noun · feminine

ptoēsias

Greekπτόησις (ptoēsis)

Strong’sG4423

terror, consternation

stem ptoēsi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

terror1×

What it means

πτόησις, -εως, ἡ

(< πτοέω), [in LXX: Pr 3:25 (פַּחַד), Sir 50:4 א1, I Mac 3:25 R*;]

a fluttering, excitement, caused by any emotion, but esp. by fear, hence, terror: φοβεῖσθαι πτόησιν, to be afraid with (cogn. acc.) or of any terror (v. ICC, in l.): I Pe 3:6.†

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

Strong’s G4423 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpto'-ay-sis

alarm

Fromfrom G4422;

King Jamesamazement.

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	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	ptoēsias	ptoēsiais
object accusative	ptoēsian1×πτόησιν	ptoēsiain
direct address vocative	ptoēsiar	ptoēsiair
of, belonging to genitive	ptoēsiau	ptoēsiaiu
to, for dative	ptoēsia	ptoēsiai

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

ptoēsistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

ptoēsia 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

ptoēsian“terror”objectaccusative singular1×

1 Peter 3:6“terror”hōs Sarras hupakouata to Abraam, kurion auton kalarōtas; hau giniva tekneim agathopoiarōtais kai mē foberōtais mēdenan ptoēsian.just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.