noun · masculine
tromos
Strong’sG5156
a trembling
stem trom-5 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books3 of 10 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.
τρόμος, -ου, ὁ
(< τρέμω), [in LXX for רִעָדָה, רַעַד, פַּחַד, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5156 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtrom'-os
a "trembling", i.e. quaking with fear
Fromfrom G5141;
King James+ tremble(-ing).
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
trembling, quaking, quivering,
1 from fear, πάντας ἕλε τ. NT+8th c.BC+: plural, shiverings, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 from cold, τ. καὶ ῥῖγος Refs 5th c.BC+
3 of earthquakes, Refs 4th c.BC+
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
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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | tromos1×τρόμος | tromois |
| object accusative | tromon | tromoin |
| direct address vocative | tromor | tromoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | tromou3×τρόμου | tromoiu |
| to, for dative | tromo1×τρόμῳ | tromoi |
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
tromo 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.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
tromos“trembling”subjectnominative singular1×
Mark 16:8… apo teu mnēmeieu, echate gar autain tromos kai ekstasias; kai oudeno oudenem legala, …… left the tomb and ran away, trembling and bewildered. And in their fear …
tromou“trembling”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
2 Corinthians 7:15… vu hupakoan, hōs meta fobou kai tromou decheva auton.… you welcomed him with fear and trembling.
Ephesians 6:5“trembling”… kata sarkan kurioi meta fobou kai tromou en haplota tau kardiau vu hōs …Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and sincerity of heart, just as you would …
Philippians 2:12… ta apousia mu, meta fobou kai tromou tan heautoiu sōtērēan katergazovōr,… out your salvation with fear and trembling.
tromo“trembling”to, fordative singular1×
1 Corinthians 2:3… asthenia kai en fobo kai en tromo pollo genema pros vin,… weakness and fear, and with much trembling.