verb
ekfobamō
Strong’sG1629
I terrify exceedingly
stem ekfob-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἐκ-φοβέω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for חָרֵד hi.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1629 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
alarm, φρένας Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ ἐκφοβῆσαι so as to cause alarm, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐ. τινά τι fright one with a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, fear greatly, with accusative, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὡςRefs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| ekfobarōἐκφοβεῖν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | terrify | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ekfobamō | ekfobame | ekfobami | ekfobama | ekfobamē | ekfobamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | ekfobasō | ekfobase | ekfobasi | ekfobasa | ekfobasē | ekfobaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekfobatō | ekfobate | ekfobati | ekfobata | ekfobatē | ekfobatelē |
| we 1st person plural | ekfobanō | ekfobane | ekfobani | ekfobana | ekfobanē | ekfobanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekfobavō | ekfobave | ekfobavi | ekfobava | ekfobavē | ekfobavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | ekfobalō | ekfobale | ekfobali | ekfobala | ekfobalē | ekfobalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ekfobameiō | ekfobameia | ekfobameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | ekfobaseiō | ekfobaseia | ekfobaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekfobateiō | ekfobateia | ekfobateiē |
| we 1st person plural | ekfobaneiō | ekfobaneia | ekfobaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekfobaveiō | ekfobaveia | ekfobaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | ekfobaleiō | ekfobaleia | ekfobaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | ekfobasōr | ekfobasar | ekfobasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekfobatōr | ekfobatar | ekfobatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekfobavōr | ekfobavar | ekfobavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | ekfobalōr | ekfobalar | ekfobalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ekfobamoiō | ekfobamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | ekfobasoiō | ekfobasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekfobatoiō | ekfobatoia |
| we 1st person plural | ekfobanoiō | ekfobanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekfobavoiō | ekfobavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | ekfobaloiō | ekfobaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | ekfobarō1×ἐκφοβεῖν | ekfobari | ekfobara | ekfobarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | ekfobarōntos | ekfobarintos | ekfobarantos | ekfobarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
ekfob is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
ekfobarō“terrify”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
2 Corinthians 10:9“terrify”hina mē dokameia hōs an ekfobarō vin dia taiu epistolaiu;I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.