adjective

emfobos

Greekἔμφοβος (emfobos)

Strong’sG1719

full of fear, terrified

stem emfob-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

terrified2×afraid1×frightened1×in terror1×

What it means

** ἔμ-φοβος

[in LXX: Si 19:24, I Mac 13:2 *;]

1. terrible.

2. in fear (of Godly fear, Si 19:24), terrified: Lk 24:5, 37, Ac 10:4 24:25, Re 11:13.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1719 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidem'-fob-os

in fear, i.e. alarmed

Fromfrom G1722 and G5401;

King Jamesaffrighted, afraid, tremble.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	emfobos2×ἔμφοβος	emfobas	emfobem	emfobois2×ἔμφοβοι	emfobais	emfobeim
object accusative	emfobon	emfoban		emfoboin	emfobain
direct address vocative	emfobor	emfobar		emfoboir	emfobair
of, belonging to genitive	emfobou	emfobau	emfobeu	emfoboiu	emfobaiu1×ἐμφόβων	emfobeiu
to, for dative	emfobo	emfoba	emfobe	emfoboi	emfobai	emfobei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

emfobstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

emfob 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

Where it appears

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

emfobos“afraid”subjectnominative singular2×

Acts 10:4“in terror”tos de atenizaratos auto kai emfobos gineratos legata; Tinem atō, kurior? legata de auto; Tais proseuchais su kai tais eleēmosunais su anabainala eis mnēmosunem emprosthen tou theou;Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.

Acts 24:25“afraid”dialegerōtou de autou peri dikaiosunau kai enkrateiau kai teu krimeu teu mellarōteu emfobos gineratos tos Fēlixos apokrinita; Tem nun echarōtem poreuesōr, kairon de metalambaratos metakalemi sin;As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”

emfobois“terrified”subjectnominative plural2×

Luke 24:37“frightened”ptoiratois de kai emfobois gineratois dokale pneumem theōrarō.But they were startled and frightened, thinking they had seen a spirit.

Revelation 11:13“terrified”kai en ekeina ta hōra gineta seismos megos, kai tem dekatem tau politau piptata, kai apokteinila en to seismo onomeim anthrōpoiu chiliadais hepta, kai tois loipois emfobois ginela kai dōala doxan to theo tou ouranou.And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

emfobaiu“terrified”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

Luke 24:5“terrified”emfobaiu de ginerataiu autaiu kai klinarōtaiu teim prosōpeim eis tan gēan legala pros autain; Tinem zētavō ton zōarōton meta toiu nekroiu?As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?