foberas

Strong’sG5398

fearful, dreadful

stem fober-3 times in the New Testament2 of 26 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.

φοβερός, -ά, -όν

(< φοβέω), [in LXX chiefly for נוֺרָא, also for דְּחַל, אָיֹם;]

fearful, whether act, or pass.;

1. act., = δεινός, causing fear, terrible (LXX): He 10:27, 31 12:21

2. Pass., = δειλός, feeling fear, timid (cl. in both senses).†

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

Strong’s G5398 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidfob-er-os'

frightful, i.e. (objectively) formidable

Fromfrom G5401;

King Jamesfearful, terrible.

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

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

φοβερός, ά, όν,
(φόβος) fearful, whether active or passive:
I active, causing fear, terrible, χρηστήρια φ. Refs 5th c.BC+, etc.; ὅμιλος πλήθει -ώτατος formidable only from numbers, Refs 5th c.BC+ things which are fearful to the multitude, Refs 5th c.BC+infinitive, φ. ἰδεῖν, φ. προσιδέσθαι, fearful to behold, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2 regarded with fear, especially with respect to consequences, οὔτε ὅρκος φ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἵππος φ. μὴ ἀνήκεστόν τι ποιήσῃ a horse that makes one fear he will do some mischief, Refs 5th c.BC+terror, danger, Refs; τῶν φοβερῶν ὄντων τῇ πόλει γενέσθαι the things which were dreaded as like ly to happen.., Refs; φοβερόν [ἐστι] μὴ.. there is reason to dread that.., Refs; ἀγγέλλεσθαι ἐπὶ τὸ φοβερώτατον to be fearfully exaggerated, Refs 1st c.BC+
I.3 Rhet., of style, impressive, awe-inspiring, τὸ κάλλος τὸ Θουκυδίδου φ. Refs 4th c.BC+
II passive, afraid, timid, ἐκτέταμαι φοβερὰν φρένα Refs 7th c.BC+; φ. τὴν ψυχήν Refs; σκοπεῖν εἰ φοβεροί (i.e. οἱ πῶλοι) Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 caused by fear, troubled, panic, ἀναχώρησις Refs 5th c.BC+; φ. φροντίδες anxious thoughts, Refs 5th c.BC+
III adverb -ρῶς threateningly, in a terrifying manner, LXX+5th c.BC+: comparative, -ώτερον φθέγγεσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative, -ώτατα ἰδεῖν Refs
III.2 timidly, -ώτατα ἔχειν Refs

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.

fearful2×terrifying1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	foberos	foberas1×φοβερὰ	foberem2×φοβερὸν	foberois	foberais	fobereim
object accusative	foberon	foberan		foberoin	foberain
direct address vocative	foberor	foberar		foberoir	foberair
of, belonging to genitive	foberou	foberau	fobereu	foberoiu	foberaiu	fobereiu
to, for dative	fobero	fobera	fobere	foberoi	foberai	foberei

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

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

fober 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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

foberas“fearful”subjectnominative singular1×

Hebrews 10:27foberas de tinas ekdochas krisiau kai pureu …but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging …

foberem“fearful”subject or objectdirect singular2×

Hebrews 10:31foberem tem empiptara eis cheirain theou zōarōntou.It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands …

Hebrews 12:21kai, houtōs foberem ate tem fantazorōntem, Mōusos legata; Ekfobos …The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am …