adverb
afobōs
Greekἀφόβως (afobōs)
Strong’sG870
fearlessly
stem afobō-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books
Translated as
What it means
ἀφόβως,
adv.(< φόβος), [in LXX: Pr 1:33 (מִפַּחַד), Wi 17:4*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G870 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.
Where it appears
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
afobōs4×
Luke 1:74“without fear”afobōs ek cheirau echthroiu ruiratoin latreuarō autodeliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
1 Corinthians 16:10“without cause to fear”Ean de erchateia Timotheos, blepavōr hina afobōs gineteia pros vin, tem gar ergem kuriou ergazetō hōs kamis;If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, just as I am.
Philippians 1:14“without fear”kai toin polloteroin toiu adelfoiu en kurio peitharētoin toi desmoi mu perissoterōs tolmarō afobōs ton logon lalarō.And most of the brothers, confident in the Lord by my chains, now dare more greatly to speak the word without fear.
Jude 1:12“without fear”houtois alō tois en tai agapai vu spiladais suneuōcherōtois, afobōs heautoin poimainarōtois, nefelais anudrais hupo anemoiu paraferirōtais, dendreim fthinopōrineim akarpeim dis apothnēskarateim ekrizirateim,These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.