Greek word study

φόβοςphóbos fear, terror, reverence

(a) fear, terror, alarm, (b) the object or cause of fear, (c) reverence, respect.

Translated in the King James as: be afraid, + exceedingly, fear, terror

Appears 46 times in Scripture

Origin: from a primary (to be put in fear);

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Where it appears

Matthew 3×
Matt 14:26Matt 28:4Matt 28:8
Mark 1×
Mark 4:41
Luke 6×
Luke 1:12Luke 1:65Luke 5:26Luke 7:16Luke 8:37Luke 21:26
John 3×
John 7:13John 19:38John 20:19
Acts 5×
Acts 2:43Acts 5:5Acts 5:11Acts 9:31Acts 19:17
Romans 5×
Rom 3:18Rom 8:15Rom 13:3Rom 13:7+ 1 more in Romans
1 Corinthians 1×
1 Cor 2:3
2 Corinthians 5×
2 Cor 5:112 Cor 7:12 Cor 7:52 Cor 7:112 Cor 7:15
Ephesians 2×
Eph 5:21Eph 6:5
Philippians 1×
Phil 2:12
1 Timothy 1×
1 Tim 5:20
Hebrews 1×
Heb 2:15
1 Peter 5×
1 Pet 1:171 Pet 2:181 Pet 3:21 Pet 3:141 Pet 3:15
1 John 3×
1 John 4:18+ 2 more in 1 John
Jude 1×
Jude 1:23
Revelation 3×
Rev 11:11Rev 18:10Rev 18:15

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.