Word

πτοέω

ptoéō · G4422 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

to be very frightened, to be terrified, to be alarmed

To be terrified as the result of something which startles or alarms

Examples
Luke 21:9 “And when you hear of wars and revolts, do not be alarmed; for these things must take place first, but the end will not follow immediately.”
Luke 24:37 But they were startled and frightened, and thought that they were looking at a spirit.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

Not stated: you (more than one) 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἀκούωto hear 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

μήnot 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

חָתַת châthath · H2865 · to burst, to crack, to break: Greek πτοέω specifically denotes the act of frightening or alarming, while Hebrew חָתַת encompasses a broader semantic range including dismay, discouragement, and terrorizing, with the shared core concept of causing fear or intimidation.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To be very frightened, to be terrified, to be alarmed25.264: The verb describes being thrown into a state of fear or alarm. Luke describes the disciples' reaction to the risen Jesus: “they were startled and frightened, and thought that they were looking at a spirit” (Luke 24:37).

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

πτοέωptoéō · G4422πτόησις ptóēsis · G4423 · something fearful, something alarming, something that causes one to be afraid · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon πτόω: 1 aorist passive ἐπτοήθην; (πτόα terror); from Homer down; to terrify; passive, to…

πτόω: 1 aorist passive ἐπτοήθην; (πτόα terror); from Homer down; to terrify; passive, to be terrified (the Sept. chiefly for חָתַת): Lk 21:9; Lk 24:37 (Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading θροηθεντες. Synonym: see φοβέω, at the end.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Fear, Terror, Alarm2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0