο, Preisigke 4284.10 (A.D. 207) ἐκφοβῶν ἡμᾶς.

List of Word Forms

εκφοβειν εκφοβείν ἐκφοβεῖν εκφοβείς εκφοβών εξεφοβήθησαν ekphobein ekphobeîn